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Producer of “Happy” dancing video remains under arrest
Sasan Soleymani, who produced the video of Iranian youth in Tehran dancing to the Pharrell Williams song Happy, remains in custody in Rejai Shahr…
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Police, security forces violently end river demonstration
A human chain of more than 500 people along the Zayandeh River in Isfahan was violently broken up by police and plainclothes forces. The…
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Rohani calls for less meddling in lives of citizens
Hassan Rohani urged government bodies to refrain from overt interference in people’s lives in a speech on Saturday May 24. Mehr News Agency reports…
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Convicted activist may have to serve suspended sentence
The Marivon Revolutionary Court has sentenced activist Dana Lenjabadi to one year in prison.The opposition website Kaleme reports that Lenjabadi has been found guilty…
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Dozens arrested at loud party in Fardis
Fifty-two people were arrested by police and Basij forces in Fardis, a city in Alborz Province, while attending a party. The head of the…
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Former CEO hanged as chief suspect in massive fraud
IRNA reports that MahAfarid Khosravi, the chief suspect in the $3-billion bank fraud dubbed the “Great Embezzlement”, was hanged on Saturday morning at Evin…
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Nuclear watchdog confirms Iran’s compliance
A report from the International Atomic Energy Agency confirms that Iran has significantly reduced its store of 20-percent-enriched uranium. Two days after a meeting…
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Two Birds with One Stone for the Supreme Leader
by: Mehdi Tajik Incorporating the Expediency Council into the country’s lawmaking process is evidence of the leader’s greater control over the lawmaking process through…
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Minister warns water shortages threaten farming
Iranian Power Minister Hamid Chitchian says water consumption must be regulated and managed properly and the illegal use of underground waters must be stopped,…
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Former reformist MP serves out sentence,
Behzad Nabavi, a prominent reformist and executive member of the Mujahedin of the Islamic Revolution Party, was released from Evin Prison after completing his…
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Victims’ families mercy saves more killers from death sentence
Two more people have escaped death by hanging with the consent of their victims’ families in recent days. The Etemad daily reports that in…
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Tehran’s improved air quality linked to better gasoline
Yousef Rashidi, the head of the Air and Climate Division of Iran's Department of Environmental Protection, reported that in an unprecedented trend, Tehran’s air…