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Political Lines Blurred for Iran Vote

Washington Post: In a profound departure from a quarter-century of politics grounded in appeals to religious duty, the presidential campaigns unfolding across Iran's capital...

Iran student body calls for boycott, warns of “rigged turnout figures”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 - The Office for the Strengthening of Unity (OSU), the main student body operating legally in Iran, adopted a...

Iran election news round-up

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15Supreme Leader: Voting a 'religious duty'When hardliners complain of being demonised!Bombings will increase voter turnout: Judiciary chiefKhatami warns of “organised...

Top Iranian candidate sued

Toronto Star: A Toronto-area man who was imprisoned and tortured in Iran has filed a $9 million lawsuit against the leading candidate in...

Iran clerics setting stage for electoral fraud: opposition

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 15 – Faced with widespread apathy and a nationwide call for a boycott of the June 17 presidential elections, the...

Iran’s ex-Revolutionary Guards chief abandons race

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – A day after Iran Focus predicted that Mohsen Rezai, one of the five ex-Revolutionary Guards commanders in the...

Protests break out in Iran capital against election candidate

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – Iranian students from Tehran’s Lecturers’ Training College yesterday evening demonstrated against presidential hopeful Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, clashing with security...

Iran security forces round up prison protesters for second day

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – For the second consecutive day, Iran’s paramilitary police attacked protesters holding a vigil outside a notorious prison, arresting...

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Death Sentence Issued for Iranian Political Prisoner Amirhassan Monfared

Amirhossein Akbari Monfared, a 27-year-old political prisoner held in Tehran's Evin Prison, has been sentenced to death by Judge...

Thirteenth Night of CENTCOM Strikes; Southern, Western, and Central Iran Under Fire

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced early Friday, July 24, the conclusion of the thirteenth consecutive night of military...

Three European Embassies in Tehran Evacuate Staff Amid Escalating Regional Tensions

Amid escalating tensions between the Iranian regime and the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany have withdrawn...

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Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks130th Week

On Tuesday, July 21, the "No to Executions Tuesdays"...

12 Death Row Prisoners Transferred to Solitary Confinement at Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan

Following the transfer of 14 prisoners to solitary confinement...

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In the debate over Iran, more calls for a tougher U.S. stance

Washington Post: Fourteen months after Secretary of State Condoleezza...