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Iran denies Ahmadinejad assassination claim

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 04 - Sources in the office of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed, then denied, that the hard-line President's motorcade convoy...

Mass. pension to divest Iranian oil players

Reuters: The $41.3 billion Massachusetts pension fund will have to sell investments in any company involved in Iran's oil industry under new rules adopted...

Iran stoning lawyer requests asylum in Turkey: UN

AFP: The lawyer of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery is in Turkey and has requested asylum, the UN refugee...

Iran claims to have S-300 surface-to-air missiles

AP: Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missile systems despite Russia's refusal to deliver them to Tehran under a valid contract, a semiofficial Iranian...

Russian company: US sanctions bar Iran plane deal

Reuters: U.S. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme are preventing a state-connected Russian company from delivering five passenger jets to Iran under a...

Iran petchem plant explosion kills five – media

Reuters: Around five people died on Wednesday in an explosion at an Iranian petrochemical plant, Iranian media reported. TEHRAN Aug 4...

Iran presidency official denies grenade attack on Ahmadinejad, TV reports

Bloomberg: An unidentified official in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s office denied reports that there had been a grenade attack on the Iranian leader today, according...

Militants claim suicide bomb attack on Japan tanker

AFP: Militant jihadists claimed Tuesday that a suicide bomber blew himself up on a Japanese oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz last week,...

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Retirees Keep the Flame of Civil Protest Alive in Iran

Retirees in Iran are now forced to take to the streets in the scorching heat of summer and the...

United States Launches Major Attack on Iranian Regime Targets

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says the latest strikes were a response to missile attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

Iranian Regime Backs Down on Executions Over Ghezel Hesar Prison Hunger Strike

After 16 days of a widespread hunger strike by approximately 1,500 death row prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel...

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Tracing $100 Million Worth of Properties Attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei

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