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VOA – A war monitor says the death toll has risen from the retaliatory strikes the U.S. launched after a suspected Iranian-backed attack in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Saturday the U.S. attack left 19 people dead, up from the 14 the Observatory initially reported had died. U.S. President Joe Biden said the United States would …

gatestoneinstitute.org – The deal grants China significant rights over the Iran’s resources and help to Iran in increasing its oil and gas production. Leaked information revealed that one of the terms is that China will be investing nearly $400 billion in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemicals industries. In return, China will get priority to bid on any new project in …

Iranwire – Five Iranians — four men and one woman — in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia have been sentenced by a court to death for allegedly engaging in intelligence cooperation and espionage activities that benefited Israel. Hengaw, a Norway-based group that monitors rights violations in Iran’s Kurdish regions, said one of those sentenced to death is Mansur Rasuli, whose interrogation by Mossad …

Iranwire – After the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei declared that the Islamic Republic has had no participation in the war in Ukraine. Khamenei’s remarks during his March 21 address marking Nowruz, the Persian New Year, suggest he fears of the consequences of Tehran’s involvement in …

Iranwire – The activist HRANA news agency says around 500 people arrested during nationwide protests are facing poor living conditions in an overcrowded ward of Great Tehran Penitentiary. Inmates in the prison’s Ward 3 suffer from “unhealthy drinking water, inadequate sanitation, and insufficient food portions,” it said on March 23. “This ward has about 250 beds, and more than half …