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Iran’s Raisi speaks to Russia’s Putin, expresses ‘full support’: Kremlin

Al-Arabia – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed his “full support” following the aborted mutiny of a mercenary chief, the Kremlin said. “The Iranian president expressed full support for the Russian leadership in connection with the June 24 events,” the Kremlin said. Putin also received a call from Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim …

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Alcohol Poisoning Claims more Lives in Iran

Iranwire – Seven people died in the northern province of Tehran after drinking bootleg alcohol, officials say, amid a recent surge in cases of fatal alcohol poisoning in the country. Omid Ahmadi, district governor of Robat Karim, said on June 25 that the consumption of “counterfeit alcohol” had sickened at least 22 individuals in Robat Karim and Parand during the …

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Judiciary Officials among Iranians Hit by New EU Sanctions

Iranwire – The European Union says it has imposed a ninth package of restrictive measures on an additional seven individuals accused of participation in “serious” human rights violations in Iran. “The new listings include the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Isfahan province and the Deputy Judge of the Provincial Criminal Court of Isfahan province, who are responsible for the trials …

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Why Revolutionary Guards Are Shelling Iranian Kurdistan

Iranwire – Independent sources told IranWire that fighting between the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and the East Kurdistan Defense Units (YRK), the military affiliate of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) in the highlands of Kusalan in the county of Marivan in Iranian Kurdistan has intensified. An IRGC member was killed and two others were severely injured following a …

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Fetid Waters: Hospitals in Shahrekord Filled with Sickened Children

Iranwire – On August 7, 2022, the flow of piped water from Kuhrang Spring in the mountains to Shahrekord, capital of the south-western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, gradually stopped. The flow of water was believed to have been cut off due to the turbidity of the water following torrential rains in the region. For more than ten days the …

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