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In Brief: Iran hangs five in public

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 – Iranian authorities hanged five men in public in the southern town of Ravar, state media reported on...

Tehran City Council reappoints Mayor

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 – The Tehran City Council voted on Wednesday to reappoint a one-time Brigadier General in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...

Man sets self on fire outside Ahmadinejad’s office in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 – A young man set himself on fire outside Iran’s Presidential Offices, the press office of Tehran’s Medical...

Photos: Iran cracks down on women for “un-Islamic” dress

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 09 – The following are photos of a government crackdown on violators of Iran’s strict Islamic dress code. The...

In Brief: Iran Parliament bans Al-Jazeera – report

Iran Focus: London, May 08 – Iran’s Majlis, or Parliament, has banned the prominent Arabic-language satellite channel al-Jazeera, an international press freedoms watchdog said...

Coalition targets “torture room” in Iraqi capital

Iran Focus: London, May 07 - The following is the text of a statement by the Coalition in Iraq regarding an attack by U.S.-led...

Protest erupts in Tehran’s Polytechnic University

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 06 – Students in Tehran’s Polytechnic University staged a protest on campus on Sunday, eye-witnesses told Iran Focus in...

In Brief: Iran FM to visit Norway, Sweden next week

Iran Focus: London, May 05 – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will travel to Sweden and Norway to meet and hold talks with senior...

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Four Decades of Bitter Narratives: May Day as a Day of Wrath, Not Celebration, for Iran’s Workers

Does International Workers’ Day represent a celebration of dignity and status for Iran’s labor force? Do they gather in...

Iran Intensifies Pressure on Families of PMOI Prisoners Amid Expanding Crackdown

Iranian authorities have intensified pressure on the families of political prisoners and executed dissidents in recent weeks, with multiple...

Iran: A Dangerous Country for Journalists

According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the state of press freedom worldwide has fallen to its lowest level in...

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Iran’s Car Market Experiences Sharp Surge in Prices Afte War-Induced Stagnation

Media outlets in Iran report that the prices of...

Transfer of a death-row political prisoner to solitary confinement in Urmia, Iran

Punitive transfer of death-row political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh to...

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