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Ancient black marble artifact put on display for New Year
The Bust of Xerxes has been put on public display at the Persepolis Museum for the first time in 10 years, the head of…
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Iran denies breaking UN rules with rocket tests
Iran’s foreign minister reacted to the recent joint letter sent by the U.S., UK, France and Germany to the UN challenging Iran’s rocket tests,…
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Reformist party points to corruption as obstacle to “resistance economy”
The head of the Nedaye Iran party says smuggling and corruption are the chief obstacles to implementing the tools toward a resistance economy as…
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Political prisoner denied Norooz leave
Iranian political prisoner Amir Amirgholi, who is sentenced to 21 years in jail, was denied leave to spend Norooz and the Iranian New Year…
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Minister ordered to oversee medical care of opposition leaders
Iran’s Minister of Health says he is personally responsible for following up on all the medical needs of Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra…
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Election Office challenges Guardian Council over disqualification
Mohammad Hossein Moghimi, the head of the Election Office, says it is in a legal dispute with the Guardian Council over the disqualification of…
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Baha’is detained after seeking higher education now free on bail
Rouhieh Safajoo, Sarmad Shadabi and Tara Hooshmand, three Iranian Baha’is who were jailed after being denied the right to pursue higher education, have been…
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Ailing filmmaker released from hospital to heal at home
Iranian media report that prominent Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has been released from hospital. The Mehr News Agency reported on Sunday March 27 that…
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Prisoners start hunger strike over lack of medical care
Iranian political prisoners Hossein Ronaghi Maleki and Saeed Razavi Faqih are refusing food to protest the lack of adequate medical treatment in prison. The…
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Prisoner dodges death sentence, gets exile instead
The Iranian judiciary has reduced the death sentence of Arjang Davoudi to five years in jail in exile in Zabol. The Human Rights Activists…
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One in 10 children under Iranian public health care lack birth certificate
A spokesman for Iran’s Public Health Office announced that 10 percent of children covered by public health care have no birth certificate. ILNA quoted…
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Leading Iranian filmmaker battles coma, cancer
After Iran’s master musician Mohammadreza Shajarian was said to have fallen victim to cancer last month, it was also announced that prominent Iranian filmmaker…