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Detained filmmakers’ activities illegal: Iranian judiciary
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei The documentary makers recently arrested in Iran were “engaged in the production of illegal material and provided it to the BBC,”…
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Iranian opposition leader describes his situation as “kidnapping”
MirHosein Mousavi Iranian opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi says Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s non-fiction book, News of a Kidnapping, is an accurate description of his own…
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Iran’s foreign currency reserves depleted
National Supreme Audit Organization Iran’s Foreign Currency Reserve Account has reached a zero balance despite high oil prices in recent years, the Iranian National…
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Iranian minister justifies arrest of filmmakers
Heydar Moslehi Iranian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi says the recent arrest of documentary filmmakers is only the beginning of government action against "collaborators" in…
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Saudi women given right to vote
The Saudi King has given women the right to vote and run in municipal elections, which are the only public elections in Saudi Arabia.…
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Iran halts gas exports to Turkey
Iranian natural gas exports to Turkey have been halted for the third time this year. Shana, the Iranian gas, oil and energy news agency,…
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ILNA reporter arrested by Iranian authorities
Amirali Alamehzadeh Amirali Alamehzadeh, an Iranian journalist working for the official Iranian news agency ILNA (Iranian Labour News Agency), has been arrested, the opposition…
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Iran a threat to independent media: BBG, BBC
In a joint statement, the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have condemned the Iranian government’s efforts “to…
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Film body urges authorities to observe rights of filmmakers
Iran’s House of Cinema is calling on authorities to observe the rights of filmmakers and other members of the film community that have been…
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Iran will stop nuclear enrichment in exchange for reactor fuel
Mahmoud Ahmadineajd Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran will stop its uranium-enrichment program if the International Atomic Energy Agency provides the necessary fuel for Iran’s research…
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UN human rights experts condemn executions in Iran
Ahmad Shaheed Ahmed Shaheed and three other special United Nation Rapporteurs have condemned the hanging of 17-year-old Alireza Mollasoltani and called for a halt…
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Fatemeh Karroubi denounces opposition leader’s arrest conditions
Mehdi and Fatemeh Karroubi Fatemeh Karroubi is slamming the incarceration of her husband, opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, in a letter to the Islamic Republic…

