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iranintl – Iran may be attempting cyberattacks on US water infrastructure, the Biden administration warned state governors Tuesday, in yet another sign that US deterrence is inadequate to limit the Iranian regime’s aggression beyond its borders. In a letter bearing the names of National Security adviser Jake Sullivan and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan asked governors to help the …

iranintl – The prospect of Iranian officials facing criminal charges under human rights law took a big step forward in the current session of the UN’s Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva. The two reports presented to the Council mark a watershed for Iran, giving impetus to the ending of impunity and new emphasis on legal accountability for those IR …

Iranwire – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei chose not to travel to Mashhad, as he does every year, to deliver his annual New Year speech due to the coincidence of Ramadan and Nowruz. Instead, he gave his speech during the early hours of the Persian New Year on March 20 at his leadership headquarters in Tehran.  The Supreme Leader’s Nowruz …

Iranwire – Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board has ordered the deportation of Seyed Salman Samani, the former deputy interior minister of Iran, IranWire reports. He arrived in Canada on a visitor visa obtained in Türkiye. However, Canadian authorities questioned him about his past role in the Iranian government upon his arrival. Samani served as the deputy interior minister of Iran …

Iranwire – Iranian border guards have shot and injured two more Kurdish kolbars on the eve of Persian New Year (Nowruz) as violence against the transborder porters continues to surge.  Mehdi Sharifi, 23, from Saqqez, and Suleiman Amini, 28, from Baneh, both sustained gunshot wounds during firing at the Hengejal border crossing on March 19, according to Hengaw Organization for …