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Iran Jails More Journalists and Blocks Web Sites

New York Times: Iran has continued its crackdown on journalists, with two arrests in the past week, and has moved against pro-democracy Web sites,...

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Iran Focus:18-metre-long petition in protest to water policyTehran students call for end to suppressionThree sentenced to execution1,660 youths commit suicide every year Iran...

Deadly gas poisons residents in Iranian city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 6 - Officials in the city of Masjid Soleiman (southwestern Iran) have admitted for the first time that harmful gases...

26-year-old woman commits suicide in Tehran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 6 – A 26-year-old female student committed suicide by jumping off a bridge over the Tajrish river, in the suburbs...

Students protest insufficient university services

Iran Focus: Tehran, Nov. 6 – Hundreds of students at the Teachers’ Training College staged a protest Wednesday over poor quality of food and...

Women’s media, rights groups urged to take action after second woman arrested on Internet-related ch

Reporters Without Borders: Reporters Without Borders today called on women's media and women's rights groups around the world to rally to the defence of...

Iran wants China to replace Japan as top oil importer: report

AFP: Iran wants China to replace Japan as its biggest importer of oil and gas, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh was reported as...

EU presidency rejects talk of military strikes on Iran

AFP: The European Union's Dutch presidency dismissed Thursday speculation about a US military strike on Iran to force the Islamic republic to abandon its...

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30 Tir Uprising: The Historical Legacy of Iran’s Stand Against Dictatorship

The 30 Tir Uprising of July 21, 1952, stands as one of the defining moments in Iran’s modern history....

Iranian Regime Transfers Thousands of Centrifuges to Underground Mount Kolang Tunnel Complex

The Iranian regime has transferred thousands of uranium enrichment centrifuges to tunnels beneath "Mount Kolang," also known as "Pickaxe...

The Final Farewell of Two Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death in Iran

Abolfazl Sepahi and Alireza Sepahi, two prisoners sentenced to death in the case known as the "Alikhani Square" case...

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Collective Hunger Strike at Ghezel Hesar Prison Calls for Halt to Executions

Reports from Iran indicate that the hunger strike by...

Political Prisoner Massoud Jamei Transferred to Solitary Confinement for Torture

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