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ISNA journalists detained over coverage of acid attacks
Isfahan protests The editor-in-chief of ISNA in Isfahan has been detained by the authorities in connection with the news agency’s coverage of the acid…
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Iranian Government Spying in Social Networking Sites
By: Hamid Rezai This is a field report about the indifference of internet users to the Islamic republic regime’s spying efforts in cyber space…
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Detainees in acid-throwing investigation said to be innocent
The suspects detained so far in connection with the acid-throwing assaults on women in Isfahan are not responsible for the crimes, Isfahan Governor Rasoul…
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Complaints proceed over harmful satellite interference waves
The Tehran prosecutor’s office says it has allowed the complaints regarding the harmful effects of interference waves to proceed less than a month after…
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Luxury tourist train to Iran completes first trip
The five-star tourist train Golden Eagle traveling from Hungary to Iran arrived in Tehran on Monday October 27, ending its first tour. The 70…
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Iran may add prison to punishment for smuggling alcohol
The head of Parliament’s legal commission announced that Parliament is looking at a heavier punishment for smuggling alcoholic beverages by adding prison terms to…
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Chemical waste sends 235 to hospital in Zahedan
More than 200 hundred people in Zahedan, most of them schoolchildren, were hospitalized because of poisoning due to the inadequate disposal of oil and…
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MP complains of mass firing at Kurdistan university
Marivon MP Omid Karimian has spoken out against the termination of 300 members of the Kurdistan Medical Sciences University staff, calling the move even…
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Probe into veterans’ foundation stirs controversy
A member of the probe committee charged with investigation of Martyrs and Veteran’s Affairs Foundation announced that their committee is facing serious obstacles in…
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Lawyer Sotoudeh arrested during acid-throwing protest
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in front of the interior ministry in Tehran during a protest against acid throwing, her husband…
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Young woman executed for killing alleged sexual attacker
Reyhaneh Jabbari was executed on Saturday morning October 25 in Rejai Shahr Prison in Karaj. The Tehran Prosecutor’s office announced that the office’s efforts to…
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Acid attacks on women highlight political divisions
Media coverage of protests against the throwing of acid and other violence against women in Isfahan and Tehran was met with resistance from government…

