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Iran elections candidates: Mehdi Karroubi

Iran Focus: Hojatoleslam Mehdi Mahdavi-Karroubi, a mid-ranking cleric, is currently a member of the State Expediency Council and an adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah...

Iran elections candidates: Mohsen Mehralizadeh

Iran Focus:Mehralizadeh, perhaps the most obscure candidate in the race, is a Vice-President in the present administration of President Mohammad Khatami, serving as the...

Iran elections candidates: Mostafa Moin

Iran Focus: Moin served as chancellor of Shiraz University from 1981 to 1982 and has been a member of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council...

Iran: Thousands join women’s anti-government demonstration in Tehran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – A protest that began with a gathering of dozens of women in downtown Tehran this afternoon drew thousands...

Iran pre-election blasts raise questions

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 13 – An hour after a state-run news agency reported a second explosion in Tehran, eye-witnesses reported that the blast...

Murky motives seen behind Iran blasts

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – An hour after a state-run news agency reported a second explosion in Tehran, eye-witnesses reported that the blast...

Iran: Explosion in Tehran square kills 1

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 - Minutes ago an explosion was heard in the Iranian capital Tehran. The blast occured near Imam Hossein Square...

Iran: Explosion in Tehran square kills 1

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 - Minutes ago an explosion was heard in the Iranian capital Tehran. The blast occured near Imam Hossein Square...

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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...

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

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