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Clashes in Tehran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 11 – Clashes broke out at midday on Friday between train passengers and security forces over tickets at Tehran's central...

Ardebil: Police put on alert as residents call to protest

Iran Focus: Ardebil, Iran, Jun. 11 – From the Grapevine... An unprecedented scale of graffiti writing in the north-western city of Ardebil, with slogans...

In Brief: Student protests

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 10 - From the Grapevine... Students in Tehran's prestigious Elm-va-San'at (Science and Industry) University have used spray paint to write...

At the mausoleum …

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 07 – From the Grapevine… Authorities undertook extra-ordinary measures to prevent any anti-government activity at the scene of Khomeini's death...

In Brief: In the Iranian capital and elsewhere

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 06 - From the Grapevine... Iran's Telecommunications Ministry is unable to pay for cheques it has issued to its creditors...

Son of late dissident cleric snubs religious authorities

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 01 - In another sign of the waning influence of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his allies in the...

Opposition steps up calls for protest in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 30 – For the third week running, activists in Tehran wrote political graffiti on walls and distributed leaflets in different...

Minister under fire for fake degree

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 28 - The hard-line government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again faces embarrassing controversy over the academic credentials of a top official....

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Political Prisoner Zahra Shahbaz Tabari Has Once Again Been Sentenced to Death

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

Experts Warn About Declining Dairy Consumption and the Risk of Expanding Malnutrition in Iran

With dairy prices rising again and consumption declining in Iran, experts have warned about the spread of anemia, osteoporosis,...

Burial Costs in Tehran Increase by Up to 50% as Inflation Soars in Iran

A new resolution by the Tehran City Council shows that the cost of cemetery services in the capital—from transporting...

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Physician Migration, A Warning Alarm for Iran’s Healthcare System

With physicians and nurses emigrating abroad, the human resources...

The Collapse of Iran’s Economic Resilience

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