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Judicial Commission of Parliament Requests Judiciary: Stop Executing Drug Traffickers Until New Bill is Finalized

Members of the Judicial and Legal Commission of Parliament have requested that the judiciary suspend execution of individuals who did…

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Iran Statistics Center Reports Unemployment Rate of 12.6% in Spring

A report from Iran’s Statistics Center on the unemployment rate in spring of the current year shows that 12.6% of…

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Approximately 40 percent of Iran’s urban population are slum dwellers and inadequately housed

Rural-to-urban migration over the past four decades has reached significant proportions. This phenomenon has fueled the slum dwelling crisis in…

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Arrest of Several Iranian and Afghan “ISIS” Members in Mashhad

The Deputy Prosecutor of Mashhad announced that 21 Iranian and Afghan “operatives” of the Islamic State group, ISIS, who intended…

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Women’s Economic Participation Rate in Iran is 12 Percent

The deputy head of economic affairs at the Central Province governorate stated that the rate of women’s economic participation in…

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Major Iran-Total Oil Investment Deal Signed; Iran’s Share 19.9 Percent

Iran’s National Oil Company and a consortium led by France’s Total signed the first oil contract based on a new…

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Release of Iranian Journalist’s Wife on 300 Million Toman Bail

Saeed Seif, journalist and director of the “Iran Watch” website, announced the release of his wife, Asal Esmaeilzadeh, on a…

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Hundreds of Telecom Company Employees Strike in Several Iranian Cities

Hundreds of employees of Iran’s telecom companies held strikes and gatherings on Saturday and Sunday, June 30 and July 1,…

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