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Iran shuts down 9 magazines

AP: Iran's Culture Ministry on Sunday announced the closure of nine cinema and lifestyle magazines for publishing pictures and stories about the life of...

Hardline critics scoop up votes as rivals are barred

The Observer: Religious conservatives in Iran - who had been guaranteed a strong showing in the country's new parliament following the barring of many...

Brothel shame of moral enforcer

Sunday Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s “moral enforcer”, who led a crackdown on women failing to adhere to Iran’s strict Islamic dress codes, has been...

Iran’s hardliners surge ahead in poll

Sunday Times: The hardline supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the firebrand Iranian president, appeared to be heading for victory in parliamentary elections last night, despite...

Scotland would be far better friend to us than England, says Rasoul Movahedian

The Times: A suggestion by the Iranian Ambassador to Britain that his country should foster closer links with Scotland than with England was treated...

Desire for change unlikely to show

The Times: In an almost deserted polling station in north Tehran yesterday The Times asked the woman in charge how many people had voted....

Turnout low in Iranian election as reformist voters stay away

The Guardian: Iranians went to the polls yesterday to elect a new parliament, but just as many stayed away out of scepticism that their...

Iran’s call to vote ignored by millions

Daily Telegraph: Iran's Supreme Leader cast his vote in parliamentary elections yesterday and, in his solemn and severe dark robes, told his compatriots that...

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Tensions Rise Between France and Iran’s Regime

In response to the Iranian regime's decision to declare two former employees of the French Embassy in Tehran "persona...

Cost of Living Basket Several Times Higher Than Iranian Workers’ Wages

Workers' cost of living has come under pressure from inflation and low wages. July inflation data point to intensifying...

‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Expands to 60 Prisons Across Iran

According to human rights sources in Iran, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign has expanded to 60 prisons across...

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Iranian Regime Drone Attack on Office of Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of...

Iran’s Regime Plans Fuel Rationing, Higher Gasoline Prices Within Next 15 Days

Esmail Saghab-Esfahani, a vice president of Iran's regime, said...

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Music fails to chime with Islamic values, says Iran’s supreme leader

The Guardian: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claims the promotion and...

Mullen says US has Iran strike plan, just in case

AP: The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of...