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US firm says Iran ‘illegally’ uses Internet filter software

AFP: A US Web security firm cited in a report on Iran's Internet censorship said Wednesday that any use in Iran of its software...

Rafsanjani promises cash handouts in Iran election bid

AFP: Moderate conservative presidential candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has promised to hand ordinary Iranians billions of dollars in stock options and benefits in a...

Iran Nobel winner defends election boycott

AFP: Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi made an impassioned defence of her decision to boycott Iran's election, which goes into a second round...

Dissident Disputes Results, Calls Runoff Choices ‘Bad and Worse’

New York Sun: The choice for Iranians tomorrow in the presidential runoff is between "bad and worse," according to a leader of the July...

Rafsanjani reassures ultra-conservatives, praises Revolutionary Guards

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 23 - Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani told a meeting of senior Revolutionary Guards commanders that he has not...

Iran elections round-up

Iran Focus and wire services:Iran Government Spokesman: Votes are being boughtNew poll puts Tehran mayor aheadIran revolution 'at stake' in election: Rowhani ...

Iran can’t ignore discontent of youthful electorate

Christian Science Monitor: Iran's mullahs have just conducted the first round of their exercise in nondemocracy, the election of a new president. Their Guardian...

Iran’s Rafsanjani “one of us”: ultra-conservative figure

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 22 – The leader of the main ultra-conservative political grouping in Iran’s clergy-dominated regime described former President Ayatollah Ali...

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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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Iranian Regime Moves to Resume Oil Sales to Japan

Reuters reported on Friday, July 3, citing three Iranian...

Death Sentence Issued for Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) announced...

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