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Iran offers safe haven for Iraq’s endangered artifacts
Iran’s Department of Cultural Heritage and Tourism has requested that any of Iraq’s historical artifacts facing harm there be loaned to Iran for safe…
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Teachers hold silent demonstrations across Iran
Iranian teachers across the country gathered in silence in front of their local education ministry offices to protest their employment conditions. ILNA reports that…
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Former vice president gets quick prison furlough
The Tehran Prosecutor has announced the approval of a furlough for Mohammadreza Rahimi, the former vice president who began serving a five-year prison sentence…
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Statue of Persian literary icon returned to city square
Following protests against the removal of Ferdowsi’s statue from a Salmas city square, reports from Iran on Thursday February 26 indicate that the statue…
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Khuzestan cancer cases skyrocket over past 15 years
Red Crescent sources report a 500-percent increase in the number of cancer patients in Khuzestan in the past 15 years. Ahwaz, the capital of…
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Russia offers substitute for Iran’s undelivered defence system
Russia has proposed the Antei-2500 air defence system to Iran as a substitute for the S-300 missile system that it failed to deliver despite…
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Minister criticized for saying drug money used in elections
Iran’s interior minister has been accused of :disturbing public minds” by a member of the parliament’s National Security Commission because the minister said this…
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Culture minister slams groups stoking concert controversies
Iran’s culture minister says his ministry will not “succumb to arbitrary and self-appointed groups” in relation to music concerts. ISNA reports that Ali Jannati…
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Imam emphasizes loyalty in electing Assembly of Experts
Tehran’s Friday Mass Imam this week told worshippers that the members of the Assembly of Experts must be “saturated with obedience to the Supreme…
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Top court revokes death sentence for forest ranger
Iran’s Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence issued to a Dena Forest Ranger and returned the matter to a different branch of the…
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Former Iranian VP begins serving sentence for corruption
Former vice president Mohammadreza Rahimi has been taken to Evin Prison to serve out his five-year sentence for corruption charges. The Tasnim News Agency…
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Government allots money to encourage birth of more children
The Ministry of Health has announced a budget of 400 billion toumans to promote childbearing and increase the national fertility rate. A ministry spokesman…