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Hundreds of seasonal workers at the Haft Tapeh Agro-Industrial Company stopped work in protest starting Sunday December 8. One of the workers, who spoke…

With less than six months to the 20th World Cup, hosted by Brazil, last night's draw to determine the competing groups placed Iran in…

Iran's Student Day was marked in Tehran by students chanting slogans in support of the release of political prisoners. IRNA reports that the amphitheatre…

The chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, announced that former UK foreign minister Jack Straw has…

The 1,800 prisoners of Qezel Hessar Prison who had gone on hunger strike against the death penalty ended their strike after authorities made a…

Massoumeh Ebtekar The head of Iran's Department of the Environment has accused the former administration of providing below-standard gasoline for automobiles in the country.…

Five Iranian Kurdish political prisoners have been released from Mahabad Prison in western Azerbaijan. Osman and Ali Molannejad, Nasser Tarigh, Osman Qadernejad and Mohammad…

Iranian President Hassan Rohani made an urgent call at his latest cabinet meeting for action plans to tackle the problem of air pollution across…

Samad Khatibi, an Iranian filmmaker and artist based in the Netherlands, has been arrested in Tehran. Nedaye Sabz Azadi’s website reports that Khatibi was…

Mohammad Baqer Nobakht In response to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's invitation to a public debate, the spokesman for the Hassan Rohani administration was quoted as saying:…

Sattar Beheshti The lawyer for the family of deceased blogger Sattar Beheshti reports that the court has rejected the charge of first degree murder…

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reports that 45 Iranian political prisoners are going on a one-day hunger strike to mark 40…