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Iran’s parliament confirms key hard-line ministers

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 24 – Iran’s hard-line-dominated parliament gave thumbs up to 17 ultra-Islamists nominated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for ministerial posts, but...

Halliburton-linked company stripped of Iran contract

AFP: A private Iranian oil company linked to the US oil giant Halliburton has lost a multi-million dollar contract to drill for natural gas...

Iran’s ultra-Islamists burn French flags outside embassy

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – Several hundred radical Islamists from the para-military Bassij force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards set fire to French...

Iran’s para-military “students” rally outside European embassies

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 - Several hundred members of Iran's para-military Bassij forces in universities demonstrated outside the embassies of the three...

Cholera outbreak reported in Iran’s notorious jail

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – There has been an outbreak of cholera in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, a committee in defence of...

Iran shuts down arts university in historic city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – The closure of the Arts University in Isfahan, central Iran, has angered arts students and lecturers. An...

Iran’s former President criticises leader’s choice

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 22 – In one of his most forthright comments since losing the presidential elections in June, former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi...

Iran’s censors ban famous director’s script

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has banned the script of a leading film and theatre...

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Amnesty International Challenges Silence Over the Iranian Regime’s Crimes

The bloody crackdown on the January protests in Iran remains unaddressed, and Amnesty International has warned that the continued...

Iranian Regime’s Iraqi Proxy Groups in the Trap of Arrest and the Law

Following the arrest of one of the Iranian regime's proxy operatives in Iraq, who had also been sanctioned by...

U.S. Treasury Revokes License Allowing Iranian Regime Oil and Petrochemical Sales

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on Tuesday, July 7, that it had revoked the general license covering...

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Arrested Iranian Protesters in Critical Conditions, Human Rights Bodies Warn

Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based human rights organization,...

Why Is Iran’s Electricity Industry Facing a Crisis?

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Iraqi Defence Minister says has information on Iranian meddling

Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 31 – The Iraqi Defence...