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Russian leader urges Iran to cooperate in nuclear dispute

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 15 – Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday to cooperate in the standoff over its...

Teenage student sets himself ablaze in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 15 – A teenage student set himself on fire in a west Tehran suburb, the state-run news agency ISNA...

Highway death toll soars in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 15 – For years Iran has had one of the highest death tolls from road accidents, but on Wednesday...

Iran media reports five hangings

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 14 – Three men were hanged in the southern city of Kerman, the state-run news agency ISNA reported on...

Iran hangs two in restive province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 14 – Iranian authorities hanged two men in the restive province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, south-east Iran, the official news agency...

Angry Iraqis burn down Iran’s consulate in Basra – photos

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 14 – Some 500 angry Iraqis attacked Iran's consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Wednesday, setting fire...

Relatives of arrested women rally outside Iran’s infamous prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 14 – Relatives of several hundred people arrested during a peaceful anti-government demonstration by women on Monday gathered on...

Iran to release report on rights abuses in U.S., EU

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 14 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry will soon publish a report outlining “human rights violations” in the European Union and...

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Iraq Sets September 30 as Deadline for Disarmament of Iranian Regime-Backed Militia Groups

Iraqi government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi announced on Monday, June 29, that the government has given Shiite armed groups backed...

Escalating Iran-US Conflict Cuts Strait of Hormuz Traffic, Lifts Oil Prices

Oil Prices Rise and Ship Traffic Through the Strait of Hormuz Declines Following Tensions Between Iran and the United...

The ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign has entered its 127th week

The campaign “No to Executions Tuesdays,” a prisoner-led protest against executions held across multiple prisons in Iran, entered its...

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