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Mass strike brings Iran’s Kurdish provinces to a standstill

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 08 – Several Kurdish towns in northwest Iran have come to a standstill after people launched a mass strike...

Women not permitted in cabinet of Iran’s new president

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Women will not be included in the cabinet of Iran’s new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a leading...

Security tight at Kurdish town on strike in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Iran’s State Security Forces and agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security have been on heightened...

Paramilitary vigilantes given police role in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 06 – The head of police in the province of Isfahan, central Iran, said in a gathering on Saturday...

8 Nobel laureates demand release of jailed journalist in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 05 – Eight winners of the Nobel prize called on Iran to immediately and unconditionally release jailed journalist Akbar...

Senior Iran cleric says talks with EU were doomed to fail

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 05 – Iran will not bow down to European and United States’ demands to cease its nuclear activities, a...

Iran threatens to activate uranium enrichment plant at Natanz

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 04 - Iran continued its nuclear brinkmanship on Thursday with a new threat to restart uranium enrichment at its massive...

Hunger-striking political prisoners in Iran maltreated – report

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 – A political prisoner who has launched a one-week-long hunger strike in solidarity for jailed journalist Akbar Ganji...

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Bread Prices and the New Wave of Price Increases and Rationing in Iran

In recent days, the issue of bread prices has become one of the most important livelihood concerns in Iran....

Privatization: The Transfer of Wealth to Power Circles in Iran’s Regime

Privatization has been one of the most significant economic policies of Iran's regime over the past three decades. Regime...

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

In the latest development in the tense relations between Tehran and Brussels, the issue of European Union sanctions has...

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