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Iran's Central Bank claims 22% inflation for 2019

In an unprecedented move, the Central Bank of Iran has published its annual inflation forecast, saying that the inflation rate…

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Two lawyers sentenced to prison by Alborz Court of Appeal; "Sword of Damocles" hanging over lawyers' heads

Payam Darfashan and Farrokh Forouzan, lawyers living in Tehran, were sentenced to a total of two years in prison by the Alborz Provincial Court of Appeal…

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The World Health Organization has stopped using anti-malaria drug to fight coronavirus.

The World Health Organization has suspended clinical trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine to combat COVID-19. Tedros Adhanom, the head of the organization…

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Fourth day of fires in Gachsaran forests

200 hectares of forests and pastures in Gachsaran County have been burned so far. Local authorities say they have been unable to contain the fire…

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A Kurdish political prisoner was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Sakineh Parvaneh, a Kurdish political prisoner from Khorasan who is being held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, was sentenced by the Tehran Revolutionary Court…

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Daily increase of more than two thousand cases of coronavirus in official Iranian statistics; reopening of shrines

Despite the daily increase of more than two thousand coronavirus cases in Iran's official statistics, the Deputy General of the Ministry of Health...

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Tehran Prosecutor's Office Considers Accusing Khuzestan Governor of Receiving Bribes "Illegal"

Following the court's investigation into the charges against Omid Asadbeigi, CEO of the Hafte Tapeh Sugarcane Company, and his statements about paying "bribes to...

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Three Haft Tappeh union activists were pardoned after serving five years in prison.

The convictions of three protesting Haft Tappe workers and four civil society and student activists were included in the amnesty. Esmaeil Bakhshi, Mohammad Khanifar,…

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