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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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Iran: Three Young Protesters Executed by the Iranian Regime

In the early hours of Monday, May 3, the Iranian regime announced the execution of three young protesters. Mizan,...

Children of Iran; The Silent Victims of War

Children do not analyze war; rather, they mainly experience it on an emotional level. In other words, what adults...

CENTCOM Announces Launch of Plan For Safe Passage of Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that about 15,000 American military personnel will participate in an operation called...

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Text of Solana’s statement after Iran fails to show up for talks

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 05 – The following is...