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Iran secures release of journalists from Syria
Hamit Coskun and Adem Ozkose Two Turkish journalists abducted in Syria two months ago have been released after Iran intervened. Reuters reports that the…
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Cartoonist’s sentence sparks crisis
Ahmad Lotfi Ashitani and his sketch The head of Iran’s House of Cartoon expressed regret that the sentence of 25 lashings handed to Mahmoud…
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Rezai warns about growing dissatisfaction
Mohsen Rezai Mohsen Rezai, the secretary of the Expediency Council of Iran, warned that social and economic dissatisfaction are on a sharp rise in…
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Football championship games opened to Iranian women
Ali Kafashian, the head of Iran’s Football Federation, has announced that Iranian women can attend the Asian Youth Football Championship games in Tehran. The…
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Iran’s oil exports sliding
The International Energy Agency reports that Iran’s crude oil exports faced a sharp decline in April. The Wall Street Journal quotes the IEA report…
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Ashton “hopeful” about end of disputes with Iran
Catherine Ashton Catherine Ashton, the head of EU foreign policy, says she hopes the upcoming talks in Baghdad will lead Iran to abandon its…
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Rights group condemns sentence for cartoonist
part of Shokraye’s sketch of Lotfi Ashtiani Amnesty International has condemned the sentencing of Iranian cartoonist Mohammad Shokraye to 25 lashes for drawing a…
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Oil prices to remain high
Oil prices will remain high due to tensions between Iran and the West, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports. According to Reuters, the monthly…
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Ebadi wants to enlist UN support for jailed activist
Shirin Ebadi Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi is calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to do all it can to bring…
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Iranian rapper in hiding after death threats
Shahin Najafi German police are providing protection for Iranian rap singer Shahin Najafi after his song “Naghi” drew fire from extremists in the Islamic…
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Nabil Karoui: ‘They have turned me into another Salman Rushdie’
By Asieh Amini Asieh Amini interviews Nabil Karoui, Tunisian media man who was fined because his TV station aired the animated film "Persepolis" which…
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Iran summons Afghani Charge d’affaires
Iranian Foreign Ministry Iran’s Foreign Ministry has spoken out against "negative publicity against Iran in the Afghani media” and summoned the Afghani Charge d’affaires…

