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Hard-line victory adds to political turmoil in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 26 – Iran’s newly-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad huddled behind closed doors with the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to...

Iran fears capital flight after ultra-conservative victory

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 26 – Iran’s financial markets reacted negatively to the election of ultra-conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President, raising fears of capital...

Iran’s ruling clerics fear street protests

Iran Focus: Paris, Jun. 25 – A day after the surprise election of the ultra-conservative mayor of Tehran as the new President of the...

Iran: Rafsanjani blames Guardian Council for defeat

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 25 – Defeated presidential contender Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani today lashed out at state institutions for illegally aiding...

Iran’s new President has a past mired in controversy

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 25 – “Ahmadinejad? Who’s he?”This was the typical reaction of most Iranians a day after the first round of presidential...

Iran’s new President cements ultra-conservative grip on power

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 25 – A 49-year-old former commander of the Revolutionary Guards became the sixth President of the Islamic Republic of Iran...

Iran elections: Turnout in Tehran “much lower than last week”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 24 - A tour of a dozen polling centres in the western neighbourhoods of Tehran between 2 pm and...

Iran: Rafsanjani’s aides show signs of despair

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 24 - Members of Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s campaign team were spotted in several cities in western Iran,...

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Death Sentence Issued for Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) announced that Arghavan Fallahi, a 25-year-old political prisoner and supporter of...

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