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European Parliament adopts Iran resolution to review EU terror list

Iran Focus: Strasbourg, Jan. 14 – After a debate in which a number of Euro-MPs spoke out against the terror-tag placed upon the main...

Human Rights Watch annual report condemns violations in Iran

Iran Focus: Paris, Jan. 14 - In its annual report on human rights practices around the globe Human Rights Watch said that "basic human...

Nearly 1,500 guns rounded up in western Iran province in past 9 months

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 14 – Some 1,459 guns have been confiscated over the past nine months in Kermanshah province (western Iran), according to...

50,000 drug addicts rounded up in Iran capital in past 9 months

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 14 - More than 50,000 people have been arrested in Greater Tehran in the past nine months, according to the...

150,000 drug addicts in northeast Iran city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 - There are at least 150,000 drug addicts in the city of Mashad (northeast Iran), according to the head...

Iran Al-Qaeda link arrested in Kuwait: Radio

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 - An Iranian agent was arrested in Kuwait in connection with the latest spate of Al-Qaeda-related attacks in the...

European Parliament resolution censures Iran rights violations

Iran Focus: Strasbourg, Jan. 13 - The European Parliament adopted a resolution by majority vote today condemning human rights violations in Iran in the...

Iran Revolutionary Guards Commander: US presence a threat

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 13 - In an apparent reference to the presence of US troops in Iraq, a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Corps...

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Iran’s Statistics Center reports 115% food inflation

A new report by the Statistical Center of Iran shows that food inflation in March and April this year...

The Rising Cost of Food in Iran; Hidden Pressure on Large Families

The state-run magazine Niniban published a report on April 29 regarding rising food prices. The report stated: “This is...

Four Decades of Bitter Narratives: May Day as a Day of Wrath, Not Celebration, for Iran’s Workers

Does International Workers’ Day represent a celebration of dignity and status for Iran’s labor force? Do they gather in...

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

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

Transfer of a death-row political prisoner to solitary confinement in Urmia, Iran

Punitive transfer of death-row political prisoner Mehrab Abdollahzadeh to...

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