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Iran’s Khamenei to lead Friday prayers: reports

AFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead this week's Friday prayers, his first sermon after nearly seven months, in which he could...

US charges Iranian with exporting metal to missile firms

AFP: US authorities have charged an Iranian man with exporting specialized metals to his homeland where firms under US sanction could use them in...

Iran parliament dismisses Transport Minister over poor record

Bloomberg: Iran’s parliament dismissed the Roads and Transportation Minister after blaming him for failing to improve road and air safety, state-run news agencies reported....

Iran warns France over Louvre artefacts: report

AFP: Tehran has warned it will cut cultural ties with France if renowned Paris museum The Louvre fails to set up an exhibition of...

Freed US hiker summoned for Iran trial: prosecutor

AFP: US hiker Sarah Shourd, freed on bail last year, has been summoned for trial in Iran along with her two American friends who...

Egyptian protests inspire opposition in Iran

Wall Street Journal: Egypt's uprising has captivated the Arab world, but in Iran—fresh from its own outpouring of antigovernment unrest—backers of the regime and...

Germany urges Iran to free two journalists

AFP: Germany on Sunday urged Iran to immediately release two journalists arrested for covering the case of a woman whose sentence to death by...

More news websites blocked in Iran

Reuters: Iranians have found their access to major news websites even more restricted than usual as more foreign sites were blocked by a government...

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Death Sentence Issued for Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) announced that Arghavan Fallahi, a 25-year-old political prisoner and supporter of...

Why Is Iran’s Electricity Industry Facing a Crisis?

Despite possessing the world's second-largest natural gas reserves and one of the largest fossil fuel resources, Iran theoretically should...

Concept of Escalating Bread Prices in Chain of Economic and Political Hyper-Crises

Crises in Iran under the rule of the mullahs are interconnected like links in a chain, forming a comprehensive...

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The ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign has entered its 127th week

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