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Ali Mazaheri (right) German referee Frank Scharmach, who disqualified Iranian Olympic boxer Ali Mazaheri after three warnings, has been given a five-day suspension by…

The U.S. Congress has approved new sanctions on Iran’s energy, shipping and financial sectors as it continues to press the Islamic Republic over its…

Iranian human rights activists report that Baha’is are being arrested in several Iranian cities. The Society Against Education Discrimination reported on Wednesday that more…

Saeed Mortazavi Controversy continues over the appointment of former Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi to the head of Iran’s Social Security Fund, as the Ahmadinejad…

A senior Iranian official announced that Iran is enlisting Armenia’s aid to resolve the rapid drying of Lake Oroumiyeh. MohammadJavad Mohammadzadeh, the head of…

Seven Iranian members of the Red Crescent were abducted on Tuesday by an unknown group in Benghazi. AFP reported: “An armed group detained at…

Nargess Mohammadi Jailed human rights activist Nargess Mohammadi was finally given a temporary furlough today on bail of 600 million toumans. The Human Rights…

Ahmet Davutoğlu Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced that if Kurdistan Worker Party (PKK) fighters or Al-Qaida bases are set up at Syria’s…

Mahmoud Bahmani The head of Iran’s Central Bank, Mahmoud Bahmani, says: “Sanctions mean nothing short of military war, and we need to begin a…

Noshad Alamiyan Iran’s Noshad Alamiyan lost to Germany’s Timo Bol in the third round of men’s singles table tennis match on Monday in the…

By: Sara Rushan Conversation with Tooraj Atabaki, professor of Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia in Department of History at University…

Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei Four people charged in Iran’s $3-billion bank fraud, which is being called the greatest case of financial corruption in the country’s…