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Hardliners to dominate Iran’s new cabinet – sources

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 29 – With Iran’s new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad set to take office on August 4, knowledgeable sources expect major...

Record number of street children in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 - Some 1,949 street children were rounded up from the streets of Tehran during the spring period, according...

Iran road workers protest outside Transport Ministry

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 – Workers from the state-run Road Development Organisation of Iran gathered outside newly developed headquarters of the Ministry...

Iran postpones trial of “nuclear spies”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 28 – The trial of an individual charged with spying on Iran’s covert nuclear program has been postponed until...

Secret memo says Iran’s new president “fired coups de grace”

Iran Terror Database: A secret memorandum made available to Iran Terror by a source in the Iranian government sheds light on the mysterious past...

Blair says world won’t ‘go soft’ on Iran

AFP: Iran's president-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad would be wrong to think that the international community will "go soft" on Tehran's nuclear policy, British Prime Minister...

Iran’s new leader: a familiar face?

BBC: As soon as I saw a picture of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's new president, I knew there was something faintly familiar about him. And...

Iran ultra-conservatives vying for new cabinet seats

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 27 – With more than a month to go before Iran’s newly-elected president has to announce his cabinet, political...

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Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign Enters Its 128th Week

On Tuesday, July 7, the "No To Executions Tuesdays campaign" continued. The campaign, which was launched to end all...

Oil Tanker Attacked Near the Strait of Hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a British maritime security monitoring organization, reported that an oil tanker sailing...

Arrested Iranian Protesters in Critical Conditions, Human Rights Bodies Warn

Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based human rights organization, on Monday, July 6, expressed concern over the growing wave...

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Why Is Iran’s Electricity Industry Facing a Crisis?

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British Couple Imprisoned in Evin Prison Remain on Hunger Strike

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