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Poets facing harsh sentences confirm fleeing Iran
Iranian poets Mehdi Mousavi and Fatemeh Ekhtesari, who were sentenced to heavy jail terms and flogging by the Islamic Republic government, have confirmed to…
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Bahrain stops direct flights to and from Iran
Following Bahrain’s move to sever diplomatic ties with Iran over the attack on the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran, it announced on Thursday January…
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Poets reportedly flee Iran over harsh sentences
Media linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) allege that Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Mousavi, two Iranian poets who are facing long jail terms…
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IRGC arrests of journalists credited with media impact
The Tasnim news agency, which is linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), says the change in leadership at Persian BBC is a result…
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Lake Maharloo bounces back, boosts regional tourism
The head of the Fars Department of the Environment reports that plentiful rainfall in the past year has helped replenish Lake Maharloo to its…
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Core removed from Arak reactor as part of accord
The Arak reactor core has been removed, according to informed sources, and its place filled with concrete. Earlier, a spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Agency…
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MP blames security forces for attack on Saudi embassy
Iranian MP Ali Motahari, while condemning the Saudi execution of Sheik Al-Nimr, told Parliament that the chief blame for the attack on the Saudi…
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Reformists lobbying Guardian Council for more inclusive elections
Two days after the spokesman for the Guardian Council said failing to sit for the jurisprudence exam would automatically disqualify candidates from running for…
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Vanishing Anzali lagoon brings risk of port flooding
Masood Bagherzadeh Karimi, the deputy of the Wetlands Protection Agency in Iran’s Department of the Environment, says the efforts to counter the disappearance of…
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Iran slams Saudi approach in Syria, Arab states fire back
In a meeting with Syria’s UN envoy, Stephan di Mistura, Iran’s Foreign Minister said: “We will not let the contentious Saudi approach have a…
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Young poet, Hila Sedighi, released on bail
Iranian poet Hila Sedighi, who was arrested this week at Imam Khomeini Airport upon arriving in Tehran, was released on bail on Saturday January…
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Media heavyweights call for release of American reporter
Twenty-five media bosses are calling on the U.S. government to secure the release of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who has been jailed in…