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Environment NGO gets newly revived Environment Prize
The Sabz Chia Association, an environmental protection group in Marivan, has been awarded Iran’s National Environment Prize. The Cultural Heritage website reports that Sabz…
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Jailed reformist refuses to answer new charge
Mostafa Tajzadeh Prominent jailed reformist Mostafa Tajzadeh has been sentenced in absentia to another year in prison. Kaleme reports that Tajzadeh has been confronted…
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Iranian artworks sell at Tehran auction
The third Tehran Auction was held at a Parsian Hotel on May 30, yielding more than 130 billion rials from the sale of 90…
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Formerly banned magazine revived after 14 years
The monthly magazine Iran Farda, which is aligned with Nationalist-Religious groups in Iran, has resumed publication for the first time in 14 years. The…
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Jundallah leader’s arrest to be subject of TV miniseries
Sima Film reports that it plans to produce a miniseries about the arrest and hanging of Abdolmalek Rigi, the late leader of Jundallah, which…
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Rohani responds to critical Imams
Iranian President Hassan Rohani responded to the attacks against him by the Tehran and Mashhad Friday Mass Imams, saying “Some are constantly concerned with…
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Activist gets summons after meeting EU official
Nargess Mohammadi, the Iranian human rights activist and deputy director of the Human Rights Defenders Centre of Iran, has been summoned by the Evin…
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Mousavi brother visits detained opposition leader
MirHosein Mousavi, the Iranian opposition leader under house arrest, has been allowed a visit from his brother, MirMahmoud Mousavi, for the first time in…
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Hardliner rejects Rohani’s hands-off approach
The Tehran Friday Mass Imam and Islamic Republic hardliner Ahmad Khatami took a jab on Friday at President Hassan Rohani’s statements about avoiding government…
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Hooshang Seyhoun, Iranian Architect Dies at 93 in Vancouver
Hooshang Seyhoun prominent Iranian architect passed away in Vancouver on May 27 at the age of 93. Hooshang Syehoun was born on August 22,…
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Rohani’s minority advisor faces challenges
Hassan Rohani’s advisor on ethnic and religious minority affairs has been the subject of serious attacks by the right-wing factions of the Islamic Republic…
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Student bursaries from Ahmadinejad era under scrutiny
Parliament is investigating the list of students who received bursaries under the ninth and tenth governments, the administrations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Ghassem Jafari, a…

