Iran
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Ministry of Interior: More than 260,000 people are responsible for providing election security
Iran's Interior Ministry's deputy security chief says "more than 260,000 people" will be responsible for providing security for the upcoming presidential election...
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Elections and the Poverty of Iran's Political Elites
The events and debates of the upcoming presidential election, the selection of candidates by the Guardian Council and their programs, or the debates...
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Iranian Paralympic champion's travel ban lifted
Iranian media reported that the travel ban on Iranian Paralympic champion Zahra Nemati has been lifted. Her husband,…
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Prince Reza Pahlavi calls for election boycott: Don't participate in government's "fraud"
Prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah of Iran, called for a boycott of the Iranian presidential election in a statement, writing that…
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Police reaction to video of a woman being run over by an "Irshad Patrol"
Following the controversy surrounding a video of a woman being run over by an Iranian police car, a spokesman for the Islamic Republic's police force promised...
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The number of dead bodies found in the Yurt mine has reached 35.
The Director General of Crisis Management of Golestan Province announced on the morning of May 8 that the bodies of 13 more miners were found deep in the damaged mine…
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Gholamreza Pahlavi, brother of the last king of Iran, dies
Gholamreza Pahlavi, the younger brother of Mohammad Reza Shah, the last king of Iran, has died in Paris at the age of 94. Gholamreza Pahlavi, the third son…
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Demand for gold in Iran reaches highest level in four years
A report in Bloomberg suggests that the relative recovery of Iran's economy has led to demand for gold in...
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