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The threat of a possible layoff hangs over the heads of 1,300 workers at Tabriz match factories due to rising energy costs and an…

Members and supporters of the dissident political group Freedom Movement of Iran have called for an “active boycott” of the March 2 parliamentary elections.…

A Japanese newspaper reported that Japan may be on its way to decreasing its Iranian oil imports by 20 percent. The Japanese business daily…

Iranian parliamentary candidates began their one-week campaign today for the ninth parliamentary elections, but practically all opposition groups have boycotted the elections to protest…

caricaturist: Mana Neyestani

MirHosein Mousavi Iranian opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi has told his children in a telephone conversation that he still stands by his former political stance…

Herman Nackaerts The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that the second visit of its inspectors to Iran has led to no breakthroughs in that…

In the past two days, the Iranian ciities of Sanandaj and Mashhad have seen widespread arrests involving 220 people. The Kordpa website reports that…

Faranak Farid Iranian women’s rights activist Faranak Farid went on trial today in Tabriz as several women writers, poets, lawyers and other activists attended.…

The group Justice for Iran has issued a statement denouncing the crackdown on protesters in Khuzestan that saw two detainees killed while in custody.…

Mahsa Amrabadi Iranian journalist Mahsa Amrabadi has been sentenced to a prison term for the second time in the past two years. The Kaleme…

The head of the National Oil Company of Iran, Ahmad Ghalehbani, has announced that the Islamic Republic will only sell oil to European countries…