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Cannes cartoon of life under ayatollahs infuriates Iran

AFP: A biting animation about a young girl's life under Iran's ayatollahs screened at Cannes Tuesday despite protests from Tehran of Western bias. ...

Iran slashes interest rates amid rising inflation

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday slashed interest rates in defiance of double-digit inflation that is expected to rise further this year. ...

Pulitzer winner honored 27 years later

AP: An Iranian photographer who was anonymously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for capturing a chilling image of men before a firing squad...

Iran grants Belarus oil reserve access

AP: Iran granted Belarus greater access to oil reserves as the leaders of the countries, both at odds with the United States, met Monday...

Iran, U.S.-allied Arabs relations heat up

AP: Iran and its U.S.-allied Arab neighbors have long had testy relations. Now the talk is getting tougher as they compete for power in...

Oil-rich Iran hikes petrol prices by 25 percent

AFP: Oil-rich Iran on Tuesday increased the price of petrol by 25 percent despite announcements by the government only the day before that prices...

Iran charges Iranian-American academic

AP: Iran on Monday charged a detained Iranian-American academic with seeking to topple the ruling Islamic establishment, state-run television reported. Associated PressTEHRAN,...

Iran protests ‘Persepolis’ screening

AP: Iran protested the Cannes Film Festival screening of "Persepolis," an animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Iran after...

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120th Week of ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’: Political Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike in 56 Iranian Prisons Amid Escalating Crackdown

On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, political prisoners across 56 prisons in Iran launched a renewed hunger strike, marking the...

Strait of Hormuz: Show of Power or Beginning of New Tensions

At the same time as tensions in the Middle East are increasing, the British government has announced its readiness...

The Return of the Shah’s Infamous Royal Secret Police to the Streets of Europe

Eighty years after World War II and the fall of Hitler’s fascism in Germany, the use of Nazi symbols...

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Aftermath of the War: Iranian Workers’ Lives in Grip of a Livelihood Crisis

Following the US and Israeli war against Iran’s regime,...

The Voice They Could Not Silence: Vahid Bani Amerian’s Final Testament

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