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Graffiti in Iran capital calls for further strikes, sanctions

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 05 - From the Grapevine... Pro-democracy activists in Tehran have stepped up writing slogans and graffiti in public spots in...

Jewellers continue strike in Tehran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 04 - From the Grapevine... A strike by jewellers and goldsmiths across Tehran continued into its second week. ...

Goldsmiths continue strike in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 02 - From the Grapevine... A strike by jewellers and goldsmiths across Tehran continued on Saturday. Iran...

In brief: News from Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 25 – From the Grapevine… Tehran - Greater Tehran authorities have given the go-ahead for four new prisons to be...

Anti-government protest in north-east Iran city

Iran Focus: Mashhad, Sep. 3 - From the Grapevine... Dozens of people in the north-eastern city of Mashhad early on Friday chanted “death to...

Hardliners split over appointment of Presidential envoys

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 28 - From the Grapevine... Members of the Motalefeh Party, close to former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, have criticised...

Residents in western Iran city snub officials’ request for cash

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 23 - From the Grapevine... Officials in the western city of Aligoodarz are taking boxes, marked with "contribution", to people's...

Cleric smuggles narcotics into Iran prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Aug. 19 - From the Grapevine... Cleric Massih Mottalebi, congregation leader of Gohardash Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, is responsible...

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Message from a Political Prisoner Inside Iran’s Prisons

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Record Number of Imprisoned Writers Worldwide. Iran Ranks Second with 53 Jailed Writers

PEN America announced in its latest annual report on the state of freedom of expression worldwide that the number...

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