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Iran rejects Obama’s claim that sanctions halted nuclear program

The Hill: Iran’s foreign ministry on Thursday rejected President Obama’s remarks about Iran’s nuclear program in the State of the Union speech. Obama said in his...

Iran begins vetting expatriates seeking to return, group says

Bloomberg: Iranian intelligence officials have begun reviewing requests of exiles interested in returning home, the New-York based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported....

Arrest of billionaire highlights political divisions in Iran

Reuters: While international sanctions have made life a struggle for many Iranians, they were a big break for businessman Babak Zanjani, who made a...

Iranian lawmakers to visit Britain as diplomatic ties improve

Reuters: Iranian parliamentarians will come to London in the next few months, the first such visit in years, as Iran and Britain try to...

UK Parliamentary committee meets Iranian opposition leader in Paris

PRNewswire: A high-level cross-party delegation of British parliamentarians from both Houses of Commons met today with the leader of the Iranian opposition to pursue a...

Iran sanctions push stalls, U.S. lawmakers mull weaker measure

Reuters: An attempt to impose new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program has stalled in the U.S. Congress and lawmakers are discussing whether...

Annan launches Elders mission to Iran

AFP: Former UN chief Kofi Annan, head of a group of ex-global leaders known as the Elders, Sunday started a visit aimed at boosting dialogue...

Iran: Ex-leader’s daughter gets suspended sentence

AP: An Iranian news agency is reporting that the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has received a six-month suspended prison sentence on...

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Iran’s Economic Growth Decline Accelerates

The Statistical Center of Iran, a government agency of Iran's regime, announced in its latest report that the country's...

New Wave of Protests Across Various Iranian Cities

On June 21 and 22, a new wave of protest gatherings emerged across various cities in Iran. Students, university...

126th Week of ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 57 Prisons

In the 126th week of the protest campaign "No to Executions Tuesdays," political prisoners in 57 prisons across Iran...

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Child Laborers: The Silent Victims of Poverty and Inflation in Iran

On June 15, the state-run Shargh newspaper published a...

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