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Al-Arabia – The UN nuclear watchdog said Monday it regretted that “no progress” had been made by Iran on outstanding issues, including installing more cameras to monitor Tehran’s nuclear program. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi “requests Iran to work with the agency in earnest and in a sustained way towards the fulfilment of the commitments,” the agency …

RFL/RE – An explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran has killed six workers, state media reported on September 4. The blast took place in a tunnel at a depth of 400 meters in the northern city of Damghan, said the official IRNA news agency. It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion. “Six miners were trapped underground …

RFL/RE – Iran has slowed its enrichment of uranium at nearly weapons-grade levels, a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by the Associated Press said on September 4. The confidential report comes as Iran and the United States are negotiating a prisoner swap and the release of billions of dollars in Iranian assets frozen in South Korea. Slowing …

iranintl – The Iranian government’s debt surged by 61% during the last budgetary cycle, amid a severe economic crisis, as reported by Parliament’s Research Center on Sunday. The huge jump occurred during the first full year of Ebrahim Raisi’s presidency, dominated by hardliners, who insisted on continuing their anti-Western foreign policy and claiming that economic sanctions imposed on Iran can …

Iranwiire – The Islamic Republic’s authorities have arrested the mother of a 21-year-old Iranian man killed by security forces during last year’s anti-establishment protests. Farzaneh Barzekar, the mother of Erfan Rezaei, was arrested on September 3 after attending a memorial ceremony for Javad Rouhi, a protester who recently died in prison. Barzekar has been a vocal critic of the government since her son …