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Category: Latest News
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New Assembly of Experts candidates required to write exam
The Guardian Council says candidates for the Assembly of Experts elections will have to pass a written exam. The spokesman for the Guardian Council…
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IRGC activities in Sistan-Baluchistan draw praise, criticism
A Zahedan Member of Parliament has urged Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to expand its activities in Sistan-Baluchistan to assist the government in tackling…
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Student activist’s situation unknown following arrest
Reports from Tehran indicate that an Iranian student activist at Tehran University has been arrested by security forces. The Human Rights Activists News Agency…
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Sexual insults against president’s advisor may shut down newspaper
Ali Jannati, Iran’s minister of Culture and Guidance, has announced that the Yalsarat weekly may be denied publication in the coming week. On Monday…
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Tycoon’s lawyer says reasons for his imprisonment have lapsed
The lawyer for Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani, who has been jailed on fraud charges, says he has filed a request for his client’s release.…
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Judiciary closes hospital over waste disposal, medical standards
A hospital in Tehran was shut down by order of the judiciary for “lack of compliance with medical standards and failing to handle its…
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Two children of Expediency Council chair seek to run for MP
Fatemeh and Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani, whose father is moderate Iranian cleric Ayatollah Rafsanjani, have registered their names to run for a seat in Parliament.…
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Iranian passenger jet has accident at Istanbul Airport
An Iranian Airbus 310 from the Mahan Airlines fleet ran into the taxiway walls at Istanbul Airport. The Young Reporters Club reports that the…
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Government accused of silence, inaction as poets, writers arrested
A group of Iranian writers and activists has issued a statement denouncing the recent wave of arrests targeting Iranian poets and writers; it calls…
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Election official commends female participation in assembly race
Mohammad Hossein Moghimi, the head of Iran’s election office, has lauded the participation of both men and women in the coming elections. Yesterday, Esmat…
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Iran’s biggest-budget film eliminated from Oscar race
Majid Majidi’s film Mohammad, Iran’ entry for the best foreign film category at the Oscars, has been eliminated in the first round of selections.…
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Long-term plan suggested as solution to Iran’s water crisis
The head of Iran’s House of Agriculture says the country needs a 20-year plan to bring itself out of its current water crisis. Issa…