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RFL/RE – A group of hackers has reportedly leaked government documents suggesting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi approved the use of at least 100 trillion Iranian rials ($200 million) to put down protests during the recent nationwide unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September while she was in police custody for an alleged head-scarf offense. The hackers, known as Uprising …

Iranwire – Chinese cars on sale in Iran are being sold at significantly inflated prices compared to their actual value, Lotfollah Siahkoli, a member of the Iranian parliament has said.  Siahkoli made the comments during a meeting at the Hokmranin Sharif (dignified governance) Think Tank on Wednesday, June 21.  According to Siahkoli, the real price of these cars ranges from …

Iranwire – Hami Bahadori, a 26-year-old Baha’i citizen, was transferred to Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court on Wednesday, 21 June, without the knowledge of his lawyer and family and sentenced to six years in prison, IranWire reports.  The court session concluded with an immediate announcement of the verdict. Bahadori was sentenced to five years in prison on charges …

VOA —Iran met in Qatar with European Union mediator Enrique Mora as part of efforts to revive its 2015 nuclear pact with world powers, as Tehran and Washington seek to cool tensions with a mutual understanding to help end the deadlock. Having failed to revive the deal in indirect talks that have stalled since September, Iranian and Western officials have …

Al-Monitor — The British government has opened an investigation into whether around a dozen UK universities helped the Iranian regime develop technology that could be used to upgrade its Shahed 136 “kamikaze drone” program, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed Wednesday. An investigation by the Jewish Chronicle newspaper revealed on June 8 that at least 11 British universities including Cambridge University, Imperial College London and …