Iran

Price surge continues; potatoes cost 9,000 Tomans per kilo

Iranian media say the price of a kilo of potatoes has exceeded 9,000 tomans. ISNA news agency wrote on Tuesday evening…

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At least four people were killed in a clash between IRGC forces and several gunmen in West Azerbaijan.

Some news sources in Iran reported clashes and shooting between Revolutionary Guard forces and attackers in West Azerbaijan…

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Families of eight environmental activists request release in letter to head of judiciary

The family of eight environmental activists who have been temporarily detained in multiple solitary confinement cells in the prison since late February 2017…

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Zarif: We have exceeded the stockpile of 300 kilograms of enriched uranium

Iran says it has begun reducing its commitments under the JCPOA. The move is part of Iran's preparations to implement…

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Twenty days after the murder of a political prisoner, a judicial official again denied the existence of a political prisoner in Iran.

As several weeks have passed since the murder of a political prisoner in Fashafoyeh Prison in Iran, a senior official in the judiciary…

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Amnesty International protests "cruel" treatment of families of 1967 massacre victims

Amnesty International has accused the Iranian government of systematically violating the prohibition of torture and “cruel treatment” of the families of the victims of the massacre of 67…

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Tehran Police Chief Suspends Order Against Officers Who Assaulted Female Citizen

ISNA news agency, citing the Greater Tehran Police Command Information Center, said that the order of Hossein Rahimi, the chief of Tehran Police, in…

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Iranian academics call on the head of the judiciary to release environmental activists

More than 100 Iranian academics and researchers have written an open letter to Ebrahim Raisi, the head of Iran's judiciary, calling for...

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