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Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday opened a new airbase in Zahedan, the provincial capital of Sistan and Baluchestan, state media reported.

The Shahid Ali Arabi airbase will house and support IRGCs helicopter and drone fleet, Fars News Agency reported on May 10.

"IRGC combat engineers and domestic specialists equipped this base by drawing on the latest technical-engineering protocols and based on aviation standards, so that various types of attack, combat and support helicopters and drones could both land and take off," the report added.

IRGC Ground Force Commander Brig Gen Mohammad Pakpour said that the airbase will enhance the helicopter fleets capabilities for defense, rescue, logistics, and relief missions in the region.

Pakpour added the base would have the capacity to host dozens of helicopters, and to offer refuelling and repair facilities.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, IRGC Commander-in-Chief Maj Gen Hossein Salami said, "This base has been designed and created to play an important role in the lives and security of the inhabitants of the region".

Sistan-Baluchestan Province, which is situated on the borders with Afghanistan and Pakistan, is used by various militant groups and often serves as an entry point for smuggled drugs and arms.

In order to bolster Irans defense against enemy threats, the Army and the IRGC kicked off large-scale air defense exercises in a number of regions across the country on February 28.

The IRGC Air Force unveiled subterranean tunnels used for the storage of air defense missile systems. A series of air defense systems are kept in the underground tunnels, raised when needed, and returned to the earlier position later.

The Air Force unveiled its first underground military base on February 7. The tactical subterranean airbase named Oghab-44 (Eagle-44) can accommodate and prepare various aircraft including fighter jets, bombers, and unmanned aerial vehicles for missions.

This large underground base consists of various sections, such as an alert area, command post, warplane hangars, repair and maintenance center, navigation and airport equipment, and fuel tanks.

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On May 3, the majority of South Carolinas Legislature passed House Resolution H-4422, which expresses support for the people of Iran, who have valiantly protested for their fundamental rights and freedoms in recent years, with a specific focus on the period since September 2022. The resolution acknowledges the historical context of organized resistance against the Iranian dictatorship, led by women who have endured immense suffering. It highlights the deprivation of fundamental freedoms faced by the Iranian people and their rejection of monarchic dictatorship and religious tyranny. The resolution also emphasizes the suppression and mistreatment of ethnic and religious minorities by the Iranian regime, underscoring the need to establish a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear Republic of Iran. It also supports the ten-point plan of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the NCRIs president-elect, for the future of Iran, which guarantees all these rights.

Below is the full text of this Resolution

SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE OF IRAN WHO HAVE BEEN BRAVELY PROTESTING FOR THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS IN RECENT YEARS, PARTICULARLY SINCE SEPTEMBER 2022.

Whereas recent Iranian protests are rooted in the more than four decades of organized resistance against the Iranian dictatorship, led by women who have endured torture, sexual and gender-based violence, death; and

Whereas the Iranian people have been deprived of their fundamental freedoms, so they are rejecting monarchic dictatorship and religious tyranny, as evident in their protest slogans; and

Whereas the Iranian regime has also arbitrarily and brutally suppressed ethnic and religious minorities, including Iranian Kurds, Baluchis, Arabs, Christians, Jews, Bahais, Zoroastrians, and even Sunni Muslims, and deprived them of their fundamental human rights, and has, in many cases, executed them; and

Whereas the American people support the Iranian peoples desire for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear Republic of Iran. This sympathy was manifested in absolute majority support in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress for H.Res.100, where it noted support for the opposition leader Mrs. Maryam Rajavis 10-point plan for the future of Iran, which calls for the universal right to vote, free elections, and a market economy, and advocates gender, religious, and ethnic equality, a foreign policy based on peaceful coexistence, and a non-nuclear Iran. This Jeffersonian platform righteously deserves the backing of every American; and

Whereas, the House of Representatives stands in solidarity with the people of Iran and support their aspirations for a democratic and secular republic government that respects human rights and the dignity of all individuals. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, support the people of Iran who have been bravely protesting for their fundamental rights and freedoms in recent years, particularly since September 2022.

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Iran and FAO has been involved in a joint protection scheme for purebred bactrian camel.

Iran and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have been involved in a joint project to protect purebred bactrian camel in Iran.

A senior official from Irans ministry of agriculture said on Saturday that FAO had earmarked funds worth $350,000 for the bactrian camel protection project in Iran.

Seyyed Reza Alian said that three-year scheme will mostly focus on the endangered animal's habitat in three provinces in northwest Iran.

It has been decided as part of the project that conditions for breeding the animal should be prepared in those provinces with the contribution of large local tribes, said Alian.

