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UN Envoy arrives in Tehran to discuss Syrian conflict
Brahimi & Shamkhani Lakhdar Brahim UN envoy for Syrian affairs arrived in Tehran on Sunday March 16 to discuss possible solutions to the Syrian…
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Iran beats US team in World Cup Wrestling
Iranian Freestyle Wrestling team attained its third victory in the 2014 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup on Saturday March 15 beating the American team five…
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MP sounds warning for Tabriz
Iranian MP Alireza Monadi has warned that the death of Lake Oroumiyeh will result in salt storms that would make the city of Tabriz…
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MPs tell nuclear negotiators to take strong stand
200 Iranian MPs have issued a letter urging the country’s nuclear negotiating team to reject restrictions or a ban on the use of the…
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Mazandaran Morality Police bust nighttime party
Massoud Jafari, the head of Mazandaran Province security forces, says 13 women and four men have been arrested at a “mixed night party.” The…
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“Subsidence of One Million Hectares of Land”
One million hectares of natural areas and lands in Iran are plagued with subsidence due to the unregulated extraction of underground waters and the…
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Coroner’s office reveals Norooz fatality statistics
The Iranian coroner’s office says 6,455 people have been killed in road accidents over the past five years during the holidays around Norooz, the…
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Wage raise assessed as inadequate by labour groups
The minimum wage for workers in Iran has been increased by 25 percent, bringing it to six million, eight thousand and nine hundred rials…
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Abdollah Momeni released from prison
Abdollah Momeni Abdollah Momeni, a prominent student activist and spokesman for Advar-e Tahkim-e Vahdat, was released on March 13 after five years in jail.…
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Iranians Discuss Nancy Fraser’s and Women of Color’s Critiques of Feminism
by: Frieda Afary Nancy Fraser’s recent article, “How Feminism Became Capitalism’s Handmaiden and How to Reclaim It” (1) has led to some interesting discussions…
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Jailed dervishes continue hunger strike
Iranian dervishes imprisoned in Evin, Rejaishahr, Nezam Shiraz and Central Bandar Abbas Prisons continue to refuse food to protest the authorities’ failure to provide…
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Family learns location of jailed journalist Hassanpour
Adnan Hassanpour Adnan Hassanpour, the jailed Iranian-Kurdish journalist who was transferred unexpectedly from Marivon Prison in Kurdistan to Zabol Prison in Sistan-Baluchistan, has been…

