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Iran cleric Karroubi draws fire for divulging vote fix

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 21 - Recent comments by defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi and his decision to go public with information about...

Iran’s presidential underdog provokes controversy

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 21 - A 49-year-old former commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards catapulted to super-politician status by the unexpected results of...

Iran: Young prisoner sews mouth in protest

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 21 – A young prisoner in Iran has sewn his mouth in protest to a sudden increase in his prison...

Iran security forces detain two pro-democracy protesters

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 21 – Two relatives of political prisoners have been arrested for a second time after having once appeared in front...

Violence mars Iran presidential candidate campaign

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 – Members of Iran’s hard-line paramilitary Bassij forces in Tehran’s Mellat Park attacked yesterday evening campaigners for the front-runner...

Iran bans four dailies over election rigging charges

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 20 - Four Iranian dailies were suspended today by Tehran’s Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor for carrying the text of a...

Iran cleric resigns post as fiasco over vote-fixing grows

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 19 – Iran’s former Parliament Speaker and presidential hopeful Mehdi Karroubi, who came in third in Friday’s presidential election, today...

Iran: 1,000 copper workers go on hunger strike

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 19 – Some 1,000 copper workers in the south-eastern Iranian city of Kerman staged a hunger strike in protest against...

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Lebanese President Expresses Clear Opposition to Iran’s Regime

Recent remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding the role of Iran's regime in developments in Lebanon have received...

Rationing and Sharp Increases in Bread Prices Across Iran

The livelihood crisis and intensifying economic pressures in Iran have now affected one of the most basic daily necessities...

Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

Following widespread and repeated internet shutdowns in Iran ordered by regime officials, reports by trade and professional organizations show...

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