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Political Lines Blurred for Iran Vote

Washington Post: In a profound departure from a quarter-century of politics grounded in appeals to religious duty, the presidential campaigns unfolding across Iran's capital...

Iran student body calls for boycott, warns of “rigged turnout figures”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 - The Office for the Strengthening of Unity (OSU), the main student body operating legally in Iran, adopted a...

Iran election news round-up

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15Supreme Leader: Voting a 'religious duty'When hardliners complain of being demonised!Bombings will increase voter turnout: Judiciary chiefKhatami warns of “organised...

Top Iranian candidate sued

Toronto Star: A Toronto-area man who was imprisoned and tortured in Iran has filed a $9 million lawsuit against the leading candidate in...

Iran clerics setting stage for electoral fraud: opposition

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 15 – Faced with widespread apathy and a nationwide call for a boycott of the June 17 presidential elections, the...

Iran’s ex-Revolutionary Guards chief abandons race

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – A day after Iran Focus predicted that Mohsen Rezai, one of the five ex-Revolutionary Guards commanders in the...

Protests break out in Iran capital against election candidate

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – Iranian students from Tehran’s Lecturers’ Training College yesterday evening demonstrated against presidential hopeful Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, clashing with security...

Iran security forces round up prison protesters for second day

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 15 – For the second consecutive day, Iran’s paramilitary police attacked protesters holding a vigil outside a notorious prison, arresting...

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Thirteenth Day of the Hunger Strike By 1,500 Prisoners, Condition of the Strikers Is Critical

The collective hunger strike by around 1,500 death-row prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj entered...

Death Fatwa: Salman Rushdie’s Attacker Coordinated with an Individual in Iran

The attack on Salman Rushdie was carried out in connection with the death fatwa issued against him by Ruhollah...

Why Bandar Abbas and Chabahar Have Become Central to Military Developments

In Iran, the southern ports occupy a position that extends beyond their role as commercial hubs due to their...

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Iran’s Economy on the Brink of Hyperinflation

Masoud Nili, a regime-affiliated economist and faculty member at...

Political Prisoner Massoud Jamei Transferred to Solitary Confinement for Torture

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