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Nasrin Sotoudeh Jailed Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was permitted by Iranian prison authorities to attend the burial of her mother. The We-change website reports…

Ahmad Vahidi Iran’s Defence Minister says the deployment of NATO Patriot missiles in Turkey is not in the that country’s interest and will threaten…

Ahmadreza Radan The deputy head of Iran’s Police force announced on Saturday the discovery of a “large shipment of explosives” at the Iran-Pakistan border.…

The head of the Environmental and Sustainable Development Organization in Tehran says 45,000 Iranians die each year from complications caused by air pollution all…

Ramin Mehmanparast The Iranian Foreign Ministry says the UN resolution passed on December 20 condemning human rights violations in Iran is “political” and “indicative…

The Spanish satellite company Hispasat has stopped airing Press TV and Hispan TV as of Friday December 21 and ordered Overon, another satellite company,…

Canada says it has dropped the Iranian dissident group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from its terrorist list and added the Qods Force, the international arm…

The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran says the Iranian government must stop harassing family members of Persian BBC staff. In a report…

Abdolfattah Soltani Abdolfattah Soltani, a jailed Iranian human rights lawyer, has reportedly been transferred to Sinai Hospital in Tehran for treatment of complications in…

Ali Akbar Javanfekr Ali Akbar Javanfekr, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s press aide who is serving a six-month sentence in Evin Prison, has been given a furlough.…

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Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani Ayatollah Rafsanjani, the head of Iran’s Expediency Council, has called on the Speaker of Parliament to respond to “insults” spoken against…