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Former Norwegian PM urges Iran not to hang dissident

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 07 – Former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik has appealed to the Iranian government not to go ahead as...

Iran will stand strongly against UN pressure – cleric

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 07 – Iran accused the United Nations Security Council of creating “insecurity” and said it will “stand strongly” against...

Iran press chief chides “vulgar” cinemas

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 07 – Iran’s hard-line culture minister has blasted cinemas in the country for being too “vulgar” and said that...

Iran’s police stop 10-year-old girl for “mal-veiling”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 07 – Iranian police held up a 10-year-old girl in Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport for “mal-veiling”, state-run Persian-language websites reported...

UN chief seeks reassurances from Iran over nuclear pursuit

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 07 – United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on Iran on Thursday to “reassure” the international community that it would...

Iran military commander wants U.S. to withdraw from region

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – The Supreme Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said that the Persian Gulf would become secure...

Iran to use advance weapons in near future – military chief

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 06 – Iran will soon add modern and advanced weapons to its military arsenal, Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar...

40,000 Sunnis killed in Iraq during al-Jaafari’s tenure – report

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 06 – A prominent Iraqi Sunni politician said that some 40,000 Iraqi Sunni Muslims had been killed in sectarian fighting...

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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

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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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