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Iran shuts down 9 magazines

AP: Iran's Culture Ministry on Sunday announced the closure of nine cinema and lifestyle magazines for publishing pictures and stories about the life of...

Hardline critics scoop up votes as rivals are barred

The Observer: Religious conservatives in Iran - who had been guaranteed a strong showing in the country's new parliament following the barring of many...

Brothel shame of moral enforcer

Sunday Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s “moral enforcer”, who led a crackdown on women failing to adhere to Iran’s strict Islamic dress codes, has been...

Iran’s hardliners surge ahead in poll

Sunday Times: The hardline supporters of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the firebrand Iranian president, appeared to be heading for victory in parliamentary elections last night, despite...

Scotland would be far better friend to us than England, says Rasoul Movahedian

The Times: A suggestion by the Iranian Ambassador to Britain that his country should foster closer links with Scotland than with England was treated...

Desire for change unlikely to show

The Times: In an almost deserted polling station in north Tehran yesterday The Times asked the woman in charge how many people had voted....

Turnout low in Iranian election as reformist voters stay away

The Guardian: Iranians went to the polls yesterday to elect a new parliament, but just as many stayed away out of scepticism that their...

Iran’s call to vote ignored by millions

Daily Telegraph: Iran's Supreme Leader cast his vote in parliamentary elections yesterday and, in his solemn and severe dark robes, told his compatriots that...

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

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

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

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