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Ahmadinejad wants millions to quit Tehran over quake fears

AFP: At least five million Tehran residents need to relocate elsewhere because Iran's capital sits on several fault lines and is threatened by...

Israel PM warns of Iran threat on Holocaust Day

AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused world governments on Sunday of failing to show sufficient concern about the threat posed by...

Iran moderate daily returns after three-year ban

AFP: Iran's leading moderate daily Shargh hit the news stands again on Sunday nearly three years after authorities banned it for publishing an...

Iran is world’s seventh largest cosmetic consumer: report

AFP: Iran has emerged as the world's seventh largest consumer of cosmetics, spending 2.1 billion dollars annually on various beauty products, state-run...

Iran to privatise all refineries, petchem units-Mehr

Reuters: Iran plans to privatise all its refineries and petrochemical units, Oil Minister Massoud Mirkazemi was quoted as saying on Saturday. TEHRAN,...

Attackers blast open Iran prison, two escape

AP: Iran's official news agency reports assailants blasted open a prison wall with rocket propelled grenades in western Iran, allowing two convicted...

Iran shipper evades U.S. blacklist

Wall Street Journal: Iran's state shipping company has changed the names and ownership of most of its vessels to evade U.S. sanctions, but...

Iran gives stakes in petchem, power units to army fund

Reuters: Iran has transferred shares in six petrochemical plants and power stations to a social welfare investment organisation of the Islamic Republic's...

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U.S. Treasury Targets Khamenei-Linked Financial Network

The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Ali Ansari, an individual linked to a network of exchange houses and...

Sharp Increase in Bread Prices in Iran

For years in Iran, it was commonly said that even if people could no longer afford meat, chicken, dairy...

U.S. Officials Call for Iran’s Regime to Publicly Declare an End to Attacks on Ships in Strait of Hormuz

Reuters reported that senior U.S. officials said on Friday, July 10, that Washington has asked Iran's regime to formally...

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Arrested Iranian Protesters in Critical Conditions, Human Rights Bodies Warn

Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based human rights organization,...

Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign Enters Its 128th Week

On Tuesday, July 7, the "No To Executions Tuesdays...

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