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Iran presidential candidate hints at bombings being “insider job”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 14 – One of the eight candidates bidding to become president in the upcoming election said that the recent spate...

Iran: conservative candidate denies any intention of quitting race

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 14 - Ali Larijani, one of the eight candidates in Iran’s upcoming presidential elections, announced today that he had no...

Iran security forces arrest protesters outside Evin Prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 14 – At least 10 people were arrested this afternoon by Iran’s paramilitary police for taking part in a sit-in...

Iran elections candidates: Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Iran Focus: For over two decades, Ali-Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been one of the two most powerful men within Iran’s ruling hierarchy, first as...

Iran elections candidates: Mohsen Rezai

Iran Focus: Major General Mohsen Rezai was Commander of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from 1981 to 1997. The IRGC, and in...

Iran elections candidates: Ali Larijani

Iran Focus: Ali Ardeshir Larijani was the head of the Iranian State TV and Radio from 1994 to 2004. Prior to that, Larijani served...

Iran elections candidates: Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf

Iran Focus: Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf is one of the eight hopefuls competing to become president following the June 17 elections. He is also one of...

Iran elections candidates: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran Focus: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the appointed Mayor of Tehran, after first getting the job in April 2003.He is seen to be an ultra-conservative,...

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Iran: A Dangerous Country for Journalists

According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the state of press freedom worldwide has fallen to its lowest level in...

Iran’s Car Market Experiences Sharp Surge in Prices Afte War-Induced Stagnation

Media outlets in Iran report that the prices of many domestically produced cars have increased by 3 billion to...

UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a statement published on April 29, strongly condemned...

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War Economy and Stagflation in Iran

Unemployment and inflation in a war for which the...

Iranian Doctor Sentenced to Death for Helping Injured Protesters

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