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Iranwire – Ali Khamenei, the 84-year-old leader of the Islamic Republic, usually travels to the northeastern city of Mashhad twice a year amid tight security, for the Persian New Year holidays in March and during the summer. In his hometown, Khamenei resides in a palace in Malekabad Gardens, where he meets with relatives. He also discusses important issues with government …

VOA – Iran says it will provide information by Tuesday about Farid Safarli, an Azerbaijani student who went missing after traveling to Farid Safarli, according to his family. Farid Safarli’s mother, Dilara Asgarova, told VOA’s Azerbaijani Service that she met Friday with the deputy ambassador of Iran to Azerbaijan. The official said the Iranian Embassy would respond by April 4 …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Russia also reportedly wants to buy ballistic missiles from Iran, which has the largest and most diverse ballistic missile arsenal in the Middle East. The Iranian regime therefore should officially be considered an accomplice to Russia’s war crimes. The Iranian regime, probably because it knows that the Biden administration will not take any action, is ratcheting up its …

Al-Monitor — The United States is seeking the forfeiture of more than one million rounds of ammunition intercepted by the US Navy en route to militants in Yemen as part of a larger investigation into an Iranian weapons-smuggling network, the Justice Department said Friday. “The United States disrupted a major operation by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to smuggle weapons of war into …

Al-Monitor – An Iranian diplomat criticized Azerbaijan on Friday after the Eurasian country inaugurated its embassy in Israel. Iran’s relations with neighboring Azerbaijan have been tense for some time, in part due to Azerbaijan’s ties to Israel.  What happened: On Wednesday, Azerbaijan inaugurated its first-ever embassy in Tel Aviv.  During the inauguration ceremony, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen discussed the “threat” from …