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Reformists rejected as city council candidates
Hossein Tala Iranian media report that a large number of reformist candidates have been pronounced ineligible to run in the city council elections. Mohsen…
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Southern port city revisited by quake, aftershocks
Jask Port in Hormozgan province was shaken by another earthquake measured at 6.2 on the Richter scale, and official reports say the quake left…
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More than 300 prepared to run for Iranian presidency
Reports on Friday May 10 indicate that more than 300 people have already registered for the Iranian presidential race. IRNA reports that the Interior…
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Book about sidelined politician pulled from exhibition
Serahatnameh, a book of interviews with Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, the head of the Expediency Council, has been pulled from Tehran’s 26th book exhibition. ISNA…
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Prisoner denounces Supreme Leader’s performance
Ayatollah Khamenei Iranian political prisoner Mohammadreza Motamednia has challenged Iranian Supreme Leader’s competence in managing the country’s affairs. In a letter addressed to Ayatollah…
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Iran maintains subsidy for medical drug imports
Iranian Parliament’s Health Commission has announced that the government will continue to provide foreign currency at subsidized rates for medical drug imports and an…
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“Reformist” candidate runs for president of Iran
Mohammadreza Aref Mohammadreza Aref, the former vice president and a senior reformist figure, registered today, May 10, to run in the 11th presidential election.…
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Prisoners moved from solitary, end hunger strike
The 10 Iranian political prisoners who were moved to solitary confinement and began a hunger strike to protest that move, have ended their strike…
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Earthquake strikes port in Hormozgan province
The Geophysics Institute of Tehran University reports that an earthquake measuring five on the Richter scale has hit Jask Port in the southern province…
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Security groups press reformist candidates to drop out
Reformist candidates in the municipal elections are being threatened against running, an opposition website reports. The Kaleme website writes that reformist candidates are being…
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Political prisoners at Evin begin hunger strike
Ten Iranian political prisoners in Evin Prison have begun a hunger strike, the opposition website Kaleme reports. In a report dated Tuesday May 7,…
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Press rights group knocks Iran’s internet limits
Reporters Without Borders has spoken out against the restrictions put on internet access in Iran, saying the government is trying to prevent Iranians from…

