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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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British Couple Imprisoned in Evin Prison Remain on Hunger Strike

Lindsay Foreman and Craig Foreman, two British citizens imprisoned in Tehran's Evin Prison, are continuing their hunger strike in...

Khamenei’s Burial Becomes Stage for Power Struggles Among Regime Factions

On the second day of the funeral ceremonies for former regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei, the event became a...

New Uncertainty Surrounding Iran’s Underground Nuclear Facilities

According to the latest assessment by the U.S.-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), headed by nuclear expert...

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