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Insight: Despite sanctions, Apple gear booms in Iran

Reuters: At its gleaming store, RadanMac offers the latest Apple gear - the new iPad, iPhones, iPods, laptops, all-in-one desktop computers and ...

Sanctions put the squeeze on Iranians

AFP: Leila is getting pretty good at playing Angry Birds on her imported iPhone. Sitting behind her desk in an idle travel agency...

Iranians count the cost of Nowruz traffic carnage

The Guardian: As the Iranian New Year holiday comes to an end, it is estimated that between 500 and 700 Iranians lost their...

Valentine’s Day finds a niche in Islamic Iran

AFP: Iran may reject Western influences, but Valentine's Day has become a growing phenomenon thanks to the romantically minded youth of the ...

Iran bans unofficial money trades after rial slip

Reuters: Iran's parliament cracked down on unofficial money traders on Sunday after new U.S. sanctions helped trigger a currency crash as Iranians rushed to...

Text of Iran political prisoner’s open letter

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 - A prominent Iranian political prisoner, Arjang Davoudi, has sent out an uplifting message commemorating the first anniversary...

Social rules clash with reality for Iran’s youth

Reuters: Twenty-one-year-old Iranian Farnoush has her own job but no longer her own telephone. By Hashem KalantariTEHRAN (Reuters) - Twenty-one-year-old Iranian...

Iran’s rich eat ice cream covered in gold as poor struggle to survive

Washington Post: Gold-flecked ice cream wasn’t part of the picture that Shiite Muslim clerics painted during the Iranian Revolution, when they promised to lift...

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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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Deadlock and the Necessity of Difficult Diplomatic Decisions for Iran’s Regime

Iran's regime in 2026 is in a situation that...

Volker Türk: At Least 40 People Executed on Security-Related Charges in Iran

Recent remarks by Volker Türk, the United Nations High...

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