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Iran customs hold four million tons of goods amid dispute

Bloomberg: Four million tons of food and medicines are stranded in Iranian customs because of disagreements between the central bank and the Commerce...

On stage in Tehran: Stories of death row youth

AP: The stage curtains open. Six nooses hang above the young inmates, who are making chairs in the prison workshop to be used...

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...

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Child Laborers: The Silent Victims of Poverty and Inflation in Iran

On June 15, the state-run Shargh newspaper published a report on child labor titled "Childhood on a Work Shift,"...

Iran’s Regime Executes Political Prisoners Javad Zamani and Abolfazl Saedi

Iran's regime hanged two young men, Javad Zamani and Abolfazl Saedi, in the early hours of Tuesday, June 16,...

Iran’s Healthcare System on Verge of Crisis as Nurses Migrate En Masse

The crisis of nursing staff shortages in Iran, driven by the migration of nurses, has once again come into...

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U.S. Announces New Sanctions Against Iran Terror Cell

Iran Focus London, 01 Feb - The US announced a...