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String of arrests in volatile Kurdish towns in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 – A number of journalists and human rights defenders have been arrested in towns and cities in western...

Iran opposition denies role in assassination of Islamist judge

Iran Focus: Paris, Aug. 4 – The Iranian opposition group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MeK), denied that it had any role in the assassination of...

Iran daily confirms deadly clashes in Kurdish town

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 – Iran’s semi-official daily Jomhouri Islami on Thursday acknowledged yesterday’s violent clashes in the Kurdish town of Saqqez,...

Kurdish women’s rights activist arrested in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 – A prominent women’s rights activist in Iranian Kurdistan was arrested during a gathering organised in protest against...

World editorial round-up on Iran

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 04 – Newspapers around the world expressed alarm in their Thursday editorials at the threat posed by a nuclear-armed Iran...

11 die in northwest Iran clashes

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 – Heavy clashes which broke out between protesters and State Security Forces on Wednesday in the Kurdish town...

Hardliner takes over as Iran’s new president

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was confirmed on Wednesday as the sixth President of the Islamic Republic of Iran by...

Iran to postpone nuclear work until next week

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 – Facing a barrage of international criticism, Iran announced that it would start work at its uranium conversion...

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Italian Parliament Hosts Conference on Iran, Highlighting Democratic Alternative

Italian lawmakers, former senior international officials, and representatives of the Iranian opposition gathered at the Italian Chamber of Deputies...

CENTCOM Announces End of Sixth Round of Strikes on Military Targets in Iran

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that its large-scale overnight operation against military targets in Iran, which began at 9:30...

The Quest for a Democratic Republic Through the Lens of Iran’s Organized Resistance

Iran's current crisis goes beyond temporary governance failures and is rooted in a closed political structure that has deprived...

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

The "No To Executions Tuesdays" campaign has warned about...

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

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