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300 men holding power in Iran since Islamic Revolution

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 – A clique of 300 men with family ties have been running the Islamic Republic from the time...

Women not admitted to Iran hospital without chador

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 – A hospital belonging to the Revolutionary Guards in the Iranian capital is refusing entry for women not...

Iran student immolates self in protest

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 – A final-year university student died after setting himself on fire after a confrontation with a senior faculty...

Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator denies resignation

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 03 – Iran’s secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and chief nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, denied through an...

Iran president-elect’s role in 1989 attack “part of pattern”

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 2 - An Austrian newspaper reported on Saturday that Austrian authorities have classified documents showing that Iran's new president may...

Some inside Iran theocracy fear rising isolation

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 02 – Iran’s defeated presidential contender and current head of the State Expediency Council, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, warned...

Iran human rights a priority for EU under UK presidency

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 01 – Human rights in Iran will be a priority for the European Union under the Presidency of the United...

Iran’s President-elect set to meet hard-line allies

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 30 – Iran’s newly-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will jointly meet with four of the failed hard-line presidential hopefuls this...

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Iranian Political Prisoners Mark 61st Anniversary of PMOI Resistance

As the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) approaches the 61st anniversary of its founding on September 6, a...

Iran’s Rial in Freefall, Putting Strain on People’s Livelihoods

The U.S. dollar exchange rate in Iran's free market has surpassed 2.8 million rials, while the official rate remains...

Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported the continued detention and interrogation of opponents of Iran's regime,...

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