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Iran invites Turkey into space programme-report

Reuters: Iran has invited Turkey to cooperate in work on the Islamic Republic's space programme, which aims to put a man in space by...

Ahmadinejad leaves for Syria, Algeria, US

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Saturday for a three-nation trip which includes the United States where he is to attend next week's UN...

Carter: Iran rescue effort should have worked

AP: Former President Jimmy Carter felt his efforts to rescue U.S. diplomats held hostage by Iran should have worked but were thwarted by a...

Hostage killed and five freed in Iran shootout – report

Reuters: Two people including a hostage were killed during an operation to free six Iranians taken captive in a restive region of southeastern Iran,...

Iran troops seized in raid claimed by Sunni rebels

AFP: Gunmen attacked a bus and seized five Iranian soldiers in the country's restive southeast, media reports said on Saturday, as Sunni militants claimed...

Iranian, Syrian presidents meet after Assad-U.S. talks

Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met in Damascus on Saturday, two days after Assad held talks with a U.S....

Iran’s Ahmadinejad to visit Syria on Saturday: diplomat

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Syria briefly on Saturday where he will meet his Syrian counterpart and close ally Bashar al-Assad, a...

US must free Iranians in return for freed hiker: Ahmadinejad

AFP: The United States must free Iranians it is holding after Tehran freed American woman hiker Sarah Shourd, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday....

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Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign Enters Its 128th Week

On Tuesday, July 7, the "No To Executions Tuesdays campaign" continued. The campaign, which was launched to end all...

Oil Tanker Attacked Near the Strait of Hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a British maritime security monitoring organization, reported that an oil tanker sailing...

Arrested Iranian Protesters in Critical Conditions, Human Rights Bodies Warn

Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based human rights organization, on Monday, July 6, expressed concern over the growing wave...

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Drug Crisis: Chemotherapy Costs in Iran Have Increased Tenfold

A new wave of drug price increases in Iran...

British Couple Imprisoned in Evin Prison Remain on Hunger Strike

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Iranian Doctors Arrested En Masse Over Providing Medical Aid to Protesters

The arrest and repression of doctors and medical staff...