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Struggling Iranian cleric offers cash handouts

AFP: One of Iran's struggling presidential candidates has come up with a novel way to get votes: buy them -- openly. Mehdi Karoubi, a...

Trapped in the city of Iran’s ‘desert vampires’

AFP: Fear, pollution and poverty stalk the Iranian industrial city of Pakdasht where the inhabitants have lost faith in successive governments and feel trapped...

Iran presidential candidate hints at bombings being “insider job”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 14 – One of the eight candidates bidding to become president in the upcoming election said that the recent spate...

Iran: conservative candidate denies any intention of quitting race

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 14 - Ali Larijani, one of the eight candidates in Iran’s upcoming presidential elections, announced today that he had no...

Iran elections candidates: Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Iran Focus: For over two decades, Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been one of the two most powerful men within Iran’s ruling hierarchy, first as...

Iran elections candidates: Mohsen Rezai

Iran Focus: Major General Mohsen Rezai was Commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from 1981 to 1997. The IRGC, and in...

Iran elections candidates: Ali Larijani

Iran Focus: Ali Ardeshir Larijani was the head of the Iranian State TV and Radio from 1994 to 2004. Prior to that, Larijani served...

Iran elections candidates: Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf

Iran Focus: Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf is one of the eight hopefuls competing to become president following the June 17 elections. He is also one of...

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Iran: How Pahlavi’s Name Stole the January 2026 Uprising

In the biting cold of mid-January 2026, the air in Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr Square was thick with the scent of...

Escalating Executions in Iran Put EU Policy Under Scrutiny

A conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 22, 2026, brought renewed attention to the escalating...

U.S. Sanctions Tehran’s Drone and Missile Networks

As part of its ongoing maximum pressure policy, the United States imposed new sanctions targeting supply networks linked to...

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The Naval Blockade And the Structural Fracture of Iran’s Economy

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has now...

Hollow Show of Power by Supporters of Iran’s Regime in the Streets

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