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Luxury tourist train on two-week tour ending in Tehran
On October 15, a luxury train left Budapest with 70 passengers onboard for a first-time trip through the Balkans, the Bosphorus and Kurdistan with…
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Acid attacks against women on the rise in Isfahan
Reports from Isfahan indicate that in recent weeks there has been a rise in the incidence of people throwing acird onto women, purportedly for…
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Attack on Iranian border claims lives on both sides
Sistan-Baluchistan border security has announced that two soldiers and a number of armed assailants were killed during an armed attach in the porvince's border…
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MPs push bill to crack down on immodest attire, satellites
A number of Iranian MPs have introduced a bill to punish violations of hijab (the Islamic dress code) with fines and the possession of…
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Sons of murder victim deny mercy to convicted woman
The last “peace and reconciliation” meeting in the case of Reyhaneh Jabbari, sentenced to death for the murder of Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, culminated without…
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Another earthquake strikes Mourmouri
Iranian media report that another earthquake has hit Mourmouri in Ilam Province, this one measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale. The earthquake struck at…
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Top diplomats meet ahead of nuclear talks as deadline nears
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met together with Catherine Ashton, the head of EU foreign policy,…
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Security officials wounded in attack in Sistan-Baluchistan
Three Iranian security officials were wounded in an attack in the southern regions of Sistan Baluchistan province, Security Commander Hossein Rahimi reported. IRNA reports…
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Activist Qavami ends hunger strike after closed-door trial
The trial of Ghoncheh Qavami, the jailed Iranian activist, was held on Tuesday, October 14 behind closed doors in branch 16 of Tehran’s Revolutionary…
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Industry suspected as health problems plague village
Iranian media report a possible correlation between the high incidence of birth defects in the village of Kazaz in Markazi Province and its proximity…
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More than 100 poachers arrested in Kermanshah
The Kermanshah Environmental Protection Rangers announced the arrest of 153 illegal hunters and fishers over the past six months. Bahador Cheraghi told ISNA that…
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Nuclear talks set to resume amid reports of an impasse
The eighth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the 5+1 will take place on Tuesday October 14 in Vienna, and the foreign ministers…