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Foreign nationals face restrictions on education, residence
Iran’s Assessment and Education Organization has announced that foreign nationals will not be allowed to enroll in universities in 19 provinces across the country,…
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Young woman resorts to disguise in attempt to cheer football team
Iranian women were excluded once again from entering a sports stadium to watch their favourite team compete in Iran’s Premier Football League. The Varzesh…
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Lack of Medical Attention: “Progressive Premeditated Murder” of Prisoners
By Ehsan Mehrabi They did not want to transfer prisoners to the hospital so they brought the hospital to the prison. The planned building…
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Historic village strained by influx of tourists
Officials of the historic village of Abyaneh say they are faced with a tsunami of tourists. Mohammad Adeli told ISNA that the village faces…
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Senior Tabriz city officials charged in growing scandal
The corruption scandal at the Tabriz municipal offices has deepened with the arrest of two more senior managers accused of “receiving bribes and collusion…
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Jail sentence persists for alternative medicine founder
Mahmoud Alizadeh Taheri, the founder and proponent of a form of alternative medicine referred to as Faradarmani who has been jailed for over five…
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Accident reduces population of endangered cheetah
An Iranian cheetah was killed in a road accident on the Sabzevar-Shahrood route on Wednesday May 11. The Mehr News Agency reports that according…
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Iranian’s pharmaceutical use causes some concern
The head of public relations for the Iran Pharmacists Association says Iranians are among the top consumers of pharmaceuticals, second only to China. Hamid…
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Iranian city cited as having world’s dirtiest air
The World Health Organization has ranked Zabol in the Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan as having the dirtiest air because of its sand storms. Reuters…
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Poet/journalist released after multiple arrests
Keyvan Mehregan, the Iranian poet, journalist and filmmaker, was released from Evin Prison on Wednesday May 11. Mehregan’s wife, Afsaneh Parchekani, reports that the…
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Election watchdog seems to address vote cancellation
The head of Iran’s Guardian Council says the council’s responsibility to oversee elections is “general and at every stage” and has been so in…
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Teacher activist released after hospital stay for hunger strike
Mahmoud Beheshti Langaroodi, the jailed Iranian teacher who was hospitalized following his hunger strike, has reportedly been released. ILNA reported on Wednesday May 11…