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German firm ends ties with Iran

Gulf Daily News: German steel and engineering group ThyssenKrupp has ended a 30-year relationship with Iran, appearing to bow to pressure from the US...

Iranian Kurd refugees leave for Sweden; hundreds remain in no man’s land

UN High Commissioner for Refugees: For more than a year and a half, they had lived under tents in the inhospitable desert of the...

Floods in south Iran kill 10 people, injure 18-IRNA

Reuters: Heavy rain and floods in southwestern Iran killed at least 10 people and injured at least 18, the official IRNA news agency reported...

Iran’s Judiciary Arrests Three Cultural Officials

Reuters: Iran's judiciary has arrested three cultural officials for organising a festival containing a brief display of dancing by a male and female theatre...

Iran officials held over theater festival

UPI: Three officials in the province of Khosestan in southern Iran have been arrested on charges of encouraging corruption by sponsoring a theater festival....

Iranian asylum seekers begin hunger strike in Australian detention centre

AFP: Six Iranians held at an outback immigration detention centre north of here have begun a hunger strike, some with their lips sewn together,...

Iran’s intelligence chief denies Al-Qaeda members sentenced

AFP: Iran's Intelligence Minister Ali Younessi has denied claims by the judiciary that members of Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network have been tried and...

Bush administration planning to increase pressure on Iran

Knight Ridder Newspapers: As 150,000 U.S. troops battle to stabilize Iraq, some officials in the Bush administration are already planning to turn up the...

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Tensions Rise Between France and Iran’s Regime

In response to the Iranian regime's decision to declare two former employees of the French Embassy in Tehran "persona...

Cost of Living Basket Several Times Higher Than Iranian Workers’ Wages

Workers' cost of living has come under pressure from inflation and low wages. July inflation data point to intensifying...

‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Expands to 60 Prisons Across Iran

According to human rights sources in Iran, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign has expanded to 60 prisons across...

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Iranian Regime Parliament Issues New Plan to Counter ‘Infiltration’

The general framework of the proposal titled "Countering the...

Iran’s Regime Cuts Food Voucher Benefits Under ‘Overseas Resident’ Label

In its latest move against low-income segments of society,...

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Despite report, Iran still a threat

Chicago Sun-Times: President Bush's critics claim the new assessment...