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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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Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a political prisoner held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, was once again sentenced to death by...

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