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Iranian Kurd refugees leave for Sweden; hundreds remain in no man’s land

UN High Commissioner for Refugees: For more than a year and a half, they had lived under tents in the inhospitable desert of the...

Floods in south Iran kill 10 people, injure 18-IRNA

Reuters: Heavy rain and floods in southwestern Iran killed at least 10 people and injured at least 18, the official IRNA news agency reported...

Iran’s Judiciary Arrests Three Cultural Officials

Reuters: Iran's judiciary has arrested three cultural officials for organising a festival containing a brief display of dancing by a male and female theatre...

Iran officials held over theater festival

UPI: Three officials in the province of Khosestan in southern Iran have been arrested on charges of encouraging corruption by sponsoring a theater festival....

Iranian asylum seekers begin hunger strike in Australian detention centre

AFP: Six Iranians held at an outback immigration detention centre north of here have begun a hunger strike, some with their lips sewn together,...

Iran’s intelligence chief denies Al-Qaeda members sentenced

AFP: Iran's Intelligence Minister Ali Younessi has denied claims by the judiciary that members of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network have been tried and...

Bush administration planning to increase pressure on Iran

Knight Ridder Newspapers: As 150,000 U.S. troops battle to stabilize Iraq, some officials in the Bush administration are already planning to turn up the...

US wants Iraq, Afghanistan in WTO but not Iran

AFP: The United States said Tuesday it was backing Iraq's and Afghanistan's bids to join the World Trade Organization but said there was no...

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Political Prisoner Parisa Kamali Commemorates Martyrs of January Uprising In Defiant Message

Parisa Kamali, a political prisoner held in Yazd Prison, who has been sentenced to eight and a half years...

The Gallows: The Real Story of Iran Behind the Oslo Ceremony

In an article published on June 8, the Norwegian newspaper Fædrelandsvennen sought to draw public attention to a different...

Lebanese President Expresses Clear Opposition to Iran’s Regime

Recent remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding the role of Iran's regime in developments in Lebanon have received...

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Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Enters 124th Week

On Tuesday, June 9, the "No to Executions Tuesdays"...

Lebanese President Expresses Clear Opposition to Iran’s Regime

Recent remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding the...

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Iran snubs Gazprom, considers refineries sale

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