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In Brief: Iran appoints new envoy to Afghanistan

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 01 - Iran’s new ambassador to Afghanistan submitted his credentials to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, state media reported on...

Media watchdog says Iran must stop hounding journalists

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 31 - A prominent press freedoms organisation condemned on Wednesday a decision by Iranian authorities to suspend a feminist monthly...

Five men hanged in Iran’s notorious prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 31 – Five men were hanged in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, state media reported on Thursday. Iran FocusTehran,...

Iran’s Majlis Speaker in Egypt

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 30 – Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) Speaker is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials state media reported. Iran...

Bush’s remarks on Iran in final State of the Union address

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 29 – United States President George W. Bush on Monday (02:00 GMT Tuesday) touched on the threats posed by Iran...

Two men hanged in central Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 – Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the central province of Markazi on Monday, state media...

Iran summons Norway’s ambassador

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 27 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned on Sunday Norway’s top envoy to Tehran over Oslo’s recent “meddling stance” regarding...

Iranian, French FMs meet

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 25 - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner in Davos, Switzerland, state media reported...

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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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