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Iran adds to limits on local media

Wall Street Journal: An Iranian regulatory agency announced a new set of guidelines Tuesday that it says are designed to ensure "objectivity" in Iran's...

Iran authorities confiscate satellite dishes

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 15 – Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) are once again confiscating satellite dishes in the capital Tehran. Iran...

Journalist suffers ‘suspicious’ death in north-east Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 14 - An Iranian journalist who wrote an editorial criticising the actions of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security...

Ahmadinejad to take oath in August

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will take the oath of office before parliament in early August following his hotly-disputed re-election, the ISNA news agency...

Russia says no Iran sanctions for START deal: report

Reuters: Russia will not agree to tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program in exchange for a new nuclear arms cuts deal with...

Iran singer gets five-year jail term

AFP: An Iranian singer, Mohsen Namjoo, has been sentenced in absentia to a five-year jail term for ridiculing the Koran holy book in a...

Iran hangs 13 Sunni rebels

Reuters: Iran hanged 13 members of a Sunni rebel group on Tuesday for killings and attacks in a volatile southeastern area, but they were...

U.S. worried about American scholar detained in Iran

Reuters: The United States called on Iran on Monday to release U.S. citizen Kian Tajbakhsh and said it was "deeply concerned" about the scholar,...

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CENTCOM: 59 Vessels Linked to Iran Redirected

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says that as of Wednesday, August 12, U.S. forces had redirected 59 commercial vessels...

Oil Pollution Reaches the Shores of Persian Gulf

Oil pollution on the southern shores of Qeshm Island, which has also reached the island's mangrove forests, has heightened...

EU And 26 Countries Around the World Condemn the Execution of Protesters in Iran

On Wednesday, August 12, the European Union and 26 countries around the world issued a joint statement condemning the...

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Retirees in Iran Demand Action on Their Grievances

On Sunday, August 9, retirees and pensioners in several...

How the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Impacts the Livelihoods of the Iranian People

Military tensions and the Iranian regime's blockade of the...

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