Iran

Giti Pourfazel, one of the signatories of the statement calling for Khamenei's resignation, went on leave from prison

The head of the Iranian Prisons, Security and Educational Measures Organization announced on Sunday, August 23, that Giti Pourfazel had been “granted leave”…

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Nationwide protests in Iran; Prince Reza Pahlavi called the protests "a united nation's opposition to the Islamic Republic."

While the scope of nationwide protests in Iran has spread from Khuzestan to other provinces, Prince Reza Pahlavi…

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Habib Lajevardi, founder of the Iranian Oral History Project at Harvard, passes away

Habib Lajevardi, director of the Iranian Oral History Project at Harvard University's Center for Middle East Studies, passed away on Sunday, August 23, at the age of 86.

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A teenage girl attempted suicide in Tehran.

A teenage girl in Tehran attempted to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge, but was stopped by the intervention of the police.

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"12 trillion tomans" damage to Khuzestan agriculture due to drought

The head of the Khuzestan Agricultural Jihad Organization says that the total damages caused by drought and water stress in Khuzestan so far exceed…

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More than 40,000 suicides result in death and more than 30 times more suicide attempts occur in the country annually.

The deputy head of social affairs at the Welfare Organization announced that about 41,000 people die annually due to suicide in the country. He…

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Coronavirus statistics in Iran; Rouhani says "the government kept its word on the vaccination issue"

Two days after the Deputy Minister of Health of Iran apologized to the Iranian people for the government's failure to fulfill its promises...

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Khuzestan; Internet disruptions and the authorities' "sudden" solutions

Following continued public protests over water shortages in Khuzestan, local activists are reporting internet disruptions and outages in parts of the province.

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