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Iran detains human rights lawyer in top-security prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 – An Iranian human rights lawyer arrested on Saturday on charges of nuclear espionage is currently being held...

Preliminary list of Iran’s new cabinet

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 – The preliminary choices for ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s new cabinet have been announced. The list is to...

Iran daily labels arrested human rights lawyer “nuclear spy”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 – The jailed human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani is being charged with giving away Iran’s nuclear secrets, a...

Over 280 protests in Iran in past month – opposition

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 01 – Disenchanted Iranians stated more than 280 anti-government protests, clashes, strikes, and other forms of social unrest throughout Iran...

Iran president-elect submits new cabinet list to Majlis

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – Iran’s ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has submitted his choice for a cabinet to the Majlis (Parliament) for...

Iran police arrest women for “un-Islamic” dress

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – Iran has deployed squads of women-only vice police in a new crackdown on “un-Islamic” dress. Eight women...

Iran says Europe supports its nuclear project

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – In a letter to outgoing Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, the secretary general of the Supreme National Security...

Iran’s Nobel laureate highlights plight of political prisoners

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 31 – Iran’s Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi wrote in an article that the international community should not ignore the plight...

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The Effects of Sanctions Relief and Negotiations on Iran’s Economy

Today, Iran’s economy is simultaneously suffering from chronic inflation, declining investment, the erosion of the middle class, expanding poverty,...

Ali Khamenei’s Corpse and the Spectacle of a Dictator’s Burial

The project of burying Ali Khamenei has long been a subject of discussion among the leaders of Iran's regime....

Agreement Between Iran’s Regime and the United States Highlights a New Rift Within the Ruling Establishment

Disagreements over the course of negotiations between Tehran and Washington have once again become public. While some media outlets...

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