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Iranwire – Retirees from the telecommunications sector again gathered in multiple cities across 12 Iranian provinces on May 29 to protest the government’s failure to improve their living conditions amid soaring inflation. Pensioners have taken to the streets every Monday in recent weeks. Videos released by the Free Workers’ Union show pensioners shouting slogans in the provinces of Khuzestan, Lorestan, …

Iranwire – The lawyer of an Iranian journalist who went on trial behind closed doors on May 29 on charges resulting from her coverage of Mahsa Amini’s death says he was denied the chance to present a defense. The September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody unleashed months of nationwide protests demanding fundamental economic, social and political …

Iranwire – The Iranian judiciary has announced that the trials of Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, two women journalists who are being prosecuted for covering the events surrounding Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody, will start on May 29 and 30, respectively.  These two journalists have been behind bars for more than eight months. According to sources close to them, their court …

Iranwire – Psychological warfare, known by a number of names including psychological operations and “psy ops,” is one of the oldest tactics employed in wars. Such tactics are aimed at undermining the enemy’s morale and its will to fight or resist and, sometimes, at persuading the enemy to change its position. Another kind of psy-ops is propaganda aimed at strengthening …

VOA – Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have resolved questions about one of three sites where inspectors found previously undeclared nuclear material, Iranian state media said Tuesday. The IAEA has for years sought answers from Iran about what inspectors said was the presence of “uranium particles of anthropogenic origin.” A series of meetings, including a March visit to …