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Azeris pressured by Iran to cut Israel, West ties, official says

Bloomberg: Iran is pressuring Azerbaijan to cut ties with Israel and Western nations as tensions mount over the Persian Gulf state’s nuclear program,...

Iran’s Kiarostami goes to Japan for latest film

AP: Abbas Kiarostami has found inspiration far from home. The Iranian director's films are routinely banned in his home country, whose Islamist government...

Iran starts legal case against Reuters

AFP: Iranian authorities said on Monday they have formally started legal proceedings against the international news agency Reuters, after suspending its Tehran...

Bahrain condemns Iran’s Gulf ‘flagrant meddling’

AFP: The government of Bahrain condemned on Sunday Iran's continued "flagrant meddling" in Gulf affairs after the Islamic republic slammed plans for...

Russia says West still considering military action on Iran

Reuters: Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday that military action against Iran over its nuclear program was being considered in some...

G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby

Reuters: Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into ...

Iran finds first Caspian Sea oilfield in 104 years, Fars reports

Bloomberg: Iran has discovered its first oilfield in the Caspian Sea for more than a century, the state-run Fars news agency reported today....

Iran finance minister: ‘Rest assured’ record oil prices over nuclear sanctions

CNN: Iran's finance minister believes oil prices could rise as high as $160 a barrel thanks to sanctions over its nuclear program, a...

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Message from a Political Prisoner Inside Iran’s Prisons

Imprisoned student Amirhossein Moradi, responding to an offer by the Iranian regime’s judiciary to grant him a pardon, declared...

Record Number of Imprisoned Writers Worldwide. Iran Ranks Second with 53 Jailed Writers

PEN America announced in its latest annual report on the state of freedom of expression worldwide that the number...

IRGC Members Arrested in Kuwait, Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison in Bahrain for Cooperation with IRGC

As the Iranian regime continues its destabilizing activities against countries in the region, Kuwait announced the arrest of four...

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375% Increase in Food Prices in Iran

State-run media outlets reported on Saturday, May 9, a...

Behind the Internet Shutdown: The Iranian Regime’s Black Market

Severe communication restrictions in recent months, imposed under the...

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Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad praised what he called...

U.S. ambassador says Iran will be winner if U.S. abandons Iraq

Xinhua: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said on...

Full text of Bush’s speech on Iraq

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 11 - The following is...