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Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an easing of tensions over Iran’s nuclear program. According to Reuters, the UN Secretary…

Shirin Ebadi Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian Nobel Peace Laureate, is throwing her support behind the 39 Iranian political prisoners calling for an election boycott…

Iran ranks near the bottom of the Press Freedom Index for 2011-2012, which was released today by the press rights organization Reporters Without Borders.…

Mahmoud Ahmadienjad The Ahmadinejad administration approved a hike in bank interest rates on Wednesday in an attempt to halt the fall of the national…

Australia has joined the European Union in imposing sanctions against Iranian oil and financial institutions. Reuters quoted Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd saying: “On…

Asghar Farhadi A Separation, the acclaimed film by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, has been nominated in two Oscar categories: Best Foreign Language Film and…

Heydar Moslehi Iran’s Intelligence Minister has warned the public that the country’s “enemies” are trying to disrupt the coming elections. With parliamentary elections slated…

Iran has condemned the EU decision to impose an embargo on Iranian oil, saying the group must bear responsibility for the consequences of its…

A group of Iranian students gathered in front of the International Telecommunications Union in Geneva on Monday to call for action against Iranian government…

EU Foreign Ministers agreed on Monday to impose an embargo on all Iranian petroleum products and stop all new contracts involving Iranian crude. There…

Reports from Iran indicate that Parastoo Dokouhaki and Marzieh Rasouli, two journalists and bloggers who were recently arrested, are being held in the 2-aleph…

A number of conservative MPs who were deemed ineligible to run in the coming parliamentary elections, with speculation that it was due to their…