A polling station in Tehran on February 21, 2020. – Vahid Salemi / AP / SIPA
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Some 58 million Iranians began electing a new parliament this Friday for a vote in which the Conservatives are favorites. It must be said that the economic crisis has fueled popular resentment against moderate President Hassan Rohani. Above all, the context of this vote is particular. The new legislature will start its work amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. This contributed to the distrust of the population, mainly after the Iranian armed forces had Ukrainian airliner “mistakenly” shot down, almost a month and a half ago.
Finding a solution against the proliferation of this insect seems to be unanimously accepted by the political class. On the left, a rebellious deputy erected in combat fighting bedbugs. In the majority, a former candidate for mayor of Paris shared his painful experience. The Ministry of Housing has therefore just launched a plan to combat the resurgence of these parasites. While bedbugs had been practically eradicated in France in the middle of the 20th century, the figures reported by the professionals of their extermination show that 400,000 sites, including not only housing but also hotels, were treated in 2018, the last year benchmark, almost a third more than the previous year. The government is therefore launching an information campaign on Friday, with a number (0.806.706.806) and a site (
stop-punaises.gouv.fr) dedicated.
In the case of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant, will the deadlines be met? If the countdown is launched, site employees threaten to disobey and not apply N.1 reactor shutdown procedures, which must be permanently taken out of service overnight from Friday to Saturday. Others, however, say it would be “unthinkable”. Response therefore in less than 24 hours.
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