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City Council

Tehran City Council Session Erupts Over Bus Contract With China | #citycouncil

Tehran City Council members clashed on Sunday over a contract for importing electric buses following the release of a report criticizing the deal’s lack of transparency. Media activist Yashar Soltani had earlier exposed the two billion euro contract details on his website in which he revealed that the Chinese firm involved, a construction company founded […]

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Alabama

Transcript: Sen. Katie Britt delivers Republican response to State of the Union address | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

REPUBLICAN SEN. KATIE BRITT OF ALABAMA: Good evening, America. My name is Katie Britt, and I have the honor of serving the people of the great state of Alabama in the United States Senate. However, that’s not the job that matters most. I am a proud wife and mom of two school age kids. My […]

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Alabama

Transcript of the Republican response to the State of the Union address | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) — A transcript of the Republican response to the State of the Union address, as delivered by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., on March 7, 2024: Good evening, America. My name is Katie Britt, and I have the honor of serving the people of the great state of Alabama in the United States Senate. […]

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Mayor

German-Iranians Urge Mayor To Save Jailed Rapper

Iranians pressed a German mayor with ties to the Iranian city of Esfahan to use his leverage to secure the freedom of detained dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi. The controversial mayor of the South-Western city of Freiburg, Martin Horn, has a twin city partnership with Esfahan (Isfahan), where Salehi is detained. “The mayor of Freiburg, Martin Horn, can actually […]

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Mayor

Tehran’s ‘Revolutionary’ Mayor Faces Financial, Marital Scandals

A member of the Tehran City Council made accusations this week that 170 trillion rials, or $336 million of Tehran Municipality’s collected revenues are missing. Habib Kashani, who is also a member of the Tehran City Council’s Transparency Committee, told reporters in Tehran that the Municipality’s total revenues were 800 trillion rials last year, out […]

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Alabama

Pete Ricketts joins Republican senators appealing transfer of funds to Iran | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Nebraska’s Pete Ricketts joins 20 Republican senators appealing transfer of $6 billion to Iran by Biden administration Updated: 10:55 AM CDT Oct 10, 2023 Related video above: Ricketts attend rally at Omaha’s Jewish CommunityNebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts and 19 other Senate Republicans want to freeze the transfer of $6 billion to Iran by the Biden […]

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Alabama

Senate passes Alabama Property Protection Act, bill moves to House with proposed changes | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Senate passes Alabama Property Protection Act, bill moves to House with proposed changes The Alabama Senate passed HB 379 Thursday afternoon, a bill also known as the Alabama Property Protection Act. Some amendments were made to the bill before it was passed by the state senate and it now goes back to the state house […]

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Mayor

Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt Supports USMNT In Qatar

Saturday, November 26th 2022, 7:57 pm By: News 9 Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt represented the Sooner State in Qatar on Friday as the United States Men’s National Team took on England during the World Cup. The U.S. remains unbeaten after neither team scored a goal. They’re set to face Iran on Tuesday to advance […]

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