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Four political prisoners on hunger strike in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 11 – Two more political prisoners have joined fellow prisoners in a hunger strike inside one of Iran’s most...

200 security checkpoints set up across Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 10 – Some 200 special units of the State Security Forces (SSF) moved into different locations across the Iranian...

Iran says arrested trouble-makers will not be released

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 10 – Trouble-makers that are arrested in Iran will be held in prison indefinitely until their networks are rooted...

Straw’s handshake with the “Butcher” angers Iran dissidents

Iran Focus: London, Sep. 10 – A handshake between British Foreign Minister Jack Straw and one of Iran’s new Vice-Presidents on Friday has aroused...

Iran’s top brass says U.S., Israel behind terror attacks in Iraq

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 09 – A top military commander in Iran accused the United States and Israel on Friday of being behind...

Iran says women unfit to manage restaurants

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 09 – Female restaurant managers in Iran will be required to name a man as the person who will...

Top official says Iran to pursue nuclear strategy at all costs

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 09 – Iran’s former President proclaimed on Friday that Tehran would pursue its controversial nuclear program at all costs...

500 protestors attack government buildings in northwest Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 08 – More than 500 people attacked two government buildings and set fire to tyres in the streets of...

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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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US Sanctions Network Involved in the Sale of Iranian Liquefied Petroleum Gas

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