Khamenei is Responsible for Turning COVID-19 Into a National Catastrophe, say Activists; Producing new Centrifuges During the Coronavirus Crisis

Khamenei is Responsible for Turning COVID-19 Into a National Catastrophe, say Activists100 civil and political activists issued a statement asserting that the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is mainly responsible for turning COVID-19 into a national catastrophe.They also hold President Hassan Rouhani responsible ...

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Iran Likely to Experience Further Negative Growth in 2020

Over the past two years, Iran’s economy has contracted by 14 percent according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). After Venezuela, Iran is the second worst performing economy in the world.How will Iran’s economy react to the Covid-19 pandemic? Iran is likely to experience ...

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Temperature Rising Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Wars in the Middle East Translated by Rasanah

The International Institute forIranian Studies (Rasanah) has translated into Arabic Temperature Rising: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and Warsin the Middle East written by Nader Uskowi, an Iranian-American scholar, asubject matter expert on the Islamic Republic of Iran and its military.Stemming from his broad experience, Uskowi wrote ...

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Khamenei’s Fabrications Endanger Iranian Lives, Says Pompeo; Rouhani’s “Illusion of a Conspiracy” About COVID-19, Says an Iranian Legislator

Pompeo: Khamenei’s Fabrications Endanger Iranian LivesUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the Iraniansupreme leader’s remarks regarding the US role in producing the coronaviruswere a “fabrication,” emphasizing that such remarks will put the Iranian peopleand the world more at risk. In a statement, ...

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