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U.S. blacklists Iran military leaders, 21 firms

Wall Street Journal: The U.S. Treasury blacklisted 21 state-owned Iranian companies as part of a growing and coordinated international effort to undercut Tehran's ability...

Hundreds denounce crackdown on Azeri culture in north-west Iran

Iran Focus: Tabriz, Aug. 03 - Hundreds of people in the north-western Iranian city of Tabriz, provincial capital of East Azerbaijan, staged a public...

White House rebuffs Iran leader’s call for direct talks

AFP: The White House on Tuesday rebuffed a call from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for face-to-face talks with his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying...

Iran officials slam US admiral’s attack plan remarks

AFP: Iranian officials lashed out on Tuesday at remarks by the top US military chief that Washington had a plan to attack Tehran, saying...

Iran’s president Ahmadinejad to direct IRNA

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 02 - Iran's official news agency announced over the week-end that it was giving full editorial discretion to the Islamic...

Music fails to chime with Islamic values, says Iran’s supreme leader

The Guardian: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claims the promotion and teaching of the artform is not compatible with country's sacred regime guardian.co.uk...

Danish Maersk pays US for breaching Iran, Sudan embargoes

AFP: Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moeller-Maersk said Monday it had paid a 3.1-million-dollar (2.3-million-euro) fine to the United States for having violated...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad calls for TV debate with Obama

Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday to face him in a televised one-on-one debate to see who...

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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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‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 131st Week Across Iran

On Tuesday, July 28, the "No to Executions Tuesdays"...

Death Sentence Issued for Iranian Political Prisoner Amirhassan Monfared

Amirhossein Akbari Monfared, a 27-year-old political prisoner held in...

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