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Iran seeks billions in oil investments from abroad
The Iranian foreign minister says Iran is looking for 75 billion dollars of investment in its petrochemical industry. On a trip to Japan, Mohammad…
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Concerns raised over drug-addicted women in Iran
The Anti-Drug Task Force advisor on women and family affairs reported on Wednesday March 5 that 55 percent of female drug addicts are married.…
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Rising gasoline imports let Iran stop production of dirty fuel
The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company reports that Iran has tripled its gasoline imports. The Mehr News Agency reports that Mostafa Kashkooli,…
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Prisoners slam government for keeping Imam from conference
Sunni prisoners in Rejaishahr, Evin and Qezel Hessar Prisons have issued a statement protesting the government’s decision to ban the Friday Mass Imam of…
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Gonabadi dervishes join jailed peers in hunger strike
Evin Prison After nine jailed dervishes announced that they will refuse food to protest their mistreatment by Iranian prison authorities, 31 Gonabadi dervishes from…
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Oil Minister laments low level of daily crude exports
Bijan Zanganeh Iran’s Minister of Oil has announced that oil exports now stand at one million barrels a day, which is having a dire…
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Rohani adopts Supreme Leader’s idea for “Economy of Resistance”
Hassan Rohani Iranian President Hassan Rohani has echoed the Iranian Supreme Leader’s call for an “economy of resistance”, saying that the concept will redirect…
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Prisoners’ families drum up support for demonstration on Saturday
The families of jailed dervishes and other political prisoners in ward 350 of Evin Prison have rallied people to gather at the Tehran Prosecutor’s…
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IAEA asks for more money for cost of monitoring Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran is living up to its obligations under the Geneva agreement reached between Iran and the 5+1 last…
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Karroubi campaign worker given seven-year sentence
Maryam Shafipour Maryam Shafipour, an Iranian student activist who worked on Mehdi Karroubi’s presidential campaign in 2009, has been sentenced to seven years in…
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Security officer charged with manslaughter in Beheshti case
Sattar Beheshti The security officer who oversaw the case of Sattar Beheshti, the detained blogger who died three days into his arrest by Cyber…
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Rohani administration slammed by powerful cleric
Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi The influential Iranian cleric Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi has criticized the Hassan Rohani administration for its cultural policies and its…