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Dozens arrested in Pardis for going to “corruption centre” party
Forty-seven women and 42 men were arrested in Pardis for attending a party, the Shahrvand daily reported on Wednesday May 27. The report indicates…
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Iran cautions Saudis over bombing near embassy in Yemen
The Saudi Charge d’Affaires in Tehran was once again summoned by the Iranian Foreign Ministry to hear Iran’s concern about the bombing of locations…
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Fuel price hikes will be latest burden on manufacturers
Iran’s Ministry of Oil has announced prices increases for both gasoline and natural gas beginning next month. Parsineh reports that the price of gas…
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Pipe workers fired in Saveh after protesting unpaid wages
After more than 30 days of strikes, a number of workers at the Safa Pipe and Rolling Company in Saveh have been terminated. ILNA…
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U.S. boycotts companies for helping blacklisted Iranian airline
The U.S. Treasury has boycotted an Iraqi company and a UAE company for helping Iran to buy used airplanes. Iraq’s Al-Nasser Airlines and UAE-based…
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Dezfool cultural official fired after ancient hill is destroyed
The head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism in Dezfool has been dismissed for failing to protect the ancient hills of Choghamish against the…
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Iranian students starting to use drugs at lower age
Iran’s Drug Control Headquarters report that the age when Iranian students start to use drugs is now as low as 15. Hamid Serami, a…
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Court orders Israeli company to pay Iran more than $1B
A Swiss court has ordered an Israeli oil company to pay $1.1 billion in damages to Iran for a joint project that was completed…
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Teacher shot to death while driving with his children
Abdollah Shahraz, a teacher in the City of Khash in Sistan-Baluchistan, was shot to death by unknown assailants on Tuesday May 19. The Khash…
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Prisons inquiry in peril after MPs meet with security officials
Only days after Parliament announced that it would conduct an inquiry into the state of prisons across the country, there is talk of canceling…
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Labour activist arrested in Saveh
Shapour Ehsanirad, an executive member of the Free Union of Iranian Workers, was arrested by Islamic Republic security forces on Saturday May 16. A…
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Longtime activist finishes latest prison sentence
Keyvan Samimi, the Iranian journalist and Nationalist-Religious activist, was released from Rejai Shahr Prison at the end of his sentence. Samimi was arrested one…