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Iranian government regulates dating sites
The Iranian government has announced regulation guidelines for online dating, announcing that people can now legally set up dating websites on the internet after…
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Election watchdog calls for widespread participation
Ayatollah Jannati Ahmad Jannati, the head of Guardian Council that oversees elections in Iran, announced that the body is looking for “a free, peaceful…
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Mousavi daughters get visit with detained parents
Rahnavard and Mousavi Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard were finally allowed a visit from their daughters on Wednesday March 13, under…
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Heavy security on call for Iranian election
The Tehran Governor said on Wednesday March 13 that 99 Basij battalions and 15,000 police officers are prepared to keep the peace during the…
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Reformist group calls on former presidents to run
Hashemi and Khatami The Society of Seminary Teachers and Researchers of Qom, a reformist organization, has called on former presidents Mohammad Khatami and Akbar…
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MP rejects defence of former Tehran prosecutor
Saeed Mortazavi Iranian MP Mohammad Dehghan has dismissed the recent assertion that former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi had been unaware of detainee transfers to…
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Political prisoners get furlough in advance of New Year
Shiva Nazar-Ahari and Mohammad Hossein Naimipor, two Iranian political prisoners, were given a furlough less than a week before the Iranian New Year. The…
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No news from solitary for family of political prisoner
Zia Nabavi The relatives of political prisoner Zia Nabavi say they’ve been left in the dark regarding his condition. Daneshjoo news reported on Tuesday…
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Drug shortage to force closure of Iranian operating rooms
The head of the Anesthesia and Special Care Association of Iran has warned that a number of operating rooms in various Iranian hospitals are…
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Iran’s coming wage hike leaves experts unimpressed
Iran says the country’s minimum wage will increase by 25 percent for the upcoming Iranian new year, but labour activists and economic experts have…
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National Internet launched, restrictions put on VPN use
Interview with Mahmoud Tajalimehr, Telecommunications and Internet expert The Iranian government is now trying to block the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which…
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Maghreb daily shut down by press board
Iran’s Press Supervisory Board has suspended the publishing licence of Maghreb daily alleging that the newspaper has violated legal limitations imposed on the press.…

