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Radiofarda – High concentration of salt in the water has shut down the industrial and agricultural sectors around the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan and forced some of the residents to emigrate to other cities, an Iranian official says. “In the last month, the situation has become so critical that business activities have been directly affected”, Masoud Khayyatzadeh, the president …

Radiofarad – Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that three border guards have been killed in a clash with a “terrorist group” in southeastern Iran.

RFL/RE – President Hassan Rohani has reassured Iranians that his government will offset the economic pressure of upcoming U.S. sanctions, a day after protests fueled by concern over a sharp fall in the value of the country’s currency. In a speech broadcast live on state television on June 26, Rohani said that government revenues had not decreased in recent months, …

RFL/RE – Iranian women have scored another victory as they publicly viewed a World Cup game for only the second time in 40 years, but their team was eliminated from the tournament partly as a result of controversial decisions by referees in a game against Portugal.

Al-Arabia – The world has been focusing on the flawed Iran nuclear deal and Tehran’s long slate of belligerence, including advancing its so-called defensive ballistic missile program and support for a conglomerate of terrorist/extremist groups.