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Martial law imposed in volatile Iran cities

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 14 – Iranian authorities have imposed a de facto martial law in several volatile cities in the north-western province of...

Iran steps up repression as defiant youths take to streets

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 – Despite a massive crackdown to prevent this year’s “fire festival” from turning into scenes of anti-governments protests,...

British lawmakers denounce terror label for Iran opposition group

AFP: A British parliamentary delegation called Monday for the European Union to remove the main exiled Iranian opposition group from its terrorism blacklist, saying...

Students, security forces clash in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 – Police fired tear-gas and used force on Monday to disperse protesting students at Sharif University of Technology...

Iran allocates $15M for anti-U.S. budget

AP: Iranian lawmakers on Monday approved spending $15 million to investigate alleged American intervention in the country, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported....

U.S. continues bilateral sanctions on Iran

Reuters: President George W. Bush issued an executive order on Monday that continued U.S. oil and other economic sanctions against Iran in effect since...

Iran president says he would welcome a travel ban

Reuters: Iran's president on Tuesday struck a defiant tone on the threat of political sanctions against Tehran, quipping that a lack of "wise politicians"...

Iran police chief says all oil-city bombers arrested

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 13 – The head of the State Security Forces, Iran’s paramilitary police, announced on Monday that all those responsible...

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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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A New Wave of Mass Arrests in Iran

Following the wave of repression after the nationwide protests...

Transfer of a death-row political prisoner to solitary confinement in Urmia, Iran

Punitive transfer of death-row political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh to...

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AFP: Bahrain accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards Friday of providing opposition...

Japan’s Iran crude imports fall 12.2 pct yr/yr in Jan

Reuters: Japan's customs-cleared crude imports from Iran fell by...

Four remaining ministers in Iran to be announced shortly

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 – Candidates for...