He added that the population of purebred bactrian camels in Iran had dropped to 200 in recent years against a population of 200,000 one-humped camels that are scattered in various parts of the country.

The official said the Iranian agriculture ministry is now working on a project to expand the cultivation of halophytes or plants that grow in salty conditions to help boost breeding of camels in the country.

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An Iranian "Hacktivist" group gained access to Iran's Foreign Ministry servers and leaked a trove of data before defacing the ministry's website.

The group, called GhyamSarnegouni, translated as "Rise to Overthrow," announced on its website Sunday it was responsible for taking down websites belonging to Iran's Foreign Ministry. The group also leaked a trove of data, including identification documents, ministry correspondence, phone numbers, and the names of over 11,000 of the ministry's employees, according to a report from Iran International.

The official Iranian Foreign Ministry website remained down as of late Sunday morning, displaying a message that said it was "undergoing scheduled maintenance and upgrades."

HACKERS BREACH IRANS ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, PROTESTS PERSIST

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei (Iranian Leaders Press Office - Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Earlier Sunday, versions of the Iranian Foreign Ministry website in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Munich, Germany, and Seoul, South Korea, were hacked with a message targeting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

"Death to Khamenei, Hail Rajavi," read the message.

Rajavi likely refers to the missing leader of the Iranian exile group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq or his wife Maryam, who has become the public face of the group, according to The Associated Press.

"There is a great revolution in Iran, the uprising will go until the demolition of the palace of oppression," the message continued.

A fire burns during a protest on the streets of Iran. (Credit: NCRI)

IRAN PROTESTS TRIGGER SOLIDARITY RALLIES IN US, EUROPE

Hacking groups have increasingly targeted the websites and services of official government agencies since anti-regime protests began sweeping the country last year, including a hack of over 5,000 government security cameras and 150 websites belonging to the local government in Tehran. Hackers were also able to breach Iran's atomic energy agency in October of last year.

Documents obtained in the latest hack revealed correspondence between Iran and European officials over a proposed prisoner swap of Iranian diplomat AsadollahAssadi, who is being held in Belgium, for Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, according to Iran International.

Assadi is serving a 20-year sentence in Belgium for his role in plotting a bombing attack against an Iranian resistance group meeting near Paris in 2018. Vandecasteele was arrested by Iranian security forces in 2022 and faces allegations of "spying and cooperation with the United States, money laundering and smuggling $500,000 out of Iran."

Iranians protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police. (AP/Middle East Images, File)

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Vandecasteele was sentenced in January to 40 years in prison and 74 lashes for the charges the Belgian government has call "arbitrary."

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Chaab was convicted of "corruption on earth" - a capital offence

Iran has executed a Swedish-Iranian man accused of being behind a deadly 2018 attack on a military parade.

Habib Chaab was a founder of a separatist group calling for independence for ethnic Arabs in Iran's south-western Khuzestan province.

He had been living in exile in Sweden for a decade when he was abducted by Iranian agents in Turkey in 2020.

Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said his government had urged Iran not to execute Chaab.

"The death penalty is an inhuman and irreversible punishment and Sweden, together with the rest of the EU, condemns its application under all circumstances," he said.

Iran's judiciary accused Chaab of leading Harakat al-Nidal, or the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz, which Iran says is a terrorist group behind attacks in the south-west of the country.

The oil-rich province has a large Arab minority which has long complained of marginalisation and discrimination, which Tehran denies.

The 2018 attack on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz saw gunmen open fire at Revolutionary Guard troops, killing 25 people including soldiers and civilians watching the parade.

Chaab was reportedly lured to Istanbul to meet a woman before being kidnapped and smuggled into Iran in an operation said to have been orchestrated by a notorious Turkey-based Iranian crime boss.

Iranian officials have not provided details of how Chaab was arrested. Once inside Iran, state TV showed him appearing to admit involvement in the 2018 attack. He was convicted of being "corrupt on earth", a capital offence.

Prosecutors said Chaab had been involved in attacks since 2005 "under the protection of two spy services, including the Mossad and Sapo", which are Israel and Sweden's spy agencies.

They alleged that other leaders of the group were based in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden and the group received financial and logistical support from Saudi Arabia.

Iran has arrested dozens of Iranians with dual nationality or foreign permanent residency in recent years, mostly on spying and national security charges.

Its judiciary says two other dual-nationals have been sentenced to death or executed on security chares so far this year.

In an audio message to BBC Persian he said he had been tortured and forced to confess on camera to crimes he did not commit.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his execution was a "callous and cowardly act, carried out by a barbaric regime".

In April Iran's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd, 67, for alleged involvement in a deadly mosque bombing in 2008, which he denies.

The country executes more people each year than any other country except China, according to rights groups.

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