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Iran shuts down arts university in historic city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – The closure of the Arts University in Isfahan, central Iran, has angered arts students and lecturers. An...

Iran’s former President criticises leader’s choice

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 22 – In one of his most forthright comments since losing the presidential elections in June, former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi...

Iran’s censors ban famous director’s script

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has banned the script of a leading film and theatre...

Row in Iran’s parliament was stage-managed – source

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – The row in Iran's Majlis (parliament) on Sunday was stage-managed by the dominant ultra-Islamist faction, according to...

Student activist gets one year jail time in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – An Iranian student activist was sentenced to one year in prison for organising anti-government demonstrations, the head...

Iran to give EU a chance to offer more concessions – official

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator told reporters on Monday that Tehran would give Europe a chance to...

Iran changes security chief in restive southern province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – Less than a year after he was appointed the commander of State Security Forces in Iran’s southern...

Iran town’s para-military commander killed in clashes

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – The military commander of Iranshahr region in south-eastern Iran was killed on Saturday during a counter-insurgency operation...

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