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Iranwire – Iran’s hardline president Ebrahim Raisi has stopped in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, on the second day of his visit to Latin America, where he met with President Daniel Ortega on Tuesday. The meeting focused on opposition to US sanctions affecting both their countries. Raisi’s visit to Nicaragua follows his initial stop in Venezuela and is part of …

Iranwire – In a powerful statement from behind bars, Bahareh Hedayat, a prominent political prisoner, has addressed recent disagreements within the Iranian opposition through an exclusive letter to IranWire.  The letter strongly criticizes certain political factions, accusing them of fueling “pointless conflicts” with their “reckless” behavior. Hedayat, who was arrested at the beginning of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement and …

Iranwire – As IranWire has reported, hundreds of Iranians have sustained severe eye injuries after being hit by pellets, tear gas canisters, paintball bullets or other projectiles used by security forces amid a bloody crackdown on mainly peaceful demonstrations. Doctors say that, as of now, at least 580 protesters have lost one or both eyes in Tehran and in Kurdistan alone. …

Al-Monitor — Tehran and Caracas signed 19 cooperation agreements during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Venezuela to start a five-day tour that will take him to Nicaragua and Cuba as well.   At a press conference in Caracas late Monday, Raisi sat next to his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, and announced that the two sides had set a goal to push up their …

Al-Monitor – Foreign states and groups, primarily Iran, have been conducting for the past few years cyber campaigns designed to destabilize Israel and its institutions, with another such offensive exposed on Saturday. The latest campaign involved thousands of fake posts on Instagram revealing personal details of Israeli police officers and was disguised as an attack staged by Israel’s anti-government protesters. One …