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Iran turns on the charm for international audience as its bloody clampdown continues at home

Fox News: While the new Iranian regime is busy trying to convince the outside world it is moderate, Tehran has clamped down even...

Iran sentences veteran blogger to 6 years prison

AP: The semi-official Fars news agency said Khazali was sentenced to five years for conspiracy against the country's security, and one year ...

Official: Iran won’t unblock Facebook, Twitter

AP: Iran does not plan to unblock Facebook and Twitter for the general public even if some top government officials use it, the...

Father of Iran prisoner appeals to Rouhani

AFP: The father of a US citizen imprisoned in Iran forwarded a letter to President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday pleading with him to...

Demonstrators near UN: Iran’s new president has blood on his hands

CBS: Thousands rallied near the United Nations Tuesday to protest Iran’s new president. As WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman reported, the demonstrators were joined...

US-Iran prisoners appeal to Rowhani

AFP: Supporters of two US citizens jailed in Iran appealed for their freedom Monday as President Hassan Rowhani arrived for the UN General...

Envoys urge U.N. probe of massacre at Iranian exile camp in Iraq

Los Angeles Times: A massacre this month at an Iranian exile camp in Iraq that killed 52 people under international protection was an...

Iran frees prominent rights lawyer Sotoudeh

Reuters: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, seen by campaign groups as Iran's highest profile political prisoner, was freed on Wednesday, in another...

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Iran’s Economic Growth Decline Accelerates

The Statistical Center of Iran, a government agency of Iran's regime, announced in its latest report that the country's...

New Wave of Protests Across Various Iranian Cities

On June 21 and 22, a new wave of protest gatherings emerged across various cities in Iran. Students, university...

126th Week of ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 57 Prisons

In the 126th week of the protest campaign "No to Executions Tuesdays," political prisoners in 57 prisons across Iran...

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