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1,500 political protests in Iran last year

Iran Focus: Tehran, Apr. 08 – At least 1,500 anti-government protests, strikes, and clashes took place in Iran during the year that ended on...

Policy-group outlines U.S. options on Iran in Capitol Hill session

Iran Focus: Washington, Apr. 07 – A leading Iran-policy group in Washington discussed U.S. policy options towards the clerical state, in a conference on...

Iran rebuffs Canadian demands over journalist who died in custody

AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi has rebuffed calls from Ottawa for an independent inquiry into the death in custody here of an Iranian-Canadian...

Iran school hostage drama over as gunman surrenders

AFP: A gunmen took teachers and young children hostage in a school in Tehran on Thursday has given himself up and his captives have...

Federal government pulls out of Doing Business with Iran conference

Canadian Press: The federal government has pulled out of a coming conference called "Doing Business with Iran" amid Ottawa's stepped-up calls for justice in...

Iran’s Khamenei calls for resistance to US plan on Middle East

Xinhua: Iranian Supreme Leader Seyed Ali Khamenei here Wednesday criticized the Greater Middle East plan proposed by the United States, calling on all Muslims...

Iran journalist leader barred from travelling to international conference

AFP: Iran's hardline judiciary has barred the head of the journalist's association from travelling to an international conference in the Netherlands, the student news...

Probe blames Iran police for Japan game crush deaths

AFP: Iranian security forces have been blamed for the deaths of seven people in a post-match crush following last month's World Cup qualifier with...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

Following widespread and repeated internet shutdowns in Iran ordered...

Political Prisoner Parisa Kamali Commemorates Martyrs of January Uprising In Defiant Message

Parisa Kamali, a political prisoner held in Yazd Prison,...

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