WANA (Oct 08) – Reports indicate that the U.S. is escalating its obstruction against Iran’s national football team, potentially forcing all of Iran’s group-stage matches for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be moved to Mexico. Renowned football journalist Mohammad Awaad reported that the U.S. refusal to issue visas for Iran’s football delegation to attend the World Cup draw could have serious consequences. This initial delay, he warns, might prompt FIFA…
The Iranian parliament has approved a government bill to remove four zeros from the national currency rial amid efforts to simplify financial transactions and accounting operations. Members of the parliament approved the bill on Sunday with 144 votes in favor, 108 against, and three abstentions. The bill allows the government to start a five-year program to reform the rial by removing four zeros from it and restoring an old currency…
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The Iranian middle class, long a force of political moderation, stability, economic growth, and the base of the country’s reform movement, is shrinking fast under the pressure of Western sanctions, researchers say. Left in its wake are rising societal resentments and an ever-increasing wealth gap. A study published in the European Journal of Political Economy has used an innovative method to investigate…
Citizen Lab found that an online network pushed out deepfake videos during Israel’s airstrikes on Tehran’s Evin Prison. An investigation by TheMarker and Haaretz reveals the Persian-language online campaigns indirectly funded by Israel In early 2023, Reza Pahlavi made his first official visit to Israel. He’s the son of the last shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979…
A few weeks ago, in a public act at the White House, with Benjamin Netanyahu at his side, surprised, Donald Trump – the man whom the prime minister and his followers are convinced they have in their pocket – announced that the United States was opening direct, high-level talks with Iran. The gap between what the U.S. president is doing…