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Original Title: Universal healthcare: premiums, subsidies, rollout details \ Theft in occupied Stepanakert \ Azerb. reducing mil. budget \ Echmiatsin Cathedral renovated \ Moderate Iran? \ Nuclear waste storage \ French classes to expand \ AM-AZ peace efforts, COP 29 \ Georgia bans journo \ and...
12 minutes of Armenia coverage in Transcaucasian Telegraph's Sep/17/2024 edition.
where do Iranians stand on hijab laws?
Should the government impose strict penalties upon women who do not wear hijab in public?
• 68% no
Do you agree with how the Guidance Patrol is dealing with women who do not comply with hijab law?
• 55% no
Should the hijab be optional?
• 54% yes
People should have the power to call a national referendum to resolve differences.
• 77% agree
(Source: Stasis Consulting)
Iran's new president doesn't want morality police to "bother" women over hijab
Pezeshkian said the morality police should not confront women on the streets, after one female journalist complained to him that she was forced to avoid a certain street because of the presence of Morality patrol.
Pezeshkian said he will personally ensure that police do not bother women. Some female participants of the press conference did not wear hijabs at all, "a noticeable departure from previous official events."
Pezeshkian's comments came on the second anniversary of the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
source, source, source, source,
Georgian parliament ignores warnings again, adopts "homophobic laws"
The Russia-style bill, consisting of 18 various laws, bans "LGBT propaganda", same-sex marriage, and gender-affirming medical treatment.
It is far-ranging, affecting education, healthcare, media, business, and public gatherings, and demonstratively prohibiting a number of rights
EU said that it deplored the bill's rushed advancement in the parliament. "This package undermines the fundamental rights of Georgian people and risks further stigmatisation and discrimination of part of the population," said the EU, accusing Georgia's ruling party of passing it without public consultations and analysis.
Georgia bans the entry of a prominent Armenian journalist who founded a Georgian-Armenian media outlet
Georgian authorities have barred Aliq Media founder Arsen Kharatyan from entering the country, reportedly detaining him for hours at Tbilisi airport before deporting him.
KHARATYAN: I have no doubt that this entry denial aka deportation is political, which ultimately means that current Georgian authorities are either afraid of people like me or have patrons from Moscow or Baku telling them to “clear up the space” before the [Georgian] elections. //
Last week Kharatyan was blocked while traveling from Armenia to Georgia. This latest incident happened after he arrived from Luxemburg.
Kharatyan lived in Georgia for 5 years and founded a media outlet there. At one point he was Nikol Pashinyan's foreign relations adviser.
Why was he blocked? Sources say Kharatyan planned to open an opposition TV station in Georgia so the pro-Russian owner of the ruling party decided to stop him.
Georgia rejects asylum request from an independent Azerbaijani journalist
Afghan Sadigov, a "Prisoner of Conscience", was sentenced to 7 years in prison in 2020 and freed under amnesty in 2023. The Aliyev regime has decided to arrest him again, now under different charges which Sadigov believes are fabricated.
Sadigov was arrested in Georgia at the request of Azerbaijani authorities. He made an unsuccessful attempt to gain asylum. Amnesty International has urged Georgia not to extradite Sadigov.
EU will suspend visa-free travel for Georgians if Tbilisi continues on the path of "democratic backsliding": Formula News
Warning shots fired.
Azerbaijan is accused of hypocrisy after calling for Cop29 global truce: The Guardian
THE GUARDIAN: Climate summit host positioning itself as peacemaker but is accused of ethnic cleansing and imprisoning opponents
Azerbaijan has appropriated the apartments of ethnic Armenians who were forced out of Nagorno-Karabakh during the September 2023 ethnic cleansing
Over a thousand Azeri students will study in Stepanakert's university after it was occupied by the Azerbaijani army and converted into an Azerbaijani university.
The students will live in houses stolen by the Aliyev regime from the local Armenian population.
Azerbaijan sends a note of protest to the Netherlands after the Dutch foreign ministry website described Nagorno-Karabakh as "occupied" by Azerbaijan
Նիդերլանդների կառավարության կայքում հրապարակված արտաքին քաղաքական ծրագրում Արցախը ներկայացվել է որպես Ադրբեջանի կողմից գրավված և օգտագործվել է Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ արտահայտությունը։
Baku also pretended there was never "Nagorno-Karabakh" and wants the Netherlands to use "Karabakh region" instead.
United States about the AM-AZ peace efforts
STATE DEPT: We always look for opportunities to convene the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. They have made significant progress towards finalizing a peace agreement, and we’re committed to supporting them in any way that we can.
Turkey also believes the AM-AZ east-west trade route should be negotiated and opened AFTER the signing of a peace agreement and a "stable peace"
Azerbaijan initially demanded a Russian-controlled "corridor" to be part of the agreement but decided to drop it after resistance.
Turkish government hopes that the trade route, which will stretch from "Azerbaijan-Armenia-Nakhchivan-Turkey-Europe", will open after Armenia and Azerbaijan formally establish stable peace.
Armenia has offered Azerbaijan to sign a peace agreement based on the 80% of the text that is mutually acceptable by both parties. The Aliyev regime, however, continues to derail the efforts and make unreasonable demands towards Armenia and its Constitution.
Azerbaijan will reduce military spending by 7%: Azeri media sources
In 2025 the budget will be $3.9B. The 2025 budget assumes the oil will be $70. This year's budget was based on $75.
Armenia hires a company to inspect the nuclear waste storage facility ahead of plans to extend Metsamor nuclear plant's lifespan until 2036 and beyond
RosAtom will assess the safety of the nuclear waste storage that has been in use since 1980.
Armenia has decided to save nuclear "waste" for future processing and reuse, especially since nuclear power is regaining popularity globally which might drive up the cost of uranium, according to one expert. Details in March 24 telegraph.
[source,](https://arka.am/en/news/technology/rosatom_...
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