Child labor rises as poverty deepens in Iran
ایران اینترنشنال • • world
Key Points:
- Charles W. Dunne, a Middle East expert, argues Western sanctions and military strikes have failed to collapse Iran’s regime, which has grown more hardline and resilient despite significant pressure and attacks.
- A potential Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding faces major hurdles, notably over Lebanon, where Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel’s military actions could trigger broader regional conflict.
- Iran’s electricity supply faces a severe shortfall this summer due to war damage, aging infrastructure, and high demand, with experts recommending demand management over solely expanding generation capacity.
- Trita Parsi, a prominent Iranian-American analyst advocating diplomacy with Tehran, is under US State Department investigation amid accusations of advancing Iranian interests, highlighting tensions over Iranian influence and free speech in Washington.
- Iranian cleric Soleimani Ardestani was sentenced to prison for challenging Shiite religious narratives, illustrating the regime’s intolerance for internal religious dissent and its use of security charges to suppress debate within the clerical establishment.