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UN Security Council unanimously votes for sanctions on Iran

Iran Focus: London, Dec. 23 – The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose sanctions on Iran for failing to suspend...

URGENT: Russia will vote against Iran at Security Council

Iran Focus: London, Dec. 23 – Russia said that it would support a UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions against Iran for failing to...

Iran tells Arab leaders: insult U.S. to become popular

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 22 – Hard-line Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati called on Arab leaders on Friday to adopt an aggressive posture...

Iran says won’t back down in nuclear standoff

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 22 – A top Iranian cleric told the West on Friday that it would fail in its attempts to...

Rice: U.S. talks not needed for Iran to halt its meddling in Iraq

Iran Focus: Washington, D.C., Dec. 22 – United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted on Thursday that the Bush administration had been reasonable...

Three men hanged in south-west Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 21 – Iranian authorities have hanged three men in the south-western city of Ahwaz, state-run press reported on Thursday....

Iraqi Kurdish leader holds talks with Iranian ambassador

Iran Focus: Ankara, Dec. 21 – The President of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani met and held talks with Iran's ambassador to Iraq, Kurdish television...

Iran’s security forces clash with armed “bandits” – commander

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 21 - Iran's security forces have killed at least six "bandits" near the county's eastern frontier over the past...

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Warning Over the Imminent Execution of Political Prisoner Aref Khoshkar in Iran

Following the transfer of political prisoner Aref Khoshkar, who has been sentenced to death, to a solitary confinement cell...

Near-Complete Halt to Shipping Through the Strait of Hormuz

Bloomberg, citing vessel-tracking data, reported that maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz came to an almost complete halt...

129th Week of ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 58 Prisons Across Iran

The "No To Executions Tuesdays" campaign has warned about the rising number of executions in Iran and called for...

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Ship Traffic Through Strait of Hormuz Falls to Lowest Level in Weeks

Shipping data show that the number of vessels transiting...

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