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Iran launches new scheme to entice Afghans home

AFP: Iran published advertisements in newspapers on Tuesday offering new incentives for its hundreds of thousands of registered Afghan refugees to return home. ...

UAE arrests 12 Iranian divers near disputed isle

AFP: The United Arab Emirates has arrested 12 Iranian divers who were working at a sunken ship off a disputed island in Gulf waters,...

Beating by guards fails to stop voting, Iranian students say

New York Times: Students at Amir Kabir University fended off club-wielding university security guards on Monday and went ahead with elections for a pro-democracy...

Man sets self on fire outside Ahmadinejad’s office in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 – A young man set himself on fire outside Iran’s Presidential Offices, the press office of Tehran’s Medical...

ONGC makes big oil, gas find in Iran – paper

Reuters: Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) and its partners have found natural gas reserves of up to 10 trillion cubic feet and 1...

Cheney to seek help on Iraq, Iran

AFP: US Vice President Dick Cheney headed Tuesday to the Middle East to ask for help from sometimes wary US allies in stemming violence...

Brown plans to banish the legacy of Blair by engaging with Iran

The Independent: Gordon Brown is ready to hit the ground running after Tony Blair resigns with an ambitious strategy for his first 100 days...

U.S. navy replaces Persian Gulf carriers

AP: The U.S. Navy said Sunday that it was maintaining a stepped-up military presence in the Persian Gulf by keeping two aircraft carriers in...

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The United States and Arab Allies Sanction Five Entities and 16 Hezbollah Officials

The United States and the member states of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) have imposed a new round...

Drug Crisis: Chemotherapy Costs in Iran Have Increased Tenfold

A new wave of drug price increases in Iran has catastrophically raised the cost of medical treatment. In one...

Iran’s Negative Economic Growth: From Statistical Manipulation to the Collapse of Investment

When the gap between official figures and reality becomes too wide, the economic crisis is no longer confined to...

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The ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign has entered its 127th week

The campaign “No to Executions Tuesdays,” a prisoner-led protest...

Global Torture Index: Iran Is Among the World’s Highest-Risk Countries for Torture

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