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Ahmadinejad will not attend OPEC meeting
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will not attend the June OPEC meeting, despite naming himself the interim caretaker of Iran’s oil ministry, IRNA reported yesterday. Iran currently…
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Iranian opposition advisor recalled to prison
Ghorban Behzadiannejad Ghorban Behzadiannejad, the chief aide to Iranian opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi, was recalled to Evin prison just one day after former president…
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Iran to blacklist 26 US officials for rights violations
Kazem Jalali Iran is planning to impose sanctions against 26 US officials for “human rights violation”, an Iranian MP announced yesterday. Kazem Jalali, a…
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Ahmadinejad still caretaker of oil ministry
Fatemeh Bodaghi Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s legal deputy said Sunday that the president is still at the helm of the oil ministry. At Sunday’s cabinet meeting,…
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Former president says end political arrests and incarcerations
Mohammad Khatami Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami marked Iranian Women’s Day today by calling for the release of all political prisoners. The Kaleme opposition…
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Academic staff of Baha’i distant education university arrested in Iran
Evin Prison Iranian security forces have shut down a science and research centre operated by the Bahai’i Institute of Higher Education (BIHE) at Iran’s…
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Senior public servants amongst spying suspects: Fars
Several Iranian civil servants are among the recent detainees linked to a CIA spying network, Fars news agency reports. Fars cites a “knowledgeable source”…
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150 professors to be dismissed or forced into retirement
Allameh Tabatabai University 150 professors from the humanities departments of Iran’s Allameh Tabatabai University are to be fired or forced into early retirement. Kaleme…
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Constructive Criticism
caricaturist: Mana Neyestani
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Iranian filmmaker wins Cannes directing prize
Mohammad Rasoulof Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof won the Cannes Film Festival prize for best director in the Un Certain Regard section of the festival…
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Woman blinded by acid attack calls for delay in blinding sentence
Amaneh Bahrami Amaneh Bahrami, the Iranian woman who was blinded in an acid attack by a spurned suitor seven years ago, has requested a…
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Iran announces arrest of 30 individuals on spying charges
Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Intelligence Iran arrests 30 individuals accused of being CIA agents and announces the “collapse of a spying network”…