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Iran topped US team at Olympics, official claims

AFP: A number-crunching Iranian sports official claimed Iran did in fact beat its arch-enemy the United States at the Athens Olympics, even if the...

Shell Bids for New Oil Field Development Contracts in Iran

Bloomberg: Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Europe's second-largest oil company by market value, bid last month to develop new oil fields in Iran as its existing...

Hardline Iranian militia protest French headscarf ban

AFP: Around 200 members of Iran's hardline Basij militia staged a fresh rally outside the French embassy in Tehran Tuesday in protest at a...

Revolutionary Guards General Set to Become Iran’s Censor in Chief

Iran Focus: A new budget amendment adopted by the dominant ultra-conservative faction in the Iranian parliament is set to concentrate enormous powers over the...

Anti-government riot rocks Iran’s key Persian Gulf oil port

Iran Focus: Ganaveh, Aug 25 – Government buildings in this major oil terminal and Persian Gulf port were still smoldering this morning after day-long...

Iran says can “deter all enemies”

Iran Focus: TEHRAN, Aug. 30 - Iranian Defense Minister Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani told a meeting of senior military officiers at the headquarters of...

Thousands of Iranians to Rally in Brussels to Demand Removal of Terror Tag

Iran Focus: Thousands of Iranians will be heading to Brussels from across Europe on Monday, September 13, to take part in a huge rally...

Bam tremor toll revised upward to 31,000

Iran Focus: Paris - Iran on Wednesday revised upwards to 31,000 from an earlier estimate of 26,000 the number of people killed in a...

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Amnesty International Calls Halting the Death Sentence of Toomaj Salehi

On Thursday, May 17, Amnesty International sent a letter to the head of the Iranian regime’s judiciary, calling for...

Around 6 Workers Die of Safety Incidents Every Day in Iran

Ali Ziaei, the head of the Crime Scene Investigation Group at the Iranian Forensics Organization, reported the deaths of...

Air Pollution Kills 26,000 People in Iran Every Year: Head of Environment Organization

Ali Salajegheh, the head of the Environmental Protection Organization admitted in a conference in Kerman on Monday, May 13...

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Iranian Chamber of Commerce Reports Worsening Economic Conditions

In its latest report on the state of the...

Iran Facing Infant Formula Scarcity Again

Iranian media have reported a new increase in the...

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