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P5+1 discuss Iran nuclear standoff

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 02 - The following is the full text of a statement on Thursday by the U.S. State Department spokesman on...

Clashes leave more than 20 dead in north-west Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 01 - Clashes erupted in north-west Iran between security forces and rebels leaving more than 20 people dead, state...

Hamas leader to travel to Iran in coming days – report

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 08 – A senior official in the Palestinian militant group Hamas will travel to Iran in the coming days,...

Senior Iran cleric keeps post in constitutional body

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28 – The Chairman of Iran’s State Expediency Council (SEC), Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has kept his top...

Iran’s Ahmadinejad holds talks with al-Bashir in Sudan

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met and held talks with Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday in...

Canada imposes UN sanctions on Iran

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 27 – Canada imposed sanctions on Iran on Tuesday in line with a United Nations Security Council resolution in December...

Man hanged in public in holy Iran city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 27 – A man in his twenties was hanged in public in the holy Iranian city of Qom, a...

Iran authorities amputate fingers of man for alleged theft

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 26 – Iranian authorities have amputated the fingers of a man in his forties in public for stealing money,...

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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...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

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

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The Gallows: The Real Story of Iran Behind the Oslo Ceremony

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