Tehran Grapevine

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...

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...

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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Intense Rainfall and Floods Damage Dozens of Cities Across Iran

Heavy rainfall has again led to flooding in dozens of cities across Iran, damaging residential homes and agricultural lands....

Iran is the Second Largest Prison for Writers in the World

The 2023 Freedom to Write Index, released by PEN America, shows that Iran continues to be the world’s second-largest...

Iranian Proxies Still Planning Attacks on US Forces

On Thursday, May 2, Avril Haines, the director of the U.S. National Intelligence Agency, told a Senate Armed Services...

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