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Clashes in Shiite shrine unnerves Iran’s holy city

Iran Focus: Qom, Iran, Aug. 11 – At noon, the streets are quiet in this dusty, hot, sprawling city of two million that is...

Iran to hang young woman for teenage crime

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 – Iran’s clergy-dominated Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence for a young woman accused of killing...

Senior Iran cleric tells government to stamp out Kurdish unrest

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 – One of Iran’s high profile clerics has warned the government that he would take matters into his...

Unrest continues in Iran’s Kurdish region

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 10 – Sixty Iranian women activists made a public appeal on Thursday for the release of a Kurdish feminist...

Abduction of Iran dissidents in Iraq may signal new policy

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 10 – Two members of Iran’s main opposition group have been kidnapped in Baghdad by Iraqi security forces, the Associated...

Protest outside jail in restive Kurdish town continues

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 08 – Relatives of those arrested in the Kurdish town of Saqqez, northwest Iran, during last week’s anti-government protests...

Larijani to become Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator – IRNA

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 08 – Ali Larijani, a top confidant of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will take over as Secretary of...

Mass strike brings Iran’s Kurdish provinces to a standstill

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 08 – Several Kurdish towns in northwest Iran have come to a standstill after people launched a mass strike...

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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...

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

Recent remarks by Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, have once again drawn international attention...

Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 125th Week

On Tuesday, June 16, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign entered its 125th week, once again demonstrating the determination...

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Bread Prices and the New Wave of Price Increases and Rationing in Iran

In recent days, the issue of bread prices has...

Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 125th Week

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