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Poverty in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran Focus – Editorial: The Iranian regime continues its mad dash towards a nuclear bomb, triggering an inferno of violence and chaos in Iraq...

Iranian elections fail to draw in crowds

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 – Voting stations were deserted in many parts of Iran on Friday despite calls by senior government officials...

Iran’s secret police will prosecute MP for foreign interview

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 12 – Iran’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security announced on Wednesday that it would prosecute a member of...

U.S. accuses Iran of violating human rights

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 12 - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday accused Iranian authorities of stepping up repression throughout the country in 2007....

Iran’s Ahmadinejad in Senegal

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 12 - Iran's hard-line president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has gone to Dakar to hold talks with Senegalese officials and attend...

Iran summons Slovenia’s envoy in Tehran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 11 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Slovenia’s charge d’affair Matjaz Puc to convey its anger at what it called...

Iran to buy 150 locomotives from Siemens

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 11 - Iran is in the process of buying 150 locomotives from German electronics giant Siemens and has already...

Iran confirms expulsion of Swedish diplomat

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 11 - Iran confirmed on Monday reports in the Swedish press that it had expelled a Swedish diplomat working...

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