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Iran elections candidates: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran Focus: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the appointed Mayor of Tehran, after first getting the job in April 2003.He is seen to be an ultra-conservative,...

Iran elections candidates: Mehdi Karroubi

Iran Focus: Hojatoleslam Mehdi Mahdavi-Karroubi, a mid-ranking cleric, is currently a member of the State Expediency Council and an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah...

Iran elections candidates: Mohsen Mehralizadeh

Iran Focus:Mehralizadeh, perhaps the most obscure candidate in the race, is a Vice-President in the present administration of President Mohammad Khatami, serving as the...

Iran elections candidates: Mostafa Moin

Iran Focus: Moin served as chancellor of Shiraz University from 1981 to 1982 and has been a member of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council...

Two small explosions hit Iran city, no one hurt

Reuters: Two small devices hidden in rubbish bins exploded in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan on Monday, causing no casualties, police said.They said...

We want the right to party – not a futile vote, say alienated youth

The Times: Gelled hair, shades, jeans and attitude: the youth of Isfahan were hanging out in the neon-lit night of Nazar Street doing what...

Camera of Sean Penn, Journalist, Confiscated in Iran

Editor and Publisher: Iran was rocked by bombings on Sunday, killing at least nine and wounding more than 30, as dozens of journalists from...

Main Iran rebel group denies hand in bombings

AFP: Iran's main armed opposition group denied Sunday that it had any hand in a wave of deadly bombings that rocked Tehran and the...

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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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Iran’s Economy Under Pressure from War and Internet Shutdowns

As the true dimensions of Iran’s economic crisis become...

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

As part of its ongoing maximum pressure policy, the...

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