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Probe of attack on official’s speech raises concerns
Iran’s Parliament is concerned that the people who planned an attack on the speech of parliamentary chief Ali Larijani in Qom on February 10…
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Iran touts success of Almaty nuclear talks
Ali Akbar Salehi ran’s Foreign Minister says the recent nuclear talks in Almaty were a “milestone” that marked an evolution in the ongoing negotiations.…
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Thousands of drug convicts face work camps
The head of Iranian prisons has announced that 10,000 prisoners charged with drug-related offences will be transferred to work camps. IRNA reports that Gholamhossein…
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Anger over water shortages leads to violence
Two months into protests in Esfahan Province over water transfers to Yazd Province, protesters and security forces clashed and several buses were set on…
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Collaborators of Panahi film banned from travel
Partovi and Moghaddam Kambuzia Partovi and Maryam Moghaddam, actors in Jafar Panahi’s latest film Closed Curtain have been barred from travelling abroad upon their…
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Aviation officials consider 100 percent fare hike
Head of Iranian Airlines Association announced that they have made an application to increase airfares by 100 percent if the government fails to offer…
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Argentinian Congress approves agreement with Iran on probe
Argentina’s Congress approved the government’s plan to establish a truth finding committee in collaboration with Iran to probe into the 1994 bombing of the…
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IRGC responds to Ahmadinejad’s public criticism
Ramazan Sharif Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps responded to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s criticism of the IRGC for interference in the elections of Iran’s Medical Council, saying…
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Ping-Pong diplomacy, wrestling diplomacy
By Akbar Falahzadeh Wrestling World Cup competitions in Tehran recently came to an end and, according to Iranian state media, “valiant men” of the…
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Reformist figure given leave from Evin Prison
Mohsen Mirdamadi The Norooz website reported on Wednesday February 27 that the secretary general of the reformist Islamic Iran Participation Front has been temporarily…
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Two more Iranian journalists released
Pourya Alami and Milad Fadayi Asl, two detained Iranian journalists, were released by the judiciary on Wednesday February 27. Pourya Alami, a daily humourist…
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Blogger’s death apparent impetus for new interrogation rule
The Iranian judiciary has issued a directive prohibiting the interrogation of suspects at security forces’ detention centres. The Mehr News Agency reports that the…

