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Revolutionary Guards commander given key security post

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 05 – Iran appointed a new deputy chief for the paramilitary Bassij force, state-run media reported on Monday. ...

Iran’s former police chief becomes new Tehran mayor

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 04 – Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, Iran’s former police chief and defeated presidential contender, was on Sunday appointed as the new...

U.S. refuses visa to top Iran official

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 03 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry and senior officials reacted harshly to the decision by the United States not to...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad says goal is to set up “Islamic state”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 03 – Iran’s newly-installed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his goal was to turn Iran into an Islamic state...

Iran indicts 48 Kurds after unrest

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 03 – The Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor in the western province of West Azerbaijan said 48 Kurds have been indicted...

In Tehran, a sombre crowd recalls Iran’s worst 20th century massacre

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 03 – Some 2,000 people – families and friends of victims of one of the worst prison massacres in...

Senior Iran official jailed on drug charges

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 03 – A senior government official has been arrested and imprisoned on drug charges, the semi-official daily Jomhouri Islami...

Iran’s oil well blasts blamed on Blair government

Iran Focus: Dubai, Sep. 2 – A hard-line member of Iran’s parliament from the oil-rich Khuzistan Province said on Friday that London was behind...

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Inflation in Iran and the Limits of What an Agreement with the United States Can Achieve

A sick political system inevitably produces a sick economy. In an absolute dictatorship where political and social freedoms are...

Day 2 of Free Iran 2026: International Figures Rally Behind NCRI Alternative

PARIS — The second day of the Free Iran 2026 World Summit brought together a broad range of former...

Free Iran 2026 Summit in Paris Draws International Support for Democratic Change in Iran

PARIS, June 20, 2026 — Political leaders, former government officials, parliamentarians, and human rights advocates from Europe and North...

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Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 125th Week

On Tuesday, June 16, the "No to Executions Tuesdays"...

Volker Türk: At Least 40 People Executed on Security-Related Charges in Iran

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India seizes Iranian boat, arrests 12 crew

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