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Iran shuts down arts university in historic city

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23 – The closure of the Arts University in Isfahan, central Iran, has angered arts students and lecturers. An...

Iran’s former President criticises leader’s choice

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 22 – In one of his most forthright comments since losing the presidential elections in June, former President Ali-Akbar Hashemi...

Iran’s censors ban famous director’s script

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has banned the script of a leading film and theatre...

Row in Iran’s parliament was stage-managed – source

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – The row in Iran's Majlis (parliament) on Sunday was stage-managed by the dominant ultra-Islamist faction, according to...

Student activist gets one year jail time in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – An Iranian student activist was sentenced to one year in prison for organising anti-government demonstrations, the head...

Iran to give EU a chance to offer more concessions – official

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator told reporters on Monday that Tehran would give Europe a chance to...

Iran changes security chief in restive southern province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – Less than a year after he was appointed the commander of State Security Forces in Iran’s southern...

Iran town’s para-military commander killed in clashes

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 22 – The military commander of Iranshahr region in south-eastern Iran was killed on Saturday during a counter-insurgency operation...

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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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European Union Sanctions Against Iran’s Regime and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis

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