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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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Warning Over the Imminent Execution of Political Prisoner Aref Khoshkar in Iran

Following the transfer of political prisoner Aref Khoshkar, who has been sentenced to death, to a solitary confinement cell...

Near-Complete Halt to Shipping Through the Strait of Hormuz

Bloomberg, citing vessel-tracking data, reported that maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz came to an almost complete halt...

129th Week of ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 58 Prisons Across Iran

The "No To Executions Tuesdays" campaign has warned about the rising number of executions in Iran and called for...

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Why Is Iran’s Regime Violating the Ceasefire with the U.S.?

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129th Week of ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 58 Prisons Across Iran

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