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Ex U.S. hostages confirm Iran president’s role in embassy siege

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 26 – Two former United States hostages held captive in Iran for 444 days when radical Islamists seized the American...

Iran’s “new initiative” for nuclear talks sets tougher tone

Iran Focus: Vienna, Aug. 26 – Iran’s new chief nuclear negotiator is due to hold talks with the head of the International Atomic Energy...

Iran’s leader names new Revolutionary Guards air force chief

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 25 – Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed a veteran Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) general as the...

Iran’s defeated reformists pin hope on dissident ayatollah

Iran Focus: Paris, Aug. 25 – A simple Islamic wedding party, with male guests in one hall and women in a separate wing, turned...

Iran police arrest Kurdish activist in restive city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 25 – A Kurdish activist in the city of Sanandaj, northwest Iran, was arrested by State Security Forces, Persian-language...

Swedish police probe murder of dissident Iran Kurd

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 25 – An Iranian opposition activist was killed in the Swedish town of Lindsberg, on Monday by unidentified assailants,...

7 boys under-18 executed in Iran since January: Amnesty

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 25 - The human rights organisation Amnesty International expressed concern on Thursday at the imminent execution of two minors in...

Sex orgies, STD on the rise in Iran, hard-line daily warns

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 25 – An influential hard-line daily in Iran warned that young people were increasingly turning to sex orgies, drugs,...

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Amnesty International Calls Halting the Death Sentence of Toomaj Salehi

On Thursday, May 17, Amnesty International sent a letter to the head of the Iranian regime’s judiciary, calling for...

Around 6 Workers Die of Safety Incidents Every Day in Iran

Ali Ziaei, the head of the Crime Scene Investigation Group at the Iranian Forensics Organization, reported the deaths of...

Air Pollution Kills 26,000 People in Iran Every Year: Head of Environment Organization

Ali Salajegheh, the head of the Environmental Protection Organization admitted in a conference in Kerman on Monday, May 13...

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Parliamentary Election Rejected by 92% of Eligible Voters in Tehran

The second round of the twelfth parliamentary elections of...

Australia Sanctions Iranian Regime Navy and IRGC Commanders

On Tuesday, May 15, the Australian Government imposed targeted...

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A look at the international coverage of the Iran unrest

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