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Qavami on bail until appeal court reviews sentence
Activist Ghoncheh Qavami has been released on bail from Evin Prison in Tehran. Qavami was recently sentenced to one year in jail and a…
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Security forces stop ceremony for slain dissidents
Islamic Republic security forces prevented the commemoration ceremony for Daryoosh and Parveneh Forouhar and arrested a number of attendees. The sixteenth anniversary of the…
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Sources suggest nuclear talks could be extended
Russian sources report that the latest round of tense nuclear negotiations between Iran and the world powers, which began on Tuesday November 18, may…
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Qavami sentenced for “propaganda” after volleyball arrest
Ghoncheh Qavami has been sentenced to one year in jail and a two-year ban on traveling abroad for the charge of “propaganda against the…
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Rohani installs caretaker of science ministry
After his fourth candidate for the post of science minister was voted down by Parliament, President Hassan Rohani appointed Mohammad Ali Najafi’s to a…
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Police close down more than two dozen Tehran cafés
At least 26 cafés in Tehran have been shut down by police citing violations such as “the inappropriate hijab” of customers. The Shahrvand daily…
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Hardliner cheers Parliament’s rejection of science ministers
Islamic republic hardliner Ahmad Jannati has commended Parliament for rejecting President Rohani's candidate for the position of science minister, emphasizing in his speech at…
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Top diplomats meet as nuclear talks close in on deadline
Iran's Mohammad Javad Zarif, the EU's Catherine Ashton and the US State Secretary John Kerry met in Vienna to discuss the final lap of…
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Thousands rally against legislative attack on workers’ rights
Thousands of Iranian workers took part in a rally on Thursday November 20 organized by Tehran Manufacturing and Service Workers, protesting the government's attempts to…
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Kerry due to join nuclear talks in Vienna
The last round of talks between Iran and the 5+1, which began on Tuesday November 18, will now continue in the presence of US…
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Supreme Leader pardons Iranian blogger
Iranian journalist and blogger Hossein Derakhshan has received a pardon from Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and has been released from Jail in Tehran.…
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Mother of accused sheds light on volleyball case
After the Tehran Prosecutor accused Ghoncheh Qavami of links to opposition forces, claiming the charges against her have no bearing on her attempt to…

