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Nurses in Iran Protest Work Conditions, Wages

Iranwire – Growing dissatisfaction among Iranian healthcare professionals is posing a serious threat to the country’s healthcare system, which is facing an increasingly pressing shortage of nurses. For years, nurses in Iran have voiced their frustrations about overwhelming workloads, inadequate compensation and a shortage of employment opportunities, but their demands have largely remained unanswered. The misallocation of resources by the …

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Attack of the Antisemites: Iran’s Week in Hate Speech

Iranwire – IranWire tracked 56 instances of hate speech across social media over the past week and found that 49 of these were dedicated to broadcasting violent antisemitic language that attacked both Israel and Jews around the world. Posts by social media influencers with thousands of followers, calling Jews “animals” and that “killing Jews” was the same as “killing animals,” …

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Kurdish Siamand Bukani Executed in Ardabil

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Siamand Bukani, a Kurdish man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Ardabil Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Kurdish man was executed in Ardabil Central Prison on 20 November. His identity has been established as 40-year-old Siamand Bukani (Ostovar) from the village of Dangaz. He had two …

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Iran’s UN envoy: US military boost leaves it ‘exposed’ to attacks, Saudi-Israel normalization derailed by war

Al-Monitor – Iran’s United Nations envoy said Tehran is not seeking to instigate any regional wars and would only get involved in the Israel-Hamas conflict if its national security interest is threatened, but he warned that an increased US presence in the region leaves it more exposed to an attack. Iran’s permanent representative to the UN, Saeid Iravani, told Al-Monitor that a beefed …

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Iran lawmakers pass bill raising retirement age for men to 62

Al-Arabia – Iranian lawmakers have approved legislation raising the retirement age for men to 62 and increasing the years of employment required to qualify for a full pension, state media reported. The bill, which still requires approval by conservative-dominated vetting body the Guardian Council, aims “to reduce pension fund shortfalls,” according to the official IRNA news agency. In Sunday’s vote …

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