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Al-Monitor – A year ago, President Hassan Rouhani’s budget proposal for the next Iranian year (beginning March 21) sparked a heated internet debate among Iranians. The main cause of their anger was the lavish funds allocated to certain state agencies and institutions. However, what was left unnoticed and indeed in need of much more public attention was the draft budget’s section on state-owned enterprises.

CHRI – Elham Ahmadi, an imprisoned member of the Sufi Gonabadi Order in Iran, has been sentenced to 148 lashes for speaking out about the denial of medical treatment and poor living conditions in Gharchak Prison located south of Tehran in the town of Varamin, where she is currently serving a two-year prison sentence.

CHRI – “Our Sing-Along Didn’t Violate Any Rules” After the Iranian authorities banned musician Ali Ghamsari from performing “until further notice” for refusing to remove a female singer from his most recent concert in Tehran, he announced on his Instagram page that he “wasn’t sorry at all.”

PayvandNews – Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) is preparing a national action plan on preserving the relict species of Caspian Seal in cooperation with the responsible organizations, Mehr reported on Saturday.

Radiofarda – A top Iranian military official has said that as long as “Takfiri terrorists” operate in Syria and Damascus asks Iranian forces for help, “we will continue to support” Syria.