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The Iranian national basketball team defeated the Philippines in the final game of the Asian championships, winning the sport’s top honour in Asia. Mehr…

Twelve people drowned after a van fell into a canal in the city of Dezfool in the southwestern province of Khuzestan. The Mehr News…

The Iranian National Basketball team beat Taiwan today, August 10, and earned a spot at the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain. ISNA reports…

Ruhollah Hosseinian Conservative MP Ruhollah Hosseinian says 20 percent of the new president’s proposed cabinet members will not be approved by Parliament. In an…

Mowlana Abdolhamid Mowlana Abdolhamid, the senior leader of the Sunni community in Zahedan, says he’s disappointed that no Sunni ministers were included in Hassan…

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders has called for the release of Khosro and Massoud Kordpour, two jailed Iranian journalists who…

The head of Parliament’s Legal Commission has announced that the two MPs accused of involvement in the $3-billion bank fraud have been acquitted of…

Ayatollah Khamenei Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, said in his sermon for the Fetre Eid Mass prayers that there is cause for great concern…

Ayatollah Dastgheib Dissident cleric Ayatollah Dastgheib urged the “powerful figures of the country” to work hard for the release of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi…

Fifty-five Iranian activists, many of whom are currently behind bars in Iran, have written a letter reminding the U.S. president that sanctions are hurting…

Dian Wirengjurit Indonesia’s ambassador to Tehran reports that of the 18,000 Iranians that visit Indonesia each year, more than half do not return to…

Iran’s national basketball team has maintained its winning streak at the 27th Asian men’s basketball competition in the Philippines, chalking up a sixth victory…