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THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE LATEST NEWS<\/h2>\n

UPDATE: 9:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Raisi Doubles Down on Tehran’s Demand in the Nuclear Talks<\/h3>\n

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“Research on nuclear energy is accelerating well and we will not make it subject to the wishes or opinions of others,” the Iranian regime’s president Ebrahim Raisi said at the state-run nuclear show today.\u00a0“Nuclear technology in the Islamic Republic is irreversible. We will not take a step back in the talks and we will not allow nuclear technology to slow down.”<\/p>\n

“Our dear scientists were assassinated, our nuclear facilities were blown up, and many threats were made, but none of these explosions or assassinations stopped our nation. We will never allow those who claim to be powerful and dominate the world to stop or to slow down the great industrial and nuclear achievements of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Raisi added.<\/p>\n

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Iranian Celebrities Refuse to Dine with Raisi<\/h3>\n

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Some state media outlets, including the Sharq newspaper, have reported that a special event where celebrities and artists were invited to dine Iftar with the Iranian regime’s president Ebrahim Raisi was canceled due to a number of artists’ rejection of the invitation. The official IRNA news agency denounced the reports and called them “pure lies”, citing “air pollution” as the reason for the cancellation.<\/p>\n

According to the Shargh newspaper, in the past few days, the presidential office and the office of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance were trying to contact and coordinate with famous artists and cinematographers, with “almost 99% of them apologizing for calling off their attendance under the pretext of contracting Covid-19, illness, and travel.”<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: 3:00 PM CEST<\/strong><\/p>\n

Khamenei’s Representative in Shiraz Doubles Down on Hostility<\/h3>\n

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At his Friday prayer sermon, Lotfollah Dejhkam<\/a>, the Supreme Leader’s representative in Shiraz said: “A few years ago, the great leader of the revolution mentioned two points. First, he said we do not need an atomic bomb. The Supreme Leader of the Revolution is the source of imitation. He doesn’t do politics and everything he says is true. He does what he says. He said we need nuclear energy but we do not want an atomic bomb and we promised that. Do you know why? Because our enemy is Israel, and in Israel, the Palestinian Muslim population lives next to the Israelis and cannot be bombed. Second, he said that we must arm the Palestinian people. Today, the Palestinian people are armed and there are many weapons inside Palestine. They have started to show the oppressive Zionists that they are not as strong as they imagine. You heard what happened last night and where six people were gunned down. Until now, they only used to talk about ‘Intifada’ and they only had stones.”<\/p>\n

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Tehran is Among the Most Polluted Cities in the World, Official Says<\/h3>\n

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Following a spike in the number of deaths due to air pollution in Tehran, the regime’s Civil Engineering and Transportation Commission at the Tehran City Council warned: “The risk of air pollution for us and the death of thousands of citizens is greater than we think.”<\/p>\n

“With suspended particulates below 10 microns with an index of 500 pm, the city of Tehran has become one of the most polluted cities in the world,” the Commission’s Chief Jafar Tashkari said.<\/p>\n

He added: “We have to find a solution before things get worse and closing schools and offices are not and have never been the solution.”<\/p>\n

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Firing Rockets on Marib,\u00a0The Houthis Violate the Ceasefire in Yemen<\/h3>\n

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On Saturday morning, April 9, Iranian regime-affiliated Houthi militias fired ballistic missiles at the town of Al-Wadi in Marib Governorate, the site of Yemen’s largest militant camp.<\/p>\n

For the second consecutive day, the Houthis carried out large-scale attacks on Yemeni army positions and the national resistance in southern Marib, despite a ceasefire announced by both sides. Houthi militants also targeted the town of Raghwan with ballistic missiles on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the artillery of the Yemeni National Army responded to the attack of the Houthi armored vehicles on the “Lairef” front on Saturday morning, destroying a number of their vehicles and military equipment.<\/p>\n

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Pentagon Says Iran-backed Groups Behind This Week\u2019s Attack in Syria<\/h3>\n

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The US military has assessed that at least one of the two attacks this week that\u00a0targeted US forces in Syria and Iraq<\/a>\u00a0was carried out by militia groups linked to Iran, a Pentagon official said Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s certainly a tactic that has been used by these militia groups, militia groups that are supported by Iran. It\u2019s right out of their playbook,\u201d Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said when asked about the attack in Syria. \u201cI think our working assumption would be that that\u2019s the case here, but we want to do the forensics and do it properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

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