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Iran hard-liners laud Revolutionary Guards’ grip on new cabinet

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 – Deputies in Iran’s hard-line Majlis (parliament) welcomed the proposed list for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s new 21-member cabinet,...

Iran police use teargas to disperse protesters

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 – Police fought off angry demonstrators on Monday with teargas outside a government ministry in Tehran. Dozens of...

Teachers protest outside Iran Majlis for jobs

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 – A group of kindergarten teachers gathered outside Iran’s Majlis on Monday to protest against the Ministry of...

Iran’s extremist Shiite cleric finds new clout

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 15 – A radical Islamist cleric based in the holy city of Qom is holding unusual sway over Iran’s...

U.S. investigates abduction of Iranian dissidents in Iraq

Iran Focus and agencies: London, Aug. 15 - The US military says it is investigating the apparent kidnapping of two Iranian opposition members who...

Ahmadinejad Fills Cabinet With Hard-Liners

AP: Iran's new president named a government Sunday replete with hard-liners in key ministries, nominations seen as likely to insure more confrontation with the...

18 of Iran’s 21 new ministers hail from Revolutionary Guards, secret police

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 14 - The following is the final list of ministerial nominations presented by Iran’s new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to...

Iran hardliners attack British embassy during demo

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 14 – Hundreds of hard-line members of the paramilitary Bassij in Iran rallied outside the British embassy in Tehran...

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Retirees Keep the Flame of Civil Protest Alive in Iran

Retirees in Iran are now forced to take to the streets in the scorching heat of summer and the...

United States Launches Major Attack on Iranian Regime Targets

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says the latest strikes were a response to missile attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

Iranian Regime Backs Down on Executions Over Ghezel Hesar Prison Hunger Strike

After 16 days of a widespread hunger strike by approximately 1,500 death row prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel...

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Iran’s Workers Face Livelihood Crisis Amid War

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