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Jailed student activists moved to solitary confinement
Mehdieh Golrou – Bahareh Hedayat Jailed student activists Bahareh Hedayat and Mehdieh Golrou were reportedly moved to solitary confinement in Evin Prison on Saturday.…
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Rights organizations fear proposed restrictions on Iranian NGOs
Nine international and Iranian human rights organizations, together with Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, have expressed grave concern over the new Iranian bill…
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Iraq to dismantle Iranian dissident camp by end of 2011
Ali Al-Dabbagh Iraq says it will go ahead with its earlier plan to quash the activities of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran and…
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Global film community demands withdrawal of sentneces against Iranian filmmakers
Jafar Panahi – Mohammad Rasoulof About 17,000 members of the global film community have signed a petition calling on the Islamic Republic Judiciary to…
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Iran set to remove zeros from national currency
Shamseddin Hosseini Iran is gearing up to cut three or four zeros from it’s national currency, the rial, according to the minister of economy…
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Iranian MP says Iran must be on military alert
Ruhollah Hosseinian Ruhollah Hosseinian, a conservative Iranian MP says Iran must prepare its military forces to keep Saudi Arabia from approaching its borders. Reacting…
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Iran expels three Kuwaiti diplomats
Tehran expelled three Kuwaiti diplomats today, a reaction to the recent expulsion of three Iranian diplomats from Kuwait. Press TV, Iran’s English-language news service,…
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Terrorist groups carried out pipeline explosion: Iranian MP
Parviz Sarvari Iranian MP, Parviz Sarvari says “terrorist groups” are responsible for the explosion of gas pipelines in Qom. Sarvari told Mehr news agency…
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Iranian political prisoner pressured “to make false confession”
Vahid Talayi Vahid Talayi, a member of MirHosein Mousavi’s election campaign, is reportedly being pressured by his interrogators to confess that he has ties…
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Ahmadinejad criticzed for deviation from Islamic path
Ali Motahari Iranian MP Ali Motahari has accused Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of "abandoning the ideals” of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, and…
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Dire conditions of Iranian prison exposed in inmate letter
The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran is demanding an end to “secret mass executions and inhumane conditions” in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.…
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Press rights organization protests against Camp Ashraf news blackout
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Iraqi government’s “news blackout” imposed on Camp Ashraf, where scores of Iranian exiles were reportedly killed in an…