** IRAN DAILY
- ‘Still Streaming’ exhibition underway
The ‘Still Streaming’ exhibition, a retrospective of the reflection of the Ashura movement in contemporary visual arts, opened at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on July 19, coinciding with the beginning of the lunar month of Muharram. The exhibition is featuring 80 artworks by 35 artists, including pieces from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art’s collection and artworks from the art community. Art enthusiasts can visit the exhibition until September 13.
- Iran oil income in 2022 beat post- JCPOA era last year
Iran’s oil revenues in 2022 hit 42.6 billion, exceeding the country’s oil revenues in the first year of implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), according to the statistical bulletin of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in 2023. Iran’s oil revenues in the first year of implementation of the JCPOA stood at $41.1 billion, Tasnim news agency reported.
- Russia learning sanctions evasion from Iran: Report
Even though the US and the EU are imposing new sanctions on Russia and Iran almost every day, Moscow has been more successful in evading the harsher impacts of sanctions after picking up a few lessons from Iran. According to a report by FOX News, companies based in Kyrgyzstan, the UAE, and Serbia are all facing penalties for helping aid Russia’s war.
** TEHRAN TIMES
- Sweden spirals into battle-array against Islamic world: Leader
Leader of the Islamic Revolution has called the support of the Swedish government for desecrator of the holy Quran as equivalent to entering a battle-array. The move has instigated feelings of hatred and enmity toward the Swedes among all Muslims as well as many Muslim governments.
- “Eye-opener”: How Ayatollah Khamenei wants us to deal with anti-Islam events
Muslims around the world are horrified at the revolting Islamophobic events taking place in Europe over the past few weeks. This is not the first time the holy Quran has got desecrated but the blatant support of Western governments for the provocative acts has led to further outcry in the Islamic world. At a time when Muslims are subject to being carried away by nerve-wracking and overwhelming emotions, they should try not to take on a position that will help the enemies of Islam reach their wicked goals.
- Iran won’t exchange ambassadors with Sweden over Quran desecration
Following the desecration of the holy Quran for the second time in less than a month in Sweden, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has stated that Iran will not accept a new ambassador from that nation. In a televised interview on Friday, he stressed that “based on an order by President Ebrahim Raisi, the new ambassador of Sweden will not be allowed to come to Iran until the country’s government takes a serious and effective measure to deal with the continuous violation of Islamic sanctities.”
** KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
- ‘Severest Punishment’ for Qur’an Desecrater
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday called for the “severest punishment” for the perpetrator of the desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden. “Effrontery to the sacred realm of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden is a bitter, conspiratorial and dangerous incident. The severest punishment for the perpetrator of this crime is the consensus view of all Islamic scholars,” the Leader said in a message.
- Congress Allows U.S. to Wage War on West Asia
In a massive show of support for limitless executive power, the U.S. Congress rejected legislation that would have terminated national emergency powers allowing Washington to wage war across West Asia. These same emergency powers give the president the power to lift bans on testing biological weapons on U.S. citizens.
- Rail Strikes Disrupt Travel Plans of Millions in UK
Millions of Britons faced travel disruption Saturday as rail strikes continued on one of the busiest travel days of the year. The continued deadlock between railway unions and the government over pay and conditions saw some parts of the UK having no train services at all, with the RMT holding walkouts.
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