Iran

Iran considers Saudi defense minister's remarks as "clear threat"

Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations described the Saudi Defense Minister's recent statements about Iran as a "clear threat" against...

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Earthquake and 37 aftershocks in Khorasan Razavi

On Wednesday morning (May 4), an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale at a depth of seven kilometers shook Sefid Sang in Khorasan Razavi Province.…

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Teacher's Day in Iran: Jailed teacher on hunger strike; another teacher punished for singing

Coinciding with the day that is celebrated as Teacher's Day in Iran, Ismail Abdi, the former Secretary General of the Teachers' Union, is in prison...

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A member of parliament warns about the consequences of the drying up of Qom Salt Lake

Jabbar Kouchakinejad, Vice Chairman of the Environment and Sustainable Development Faction of the Parliament, on Tuesday, May 2, commented on the “rainfall…

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Two German tourists die in minibus overturning accident in Fars Province

Reports from Iran indicate that two tourists were killed when a minibus carrying German tourists overturned in Fars Province...

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Mine explosion in Golestan Province: "26 workers" trapped in Yurt coal mine

Reports indicate that at least 15 people were killed in an explosion at the Azadshahr mine in Golestan province on Wednesday, May 4.

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Iran's anti-narcotics police oppose abolition of death penalty

While the Iranian Parliament is preparing a plan to eliminate the death penalty for certain drug crimes…

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Rouhani's election promise: We will withdraw the labor law bill

Hassan Rouhani promised to withdraw the labor law reform bill from the parliament. Union activists are disrupting the bill…

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