Life in Iran Today

Iran labor protest: Sign of daunting challenges for next president

Los Angeles Times: More than 200 steelworkers staged a demonstration Tuesday in front of the Iranian parliament, protesting layoffs and unpaid salaries in...

Iran kicks off its internal internet with government email

Wall Street Journal: It’s no secret that Iranian authorities don’t trust or like the Internet. This week, the Islamic Republic inaugurated the national...

Underground music flourishes in Iran

AP: Heavy metal guitarists jamming in basements. Headphone-wearing disc jockeys mixing beats. There's an underground music scene flourishing in Iran, despite government...

Iran cartoonists on tightrope during vote campaign

AFP: Press cartoonists say they are dodging "moving red lines" in the run-up to a June 14 presidential election in Iran, a country...

Iran funeral turns into political protest

AP: Video clips from Iran show mourners chanting opposition slogans at the funeral of a dissident cleric in the largest political protest in...

Iranian filmmaker makes it to Cannes amid secrecy

AFP: Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, jailed in 2010 for anti-regime propaganda, told the Cannes Film Festival on Friday he knew his latest...

Internet in ‘coma’ as Iran election looms

AFP: Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month's presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers...

Sanctions help to stoke Iran property boom but bubble feared

Reuters: The Iranian property developer leant back in his chair, drew hard on a shisha pipe and looked down at photographs of a...

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Growing Calls for the Terrorist Designation of the IRGC

On Monday, April 29, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanani, in a weekly press briefing, claimed that...

Iranian Merchants Facing 60% Decline in Sales Due to Presence of Morality Police

Discontent among merchants due to a 60% decrease in sales attributed to the presence of the morality police, exerting...

Dire Living Conditions of Iranian workers on International Labor Day

On the occasion of International Workers' Day, May 1, the dire economic conditions of Iranian workers have reached a...

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International Monetary Fund: Iran Needs “$121 Oil” to Avoid Budget Deficit

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) states in its latest...

Resignation, Job Change, and Nurse Exodus in Iran

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