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Iran cleric calls hanging of youths “Islamic duty”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 23 – An Iranian cleric welcomed on Friday the execution by hanging of three men all in their twenties...

Iran hails “first Islamist Arab state” in Iraq

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 23 – The editorial of Iran’s leading hard-line daily hailed the outcome of Iraq’s parliamentary elections as “the creation...

Pro-Iran official arrested in Iraq for election fraud

Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 23 – United States troops in Iraq have arrested a senior official of the Iranian-backed Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution...

Iran says Khomeini’s “message” conquering Iraq

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 22 – Iran’s powerful Interior Minister said on Wednesday that the echo of Iran’s “Islamic revolution” could be heard...

Iran’s new ambassador to IAEA submits credentials

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 23 – Iran’s new ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna officially submitted his credentials to...

Thousands arrested in police crackdown in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 22 – More than 10,000 “trouble-makers” have been arrested in Tehran over the past two months, according to the...

Three young men hanged in public in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 21 – Iranian authorities publicly hanged three men all in their twenties in the town of Sabzevar, north-east Iran,...

Iran opposition group says Tehran building secret nuke tunnels

Iran Focus: London, Dec. 21 – Iran is building secret underground tunnels where it is carrying out undeclared nuclear weapons activity, according to an...

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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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