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100,000 French citizens call for an end to pressure on Iran dissidents

Iran Focus: Paris, Jun. 16 – An array of prominent jurists and human rights advocates in France joined 100,000 French citizens to call on...

Iran elections candidates: Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Iran Focus: For over two decades, Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been one of the two most powerful men within Iran’s ruling hierarchy, first as...

Iran elections candidates: Mohsen Rezai

Iran Focus: Major General Mohsen Rezai was Commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from 1981 to 1997. The IRGC, and in...

Iran elections candidates: Ali Larijani

Iran Focus: Ali Ardeshir Larijani was the head of the Iranian State TV and Radio from 1994 to 2004. Prior to that, Larijani served...

Iran elections candidates: Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf

Iran Focus: Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf is one of the eight hopefuls competing to become president following the June 17 elections. He is also one of...

Iran elections candidates: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran Focus: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the appointed Mayor of Tehran, after first getting the job in April 2003.He is seen to be an ultra-conservative,...

Iran elections candidates: Mehdi Karroubi

Iran Focus: Hojatoleslam Mehdi Mahdavi-Karroubi, a mid-ranking cleric, is currently a member of the State Expediency Council and an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah...

Iran elections candidates: Mohsen Mehralizadeh

Iran Focus:Mehralizadeh, perhaps the most obscure candidate in the race, is a Vice-President in the present administration of President Mohammad Khatami, serving as the...

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In the biting cold of mid-January 2026, the air in Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr Square was thick with the scent of...

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A conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 22, 2026, brought renewed attention to the escalating...

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