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Iran shuts down coffee shops in morality crackdown

Reuters: Iranian police shut down dozens of restaurants and coffee shops over the weekend, Iranian media reported, in a renewed crackdown on...

Iran warns media against reporting impact of sanctions

AFP: Iran has warned the media against the publication of reports concerning the impact of Western sanctions, urging it to cooperate so ...

US calls on Iran to release Christian pastor

AFP: The United States on Monday called on Iran to release Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who was imprisoned in 2009 and condemned to...

New court date set for jailed Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani

FoxNews: A new court date has been set for Youcef Nadarkhani, the Iranian pastor on death row who has been imprisoned for nearly...

Prominent Iranian literary translator missing, source says

CNN: A prominent Iranian literary translator is missing, just weeks after being released from Tehran's notorious Evin Prison, a source close to...

Iranian man’s father detained for Web site

UPI: An Iranian student living in the Netherlands says because of his Facebook posts, the Iranian government has detained his father. ...

Dissident warnings from Iran

Huffington Post: Two dissenting Iranian religious figures -- an imprisoned cleric and an exiled spiritual Sufi -- have issued messages to the world...

Daughter: Iran dissident gets 13 years in prison

AP: A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by a Tehran revolutionary court, his daughter said...

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Iran’s Car Market Experiences Sharp Surge in Prices Afte War-Induced Stagnation

Media outlets in Iran report that the prices of many domestically produced cars have increased by 3 billion to...

UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement published on April 29, strongly condemned...

Iran’s National Currency Has Declined by 120% Over the Past Year

Reports from Iran indicate a sharp surge in the price of the U.S. dollar in the open market in...

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Iran’s Regime Ramps Up Execution of Baluch Political Prisoners to Control Society

Documented reports from recent years show that the execution...

US Preparing for a Long-Term Blockade of Iran’s Ports

The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported that...

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