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Al-monitor – According to an Iranian news outlets, Tehran’s City Council is caught up in a corruption scandal involvingTehran real estate. Memari News reported Aug. 27 that it had acquired documents showing that 1,100,000 square meters of government-owned property, including apartments and villas, had ended up in the possession of various individuals, including government officials, sometimes sold at a 50% discount. AUTHOR: Arash Karami According to …

VOA – The Iranian government’s launch of a “United Shia Liberation Army” is sending signals that Tehran wants to expand its political and military role in Middle East conflicts along sectarian lines, analysts say. “Using a sectarian Shi’ite identifier with the title of the new army will inflame sectarian tensions in the region,” Talha Abdulrazaq, a researcher at the University …

Retuers – Iran’s military detected a U.S. drone entering Iranian airspace on Monday and issued a warning for it to leave, which it subsequently did, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported. “Iran’s army air defence detected and warned an American drone in the eastern airspace of the country. It was coming from Afghanistan. The drone left the area,” Tasnim quoted the …

RFL/RE – Iran’s official news agency reports the country has launched the first phase of its National Network of Data, an attempt by Tehran to create its own Intranet. The new network aims to promote online Islamic content and encourage less dependency on the worldwide Internet, IRNA reported on August 28. The National Network of Data would aim to also …

RFL/RE – Iranian officials say they have deployed a new Russian-made long-range missile system to protect its Fordo nuclear facility. General Farzad Esmaili, the commander of Iran’s air defenses, told the state IRIB channel on August 28 that protecting the country’s nuclear facilities is paramount “in all circumstances.” He added that “today, Iran’s sky is one of the most secure …