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Hadi Baghbani An Iranian documentary filmmaker was killed this week by opposition forces in Syria. The Mehr News Agency reports that Hadi Baghbani, an…

Javid Houtan Kian Javid Houtan Kian, a jailed Iranian lawyer, was released on Monday August 19 after three years in prison. The Human Rights…

Hassan Rohani At the inauguration ceremony for Iran’s new administration, President Hassan Rohani announced that the executive will enlist the power of Iran’s ethnic…

Mohammad Mosadeq On the 60th anniversary of the August 19, 1953 coup that brought down the government of popular Prime Minister Mohammad Mosadeq and…

The Rohani cabinet was officially established today August 19 after their first meeting. New Iranian President Hassan Rohani announced the agenda, highlighting economic issues…

Ahmad Zeidabadi Jailed Iranian journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi was given a furlough on Sunday August 18. Kaleme website reports that during Ramadan, several political prisoners…

Catherine Ashton Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s new Foreign Minister, and Catherine Ashton, the head of EU foreign policy, spoke about prospective nuclear talks on…

Saeed Mortazavi The Ministry of Co-ops, Labour and the Social Security Organization has announced that Saeed Mortazavi will not be a board member of…

Mahmoud Vaezi Mahmoud Vaezi, Iran’s new Minister of Communications and Information Technology, announced on Saturday August 17 that the speed and breadth of internet…

Mohammad Javad Zarif Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s new foreign minister, says the events in Egypt will be at the top of his ministry’s agenda.…

Abolfazl Abedini Abolfazl Abedini, an Iranian political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 20 days, is in grave health, his mother reports.…

Three of Hassan Rohani’s proposed cabinet members have been rejected by the Iranian Parliament. Mohammadali Najafi, Jafar Mili Monfared and Masoud Soltanifar, who were…