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Iranwire – Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has warned that the Islamic Republic of Iran is intensifying its attacks against his country, saying that Lebanon’s Tehran-backed Hezbollah group has fired 1,000 munitions at Israel since the start of the Gaza war on October 7. “In recent days, the defense establishment has identified a growing trend of Iran working to intensify …

Iranwire- An elderly Iranian woman who was prosecuted for speaking out against the extrajudicial execution of her brother in 1983 has been arrested to begin serving a five-year prison sentence. Raheleh Rahamipour, 72, was forced to surrender to the authorities on November 18 despite being physically unfit for imprisonment. The Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Rahamipour to six years and two …

Iranwire – The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution has changed the name of two ancient Iranian festivals, Shab-e Yalda (Yalda Night), and Chaharshanbeh  Suri (Festival of Fire) in its calendar for the next Iranian year starting on March 20, 2024. What is the Islamic Republic government after? Is this part of an effort to destroy Iranian national symbols? Would it succeed …

gatestoneinstitute.org – A public opinion poll published on November 14 showed that 75% of Palestinians support Hamas’s murder spree, including rape and beheadings, as opposed to only 13% who disapprove. Surprisingly, the poll found that support for Hamas and its “military operation” is even higher in the West Bank, where Abbas’s Palestinian Authority is based, than in the Gaza Strip. …

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) – Yasin Zeinoldini, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Shiraz Central Prison. According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Baluch man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on 19 November. His identity has been established as 30-year-old Yasin Zeinoldini from Sarbaz. Yasin was arrested for drug-related …