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Minister restates support for smart filtering over total site censorship
Iran’s minister of communications has once again stressed that the administration is opposed to the complete blocking of internet sites. Mahmoud Vaezi told ISNA…
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Minister tells Mousavi daughters he is ensuring parents’ medical care
The Iranian health minister has contacted the daughters of MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnvard, the opposition leaders under house arrest, assuring them that he…
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Activist describes menacing summons to court
Iranian political activist Heshamatollah Tabarzadi has been summoned to court for Wednesday March 16. Tabarzadi announced the news on social media, adding that if…
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Prisoner’s mother rejects her own sentence of jail, lashes
Simin Eyvazideh, the mother of political prisoner Omid Haghshenas, has been sentenced to 91 days in jail and 74 lashes. The International Campaign for…
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Food prices balloon as new year festivities approach
In the final weeks of the Iranian calendar year, as Iranians prepare for new year celebrations, fruit prices have jumped by 18.4 percent and…
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Minister calls for faster approval of elections results
Iran’s Interior Minister has urged the Guardian Council to “speed up” the approval of the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections, which were held…
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University students feel impact of disciplinary crackdown
Twelve student groups across Iran have issued a statement reporting that 160 students in the past two months have been summoned by the disciplinary…
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Campaign encourages safe driving during holidays
Iranian officials report that road accidents add 100 people to the country’s disabled population every day. The head of Iran’s Red Crescent, Massoud Habibi,…
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Combining sentences gets activist out of prison faster
Lawyer and human rights activist Mohammad Seifzadeh was released today from Rejai Shahr Prison upon termination of his sentence. The Human Rights Activists News…
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Daughters report ill health of Zahra Rahnavard under house arrest
Kokab, Zahra and Nargess Mousavi, the daughters of MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, the two opposition leaders who have been under house arrest since…
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Province’s forest wardens discouraged by lack of pay
The head of Kohgilouyeh and Boyerahmad Natural Resources has announced that 75 forest wardens in the province have not received their wages in the…
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Former president presses Rohani on detained opposition leaders
Former Iranian president and prominent reformist figure Mohammad Khatami has urged the Rohani government to honour its election promises, adding that the country’s security-laden…