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Over 12,000 arrested in Iran capital: Tehran police chief

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 22 – More than 12,000 people have been arrested in Tehran on various charges since the launch of a...

Paris nuclear conference finds experts, politicians united on Iran

Iran Focus: Paris, Sep. 21 - Top French nuclear experts and political dignitaries on Tuesday joined together to voice alarm over the threat of...

Clashes erupt in oil-rich southern Iran city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 – Clashes erupted at night in the strategic oil-rich city of Ahwaz, southern Iran, between people and State...

7 youths arrested near school in northern Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 17 – Seven youths were arrested on Sunday opposite a school in the town of Babol, northern Iran, the...

Iran police makes 1600 arrests in Tehran crackdown

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 18 – Close to 1,600 persons have been arrested in Tehran over the past 10 days as part of...

Iran’s ultra-Islamist vigilantes to “assist” ministers in their work

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 18 – Iran’s para-military Bassij, which groups together ultra-Islamist vigilantes loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, are assisting...

Iran likely heading for UN Security Council after speech

Iran Focus: London, UK, Sep. 18 - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Saturday that Iran would continue its nuclear enrichment activities despite...

3 members of Iran’s state TV arrested in Afghanistan

Iran Focus: London, Sep. 18 - Three employees of Iran’s state television and radio broadcasting corporation, IRIB, were detained in Afghanistan by American troops,...

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Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign Enters Its 128th Week

On Tuesday, July 7, the "No To Executions Tuesdays campaign" continued. The campaign, which was launched to end all...

Oil Tanker Attacked Near the Strait of Hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a British maritime security monitoring organization, reported that an oil tanker sailing...

Arrested Iranian Protesters in Critical Conditions, Human Rights Bodies Warn

Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based human rights organization, on Monday, July 6, expressed concern over the growing wave...

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