Iran
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Dozens of Iranian student organizations criticize security environment and student summons
Dozens of student organizations in Iran have written to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani demanding that student activists be summoned to “foreign institutions”…
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Challenge to disqualification of former president; Tavakoli: Ahmadinejad is a criminal
While there have been whispers about the possibility of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disqualification since his registration, Mr. Ahmadinejad has denied his disqualification...
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Former Minister of Information warns of possibility of "repetition of 2009 events"
Two former conservative ministers criticized the "deviant current" for trying to prevent the "value-based current" from achieving results and registering to do so...
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Death toll from floods in northwestern Iran rises to 42
The head of Iran's Crisis Management Organization announced that the number of people killed in floods in East Azerbaijan and Kurdistan provinces has reached 42...
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Iranian actor Aref Lorestani passes away
Iranian film and television actor Aref Lorestani passed away on Saturday, April 16. The news of Mr. Lorestani's death was shared by a number of actors…
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Iran Air signs deal to purchase 20 aircraft from European company
A European company that manufactures passenger aircraft announced the signing of a contract worth several hundred million dollars with Iran Air.…
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US sanctions Tehran Province Prisons Organization and Qassem Soleimani's brother
On Thursday, April 14, the US Treasury Department announced the release of the Tehran Provincial Prisons Directorate and Sohrab Soleimani, the organization's former director.
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"One dead, four injured" after magnitude 6 earthquake in Khorasan Razavi
An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale on Wednesday morning, April 6, hit the city of Mashhad and several other cities in…
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