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Woman, two men flogged in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 23 – Two men and a woman were flogged by authorities in the town of Ashkaneh, north-eastern Iran, state...

Iran hangs three men – report

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 22 – Three men were hanged in public at dawn on Saturday in southern Iran, the state-run news agency...

Iran hangs man in volatile province

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 22 – Authorities hanged a man in the volatile province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, south-eastern Iran, a semi-official daily reported. ...

Iran refuses to give back British sailors’ boats, equipment

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 20 – Iran is refusing to give back boats, equipment, and weapons belonging to 15 British marines and sailors...

Bush: Iran transferring arms to militias in Iraq

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 20 – United States President George W. Bush accused Iran on Thursday of transferring arms to outlawed militias inside neighbouring...

Iran FM in Venezuela for talks with Chavez

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 19 – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki travelled to Venezuela, touching down at Caracas airport Wednesday afternoon (local time),...

Iran FM holds talks in Syria

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 18 - Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived on Tuesday in Damascus, where he met and held talks with...

Bite size: Iran Parliament to summon Education Minister

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 17 – A petition with the signatures of 138 members of Iran’s hardline-dominated Majlis, or Parliament, calling for the...

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