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Utility workers in Ahwaz protest over unpaid wages
(archival) More than 100 contract workers at the Ahwaz Water and Sewage Office gathered in front of the Khuzestan Province auditor’s office to protest…
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Medical official reveals steep rise in cancer rate
Iran's Chief of Internal Medicine reports a rise of 20 to 30 percent in the number of cancer cases in the country, adding: “By…
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Zarif arrives in Moscow for meeting of Caspian countries
(archival) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Moscow on Monday April 21 to participate in the meeting of foreign ministers of countries…
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Reformist activist arrested, taken to Evin Prison
Hossein Nouraninejad Hossein Nouraninejad, an Iranian political activist and member of the reformist Islamic Iran Participation Front party, was arrested on Monday April21. ILNA…
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Thread factory in Alvand lays off 45 workers
Forty-five workers at the Alvand Thread Factory have been laid off, as management reports a sales decline that forced them to reduce production. The…
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Official says it’s now or never to protect drying lake
The head of the Western Azerbaijan Province Environmental Protection Department announced that 93 percent of Lake Oroumiyeh has dried out and the salt content…
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Iran’s dust problem: potential causes and strategies
Iranian officials have expressed hope that residents of the country’s western provinces will have fewer problems with dust particles this year due to the…
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Rohani speaks up for equality in Women’s Day speech
One day after Iran’s Supreme Leader denounced gender equality as a Western cliché, Iranian President Hassan Rohani stressed the need for gender equality in…
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“Executed” Iranian border guard may be alive after all
Jamshid Danaifar Baqer Hosseiny, a member of Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, says it has evidence that Jamshid Danaifar, the border…
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Thousands protest water diversion from province
Thousands of protesters gathered in Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari Province to oppose the transfer of water to other regions. Iranian media report that in…
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Prisoners call for investigation of beatings at Evin Prison
Evin Prison As controversy over the alleged attack on political prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin Prison deepens, 74 prisoners have written a letter…
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U.S. prisoner in Iran writes to Iranian foreign minister
Amir Mirzai Hekmati Amir Mirazai Hekmati, an American citizen of Iranian background who is in prison in Iran accused of spying, has written to…

