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UK court tells UK government to lift Iran opposition ban

Dow Jones: A U.K. court Friday ordered the U.K.'s home secretary to lift a six-year ban on Iran's Peoples Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, which...

Iran leader issues warning in spy case

AP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened Wednesday that his government would expose details of conversations between a former Iranian nuclear negotiator whom the president had...

Iran leader dubs summit a failure

The Guardian: George Bush formally relaunched Israeli-Palestinian negotiations yesterday, inviting Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas to meet again at the White House the morning...

Iran cracks down on ‘obscene’ rap music

AFP: Iran on Thursday said that it planned to launch a crackdown on rap music, complaining that the words used by rap artists were...

Bush renews pledge to back Israel if Iran attacks

Reuters: President George W. Bush on Wednesday reiterated his pledge the United States would defend Israel if it was attacked by Iran, a country...

Merkel sees “signal of hope” from Annapolis, warns Iran

DPA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday the Middle East peace conference in Annapolis had provided 'a signal of hope' that Israeli-Palestinian coexistence could...

Iran launches new light submarine

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 28 – Iran launched on Wednesday on its southern shores its second domestically-produced light submarine, state media reported. ...

S.Lanka borrows $1.5 bln from Iran for infrastructure

Reuters: Sri Lanka has borrowed $1.5 billion from Iran to fund infrastructure projects, including an expansion of the island's only oil refinery, officials said...

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Warning Over the Imminent Execution of Political Prisoner Aref Khoshkar in Iran

Following the transfer of political prisoner Aref Khoshkar, who has been sentenced to death, to a solitary confinement cell...

Near-Complete Halt to Shipping Through the Strait of Hormuz

Bloomberg, citing vessel-tracking data, reported that maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz came to an almost complete halt...

129th Week of ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 58 Prisons Across Iran

The "No To Executions Tuesdays" campaign has warned about the rising number of executions in Iran and called for...

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Iran’s July 9 Student Uprising Mark 27th Anniversary

Twenty-seven years have passed since July 9, 1999, when...

UK Designates Iran Regime’s IRGC as a Terrorist Organization

The British government has designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

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Iran oil exports at risk in UK ship sanctions plan

Reuters: A British proposal to target Iran's national shipping...