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Washington Post reporter remains in jail as wife released
Yeganeh Salehi, a former reporter for the UAE’s national daily and the wife of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, has been released after spending…
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Thousands of Iranian clergy employed in schools
Mojtaba Maleki, an advisor to the education minister, has announced that 5,000 members of the clergy have been assigned to schools across the country.…
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Release of untreated sewage called a “catastrophe”
Massoumeh Ebtekar The head of Iran’s Department of the Environment has announced serious concern over the release of untreated city and town sewage into…
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Explosives factory fire kills two workers
(archival) Fire in an explosive material factory belonging to the Ministry of Defence led to the death of two workers on Sunday night, October…
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Jailed activist in legal limbo starts hunger strike
Iranian activist Ghoncheh Qavami has begun a hunger strike after 100 days in jail in protest to her undetermined state in Evin Prison. The…
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Farming restrictions planned to help drying lake
Restrictions on agricultural activities in the region are one measure being taken by the Iranian government in order to save the rapidly drying Urmia…
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Plan for Sunni prayer centre to proceed in Zahedan
A senior Iranian Sunni leader and Zahedan Friday Imam has announced that after 12 years of waiting, a piece of land has been granted…
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Jailed Journalist Ahmadi Amouyi completes sentence
Bahman Ahmadi Amouyi, a jailed Iranian journalist, has been released after serving out his sentence. Jila Bani Yaghoub, a prominent Iranian journalist and Ahmadi Amouyi’s…
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Tehran City Council chair slams move to elect some mayors
Mehdi Chamran, the chairman of Tehran City Council, has expressed his opposition to the new move by Parliament to have the mayors of larger…
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Department warns of cancer risk from broadcast-jamming waves
Iran’s Department of the Environment says all interference waves could potentially cause cancer and it recommends the complete elimination of these waves. IRNA reports…
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Iran wins martial arts gold medals at Asian Games
Iranian athletes won another three gold medals today, October 2, in the 17th Asian Games now underway in Incheon, South Korea, with Hamideh Abbasali…
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Minister supports social network access despite judiciary
Iran’s Minister of Communications and Technology has expressed his opposition to the blocking of mobile social networking sites such as Viber, despite calls from…

