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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...

Dissident says Iran regime will rig voting

Washington Times: Maryam Rajavi is leader of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran, an exile group dedicated to the overthrow of the...

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Massive Washington Rally Highlights Growing Pressure on Iran’s Regime

Thousands of Iranian Americans, political activists, and former U.S. officials gathered in Washington, D.C. on May 16 for one...

French Magazine Exposes ‘Shah-Making Factory’: Fascist Networks and Lobbies Grooming the Shah’s Son as an Alternative to the Iranian Regime

The renowned French magazine Nouvel Observateur has published a comprehensive investigation by Marie Vaton exposing the hidden mechanisms of...

Iraqi Militia Commander Arrested Over Alleged Plotting of Terrorist Attacks in the U.S. and Europe

An Iraqi militia commander has been arrested on charges of involvement in planning more than 12 “terrorist” attacks in...

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