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Category: Latest News
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Elected reformist MPs to meet first time since winning
Iranian reformist MP Mohammadreza Tabesh has announced that the reformist and moderate MPs who won seats in the first round of elections are to…
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Reformist campaigners face violence, threats as next vote approaches
Violence erupted in a number of ridings in the past week as candidates campaigned in the second round of elections. Reformist and moderate candidates…
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Painting to remain as a main subject in arts high schools
Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Guidance has announced that despite earlier reports, instruction in painting will not be eliminated from art schools across the…
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Minister intervenes in plot to block winning Isfahan candidate
Iran’s interior minister has written to the head of the country’s three branches of government to say the Guardian Council’s cancellation of the votes…
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Sugar factory’s closure sign of weak economy in Iran
Two hundred and eighty five permanent and contract workers are out of a job after the Varamin Sugar Factory completely shut down in March.…
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Tile factory fire throws unpaid workers out of their jobs
Eight hundred workers have been out of work for the past few days with the closure of Isfahan’s Niloo Tile Factory, while their wages…
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Rate of Iranian road deaths triple that of developing countries
The number of people killed in road accidents in the past year across Iran is 16,500, according to Taghi Mehri, the head of National…
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Visit to ill mother triggers sentence for former embassy worker
Nazak Afshar, a former staff member of the French embassy in Tehran who has been under arrest in Evin Prison since March, has been…
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Fine arts disciplines removed, altered at art high schools
Iranian media report that painting and sculpture are being eliminated from the programs of schools of fine arts in Iran. In a letter published…
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Government fails to work in concert to cut number of prisoners
Iran has more than 200,000 prisoners, according to the deputy head of Parliament’s Judicial and Legal Commission. The Khaneh Mellat News Agency reported on…
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170 Workers in Limbo with Factory Closure
Gilan’s concrete parts factory has temporarily shut down due to financial woes leaving 170 workers out of a job. ILNA reported on Friday April…
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Large proportion of Iranian garbage not treated or recycled
Iran’s Department of the Environment reports that 49,000 tons of residential garbage is produced daily across the country, and only seven percent of that…