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Hard-line victory adds to political turmoil in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 26 – Iran’s newly-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad huddled behind closed doors with the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to...

Iran fears capital flight after ultra-conservative victory

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 26 – Iran’s financial markets reacted negatively to the election of ultra-conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President, raising fears of capital...

Iran resistance leader: Election proves failure of appeasement

AFP: (Paris) - The victory of hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran's presidential election is proof of the failure of western governments' policy of "appeasement"...

Iran’s ruling clerics fear street protests

Iran Focus: Paris, Jun. 25 – A day after the surprise election of the ultra-conservative mayor of Tehran as the new President of the...

Iran: Rafsanjani blames Guardian Council for defeat

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 25 – Defeated presidential contender Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani today lashed out at state institutions for illegally aiding...

Election proves failure of appeasement: Iranian resistance leader

AFP: The victory of hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran's presidential election is proof of the failure of western governments' policy of "appeasement" to the...

Biography: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – Iran elections

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 25 – “Ahmadinejad? Who’s he?”This was the typical reaction of most Iranians a day after the first round of...

Iran’s new President has a past mired in controversy

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 25 – “Ahmadinejad? Who’s he?”This was the typical reaction of most Iranians a day after the first round of presidential...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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Iran’s Regime Upholds Death Sentences of Five Political Prisoners in Ahvaz

Karoon Human Rights Organization reported that the death sentences...

The Gallows: The Real Story of Iran Behind the Oslo Ceremony

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