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Ahmadinejad threatened with dismissal
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iranian MP Mostafa Kavakebian says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must change his ways or Parliament will have to make a motion to question his…
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Mortazavi to head Social Security Fund
Saeed Mortazavi Former Tehran Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has been appointed as the head of the Social Security Fund, despite impending charges against him regarding…
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Assistance of Interpol requested in Great Bank Fraud case
The trial of suspects in Iran’s $3-billion bank fraud convened today for the third time, with the judge announcing that interpol has been called…
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Political prisoner may face execution soon
Habibollah Golparipour There is growing fear over the fate of Habibollah Golparipour, an Iranian-Kurdish political prisoner who may be in imminent danger of execution.…
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Fate uncertain for detained scholar
Saeed Madani Concern has grown over the situation of detained scholar and sociologist Saeed Madani, after his wife revealed that she has only received…
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Activists call for release of political prisoners for Norooz
Iranian activists have issued a statement urging the government to release political prisoners for Norooz, the Iranian New Year. Zamaneh reports that 440 Iranian…
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Heterosexual Glasses
caricaturist: Mana Neyestani
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Guards Corp company wins subway contract
Tabriz City Council has awarded the $12-billion contract to develop the Tabriz subway system to Khatam-ol-anbia Construction Camp, the consortium run by Iran’s Revolutionary…
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Shoppers face rise in price of fruits and nuts
The head of Iran’s Fruit and Vegetable Union has announced that the price of government-subsidized produce will rise by 10 percent on the Eve…
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Iranian activist arrested again
Peymon Aref Iranian political activist Peymon Aref has been arrested for the third time by Iranian security forces. HRANA reports that Aref, a journalist…
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Swift cuts off Iranian banks from its network
Swift, the Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, has announced that it will no longer work with Iranian companies under EU sanctions. The unprecedented…
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Iran and its neighbours’ Artificial Islands
By Bijan Rohani The Republic of Azerbaijan has been considering a project to create artificial islands in the Caspian Sea that would be the…

