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The head of Iran’s Environment and Wildlife Watch has reported that poachers hunted down a rare Iranian panther. Keyvan Hooshmand told the Mehr News…

While Asghar Farhadi’s new film, The Past, will open in cinemas across Iran, the Culture Ministry has prohibited billboard ads to promote it. ILNA…

The rising price of medical drugs has severely restrained the services offered by addiction treatment clinics. ILNA reports that the head of Addiction Prevention…

Alaeddin Boroujerdi Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of the National Security and Foreign Policy committee of Iranian Parliament, has confirmed the arrest of Slovakian citizens…

Jafar Panahi Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been offered membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The invitation has been offered…

Hassan Rohani Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rohani says the majority of Iranians voted for “moderation, reason, collective wisdom, moving along expert paths and refraining from…

Ahmad Tavakoli Iranian MP Ahmad Tavakoli has written to parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani to warn against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s “illegal decision regarding currency exchange.” The…

Mehdi Hashemi The case against Mehdi Hashemi, the son of Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, is still being cleared of a number of…

Former senior officials of the historic city of Yazd have called for a halt to unregulated construction projects in the city, which they claim…

Iran’s Central Bank says the inflation rate has reached 34 percent, three percentage points higher than calculations released by the National Statistics Centre. The…

Iran’s volleyball team gained its second consecutive win in the FIVB World League games beating Italy 3-1. Earlier Iran had defeated Serbia, the European…

by: Parsa Mohammadi The results of the 2013 presidential election in Iran were announced after hours of delay, with Hassan Rohani, the only reformist-backed…