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Culture minister says opinions allowed on women singing solo
Ali Jannati Iran’s minister of culture says it is not wrong to express an opinion about solo female singers in Iranian music. ILNA reports…
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Iran, Britain rebuild relations with planns to re-open embassies
A spokeswoman for Iran’s foreign ministry has announced that Iran and Britain will appoint new charges d’affaires within the next eight days and their…
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Student activist gets break from prison after four years
Majid Tavakoli Jailed student activist Majid Tavakoli has been given a furlough after four years in jail. Kaleme reports that Tavakoli was released from…
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UN’s Syria specialist to visit Iran in advance of new talks
Lakhdar Brahimi Iranian media report that the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, will travel to Iran next week to discuss the talks…
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Foreign currencies getting cheaper for Iranian traders
Iranian currency traders are noting a fall in the exchange rate for the dollar against Iran’s national currency, the rial. ISNA reports that the…
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Plan to relocate Iran’s capital gets initial approval
Ahsan Alavi The Iranian Parliament’s urban development commission has approved a proposal to move the political capital of the country from Tehran. The Iran…
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Parliamentary commission aims to halt benefits to high-income families
The Iranian Parliament’s Programming and Budget Commission has approved a plan to stop paying family benefits to families in the top three tiers of…
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Iran’s environmental chief says “illegal” satellite towers coming down
Massoumeh Ebtekar The head of Iran’s Department of the Environment has announced that all “illegal” satellite reception towers designed to interfere with signals will…
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Senior cleric speaks out against hanging convict again
Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani, a senior Iranian Shia cleric, has expressed his opposition to the proposed second hanging of a convict who…
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Rohani urges Swiss to advance nuclear negotiations
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has received the new Swiss Ambassador to Tehran, Giulio Haas, expressing Iran’s will to reach a win-win situation in negotiations…
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Detained opposition leader’s wife appeals to president
Fatemeh Karroubi Fatemeh Karroubi has appealed to the Iranian president to clarify the legal basis for the incarceration of her husband, Mehdi Karroubi, a…
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Children injured in land mine explosion
An exploding land mine in Marivan, in northwestern Iran, has left seven children injured. Kordpa reports that the explosion occurred in Nashkas near an…

