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Iranian reformists fear era of repression

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The Guardian: With bone-cracking brutality, the waves of
baton-wielding police seemed to confirm what the already demoralised Iranian reform movement had been dreading:
the dawn of a new era of political repression.

Dutch diplomat sheds light on notorious Iran prison

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 21 – A diplomat from the Dutch embassy in Tehran has revealed that political prisoners
locked up in one of Iran’s most notorious prisons were being systematically tortured and deliberately harassed for their opposition to Iran’s clerical leadership.

Dutch diplomat sheds light on notorious Iran prison

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 21 – A diplomat from the Dutch embassy in Tehran has revealed that political prisoners
locked up in one of Iran’s most notorious prisons were being systematically tortured and deliberately harassed for their opposition to Iran’s clerical leadership.

Iran to resume uranium enrichment on August 1 – daily

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 21 – Iran will resume uranium enrichment activities in the uranium conversion facilities near the central city of Isfahan on August 1, the country’s semi-official daily, Jomhouri Islami, wrote in its Thursday editorial. “Iran’s unambiguous message to Britain, Germany and France in the talks that were conducted [in London”> yesterday was that at the end of the deadline on August 1, Iran will resume …

Iran to resume uranium enrichment on August 1 – daily

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 21 – Iran will resume uranium enrichment activities in the uranium conversion facilities near the central city of Isfahan on August 1, the country’s semi-official daily, Jomhouri Islami, wrote in its Thursday editorial. “Iran’s unambiguous message to Britain, Germany and France in the talks that were conducted [in London”> yesterday was that at the end of the deadline on August 1, Iran will resume …

An interview with Iran’s new nuclear chief

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 21 – Unlike his fellow hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Ardeshir Larijani does not perfectly fit the stereotype mould of an Iranian ultra-conservative. His expensive suit, well-groomed hair, gentle manners and soft-spoken words are a world apart from the scruffy looks, brusque behaviour and coarse language of most other scions of the Islamic Republic’s hard-line camp.
He has a reputation for being imperturbable.

An interview with Iran’s new nuclear chief

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 21 – Unlike his fellow hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ali Ardeshir Larijani does not perfectly fit the stereotype mould of an Iranian ultra-conservative. His expensive suit, well-groomed hair, gentle manners and soft-spoken words are a world apart from the scruffy looks, brusque behaviour and coarse language of most other scions of the Islamic Republic’s hard-line camp.
He has a reputation for being imperturbable.

Iran’s President-elect sues official news agency chief

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 21 – The head of Iran’s state-run news agency was summoned to court for questioning after ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s campaign team filed a complaint against the agency for
biased reporting.

Iran’s President-elect sues official news agency chief

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 21 – The head of Iran’s state-run news agency was summoned to court for questioning after ultra-conservative President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s campaign team filed a complaint against the agency for
biased reporting.

Iran’s Kurdish city under de facto martial law

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 21 – The Kurdish city of Mahabad, north-west Iran, was brought under de facto martial law as the paramilitary police, the Revolutionary Guards, and plainclothes agents of the secret police, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, moved in to take control of the city after a week of unrest and deadly clashes between residents and local security forces.