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November 26, 2020
Washington Cannot Be Trusted, Says Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made a statement on Joe Biden's victory in the recent U.S. presidential election, claiming, "The aliens could not be relied on and it is not possible to pin hopes on them."
November 26, 2020
No Coronavirus Vaccine Anytime Soon for Iran

A member of the Health Commission of Iran's Majlis parliament, Homayoun Sameh Bakhtabadi, says that even disregarding the U.S. sanctions, it will take at least two years for the coronavirus vaccine to reach Iran.
November 25, 2020
Chicken Prices Soar In Iran

Iranian media reported an overnight 52 percent increase in chicken prices in the country on Monday, with the Islamic Republic's Radio News Agency announcing, "Chicken is flying away from Iranians' dinner tables."
November 25, 2020
Iranian Government Grapples With New Subsidies

The Speaker of the Iranian Majlis parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, is compelling President Hassan Rouhani to follow a new law that requires the government to provide subsidies for essential goods.
November 24, 2020
Majlis to Oblige Government to Enrich Uranium up to 20%

Based on the motion, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran is obliged to redesign and optimize a 40-megawatt heavy water reactor in Arak within four months of the motion's passage.
November 20, 2020
Iranian Women Sets Herself On Fire To Stop Her Shed's Demolition

A video is circulating on Iranian social media showing officers from the Bandar Abbas municipality destroying a single mother's shed has triggered a series of protests on the internet. The state-run Iran Labor News Agency, ILNA, reported on Thursday that the woman had set herself on fire.
November 17, 2020
Iran Denies Borders Change After Karabakh Peace Deal

The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, has dismissed recent reports that Iran has lost its border with Armenia.
November 17, 2020
Iran Government Spokesman Vows "Crushing Response" To Any U.S. Attack

Reacting to a New York Times report about President Donald Trump's "possible moves" in the region, particularly against Iran, a spokesman for the Islamic Republic government said the likelihood of such actions was "low," but "any action" would face a "crushing response."
November 17, 2020
Iranian Legislator Threatens Hunger Strike

The representative of the city of Shahr-e Babak to Iran's Majlis parliament, Mostafa Reza Hosseini Qotbabadi, has threatened to stop drinking fluids if his demands are not met.
November 17, 2020
Iranian Politicians Trade Barbs As Economy Continues To Suffer

Iran's Vice President, Eshaq Jahangiri, has accused the Speaker of Iran's Majlis parliament of having the "least possible knowledge of the economy."
November 16, 2020
Essential Goods' Purchase Drops In Iran

The Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, Iran's parliamentary body, says the average consumption of essential goods in 2019 has decreased significantly compared with 2018.
November 16, 2020
Tehran Admits Kidnapping Iranian Separatist

After a long delay, Iranian Ministry of Intelligence officially announced on November 12 that its agents had arrested and interrogated Farajollah Ka'ab, a former leader of a separatist group active in Khuzestan in southwest Iran, following his arrest earlier in the month.
November 13, 2020
Over $700 Million Injected into Iran's NIMA Forex Market

The Central Bank of Iran, CBI, says about $711 million in foreign currency remittances have been paid into the NIMA system between November 5-12.
November 11, 2020
Fifteen Websites Selling Babies in Iran Discovered

The commander of Tehran's Police for the Sphere of the Production and Exchange of Information, Colonel Davoud Moazami Goudarzi, says the police have dismantled "fifteen websites and accounts" active in buying and selling babies.
November 11, 2020
Court Upholds Verdict Against Young Activist

The Islamic Republic Supreme Court has rejected the request for a retrial of an Iranian civil rights activist Saba Kord Afshari.
November 11, 2020
Mysterious Iranian Cleric Norway Might Expel

The Norwegian Police Security Service (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste, PST) has asked the country's Ministry of Justice to consider the expulsion of a cleric serving at Imam Ali Shi'ite Center in the capital city, Oslo.
November 10, 2020
US Exports To Iran Drop 50 Percent

In its latest monthly report released on November 4, the United States Census Bureau said that U.S. exports to Iran in the first nine months of 2020 amounted to $29.6 million, amounting to less than half of the same period last year.
November 10, 2020
Iran's Chess On The Verge Of International Ban

Nigel Short, warned that Iran will soon be banned from international events if the nation’s officials continues to force Iranian chess players not to compete against their Israeli counterparts and boycott events involving Israel.
November 09, 2020
Actress Reyhaneh Parsa Threatened In Turkey

In an exclusive interview with Radio Farda, a young Iranian actress revealed that Iranian intelligence agents have threatened her with possible arrest and extradition
November 09, 2020
Iranian Official Blasts Naming Medicines After Shi'ites' Imams

The deputy of Iran’s Ministry of Health, Iraj Harirchi, has criticized proponents of unconventional medical treatments for naming supplementary drugs after Twelver-Shi'ite Imams and claiming they can treat COVID-19.

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