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Radiofarda – The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has once again sent a message greeting the new Iranian Year (beginning March 21) to all the people who celebrate Nowruz (literally the New Day) across the world. In the message published by the State Department’s official website, Pompeo says, “I would like to wish a Happy Nowruz to the people …

Radiofarda – U.S. President Donald Trump has recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights — the rocky plateau that Israeli forces seized from Syria in the closing stages of the 1967 Six-Day War. Syria also tried to retake the Golan Heights from Israeli forces during the 1973 Middle East war, but the surprise assault was repelled. Signing a formal …

Radiofarda – In his first new year speech on March 21, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described U.S. leaders as “top idiots”, called Western diplomats “savages,” labelled Europeans as “traitors” and “back-stabbers”. He also denounced Saudi Arabia as “the worst state” in the world. He also called on the Iranian people to bear the cost of sanctions, adding that …

Iran-HRM – After four months of detention, a family from Iran’s Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority have been held in limbo. Hattab Zaheri Sari and his son and daughter, Amin an Ameneh, were among hundreds of people in Khuzestan province who were arrested during a sweeping crackdown against the Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority in November 2018. Hattab Zaheri Sari and his …

Iran-HRM – Flash floods across much of Iran have killed at least 17 people and injured 74, Iranian state TV reported on Monday. National Emergency Service chief Pirhossein Koolivand said the casualty toll in the southern city of Shiraz was 17 dead and 74 injured, while another person was killed in Sarpol-e Zahab in the western province of Kermanshah, the …