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Iran opposition leaders barred from travel abroad

AP: Iran's opposition leaders are barred from leaving the country, a prominent conservative lawmaker said Saturday, hiking up the pressure on the reform movement....

Let jailed reporters see family, Germany urges Iran

AFP: Germany's foreign minister called on Iran to allow two jailed journalists to see their families, who have travelled to Tehran in the hope...

Iran to launch ‘reconnaissance’ satellite

AFP: Iran will launch a reconnaissance satellite dubbed the "Fajr" in the next few months, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in a report Saturday...

Iranian president: ‘Sanctions have always failed’

CNN: After meeting Thursday with Turkey's president in advance of multinational discussions on Iran's controversial nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he hopes...

U.S. approved business with blacklisted nations

New York Times: Despite sanctions and trade embargoes, over the past decade the United States government has allowed American companies to do billions of...

GOP leaders criticize Obama’s Iran policy in rally for opposition group

Washington Post: A group of prominent U.S. Republicans associated with homeland security told a forum of cheering Iranian exiles here Wednesday that President Obama's...

Hong Kong holds ship linked to Iran firm: report

AFP: Hong Kong has detained a cargo ship linked to an Iranian shipping firm at the centre of new US sanctions aimed at curbing...

Nigeria grants bail to Iran arms shipment suspect

Reuters: A Nigerian court granted bail on Thursday to an alleged member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, who along with three Nigerians was charged last...

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Targeted Repression of Iranian Women, From Mass Arrests to Death Sentences

Women in Iran have faced a wave of widespread arrests and targeted repression; a wave that indicates a planned...

Ali Akbar Daneshvarkar’s Final Letter Offers a Personal Account from Iran’s Death Row

Iran’s regime tries to shut the voice of dissidents through brutal executions. But in the case of Ali Akbar...

Iranian Political Prisoner Mohammad Abbasi Hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison

In the early hours of Wednesday, May 13, the judiciary of the Iranian regime executed Mohammad Abbasi, a 55-year-old...

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