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Prominent musician’s concert cancelled despite proper permits
Keyhan Kalhor’s concert in Neyshapour was cancelled on Tuesday May 10 by the order of the city’s prosecutor. ILNA reports that the famous Kamancheh…
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Iranian teacher beaten, rearrested while visiting ill colleague
Rasoul Bodaghi, the Iranian teacher and activist recently released after seven years in jail, has been attacked by police and arrested once again. The…
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MPs use U.S. court ruling to fuel attack on nuclear deal
More than 100 Iranian MPs have called on the president to reconsider the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action drafted after the nuclear agreement was…
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Police chase involving illegal immigrants ends in fatalities
A police car chase of a truck in Kerman led to the death of five immigrants and injured another 13. ISNA reports that the…
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Women barred from provincial stages as classical concert tours
The third leg of Shahram and Hafez Nazeri’s Persian classical music concert tour is set to kick off in Isfahan on May 19 and…
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Refusing food, drink lands jailed teacher in hospital
Mahmoud Beheshti Langaroodi, a jailed Iranian teacher serving a nine-year sentence, was transferred to hospital on Saturday May 7 due to his continuing hunger…
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Brother of detained opposition leader survives neck wound
MirMahmoud Mousavi, the brother of opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi, who has been under house arrest since 2011, was assaulted on Saturday evening May 7.…
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Syrian conflicts claim lives of IRGC members
The Mazandaran Revolutionary Guards report that 13 of their members were killed in the recent conflicts in Aleppo, Syria, and another 21 were wounded.…
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MP decries unclear reason for candidate’s elimination
Iranian MP Ahmad Tavakoli has expressed serious reservations about the Guardian Council’s disqualification of Minoo Khaleghi, the candidate who won the third-highest number of…
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U.S. movie star invited to see imperilled lake firsthand
After Leonardo DiCaprio expressed concern on his Instagram page about the decline of Lake Urmia, Western Azerbaijan Province’s Committee for the Restoration of Lake…
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Jailed lawyer’s family demands hospital care for prisoner
The family of jailed lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani has expressed serious concern regarding the failure of prison authorities to provide him with adequate medical care.…
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Artist released from Evin as lawyer had predicted
Iranian artist and activist Atena Farghdani was released from Evin Prison on Tuesday May 3. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that…