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Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner summoned by hardline judiciary

Iran Focus: Paris, Jan. 13 - Nobel Peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said today she had been summoned by Iran's hardline judiciary, risking arrest...

16 students die in Iran school fire

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 – Sixteen Iranian students were killed when a fire broke out in a school in western Iran at midday....

Victim’s family pardons Iranian woman, seeks blood money

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 12 - A woman sentenced to death for killing a senior police officer who tried to rape her has been...

Iran to start uranium enrichment in near future: Rowhani

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 12 – In a meeting with Japan's ambassador to Tehran, Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) secretary said, "Iran will...

Two deported from Iran for practicing Baha’i faith

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 11 - Two foreigners were deported from Iran for practicing the Baha’i faith according to an Iranian official. “These individuals,...

12 caught crossing from Iran into Iraq

Iran Focus: Baghdad, Jan. 11 - Twelve Iranians were arrested by Iraqi police yesterday in the city of al-Kut, south of Baghdad. The individuals...

Friday Prayers Leader denounces mal-veiling in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 10 - Iran’s Friday Prayers Leader for the city of Urumiyeh (northwest Iran) demanded a harsher crackdown on “mal-veiling” in...

Protests rock governor’s office in western Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 10 – Angry residents from the town of Baneh in Kurdistan province (Western Iran) attacked the governor’s office with stones...

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Iran’s Healthcare System on Verge of Crisis as Nurses Migrate En Masse

The crisis of nursing staff shortages in Iran, driven by the migration of nurses, has once again come into...

Volker Türk: At Least 40 People Executed on Security-Related Charges in Iran

Recent remarks by Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, have once again drawn international attention...

Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 125th Week

On Tuesday, June 16, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign entered its 125th week, once again demonstrating the determination...

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Political Prisoner Parisa Kamali Commemorates Martyrs of January Uprising In Defiant Message

Parisa Kamali, a political prisoner held in Yazd Prison,...

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

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