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Iran quake kills seven, wrecks villages

AFP: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Iran, wrecking villages, bringing down power lines, and killing up to seven people and injuring hundreds more, Iranian...

Ahmadinejad appoints fourth woman to cabinet

AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sacked the head of Iran's National Youth Organisation on Monday and appointed a woman to the cabinet post, official media...

11 militant Sunnis hanged in south-eastern Iran

DPA: Eleven members of the Sunni Muslim militant group Jundollah were hanged Monday in Iran's south-eastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, the Khabar news network reported....

Magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits southern Iran – TV

Reuters: An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude jolted southeastern Iran on Monday, Iranian state television reported, but a local official said there were no initial...

Iran’s Khamenei dismisses Hariri tribunal

AFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday dismissed as "null and void" imminent rulings by the UN court probing the 2005 murder...

Former homeland officials: De-list Iranian opposition group

CQ: Two top homeland security officials in the George W. Bush adminstration last week criticized the Obama administration’s engagement strategy with Iran, as well...

Iran parliament committee votes to cuts ties with UK

Reuters: A committee in Iran's parliament voted on Sunday to cut diplomatic relations with Britain, a day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for "cooperation"...

Iran ex-foreign minister says sacking ‘un-Islamic’

AFP: Iran's former foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki has hit out at his sacking this week by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, branding the move both "un-Islamic...

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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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