Iran

Senior UN official calls for release of imprisoned environmental activists in Iran

The Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the imprisonment of Niloufar Bayani, spoke to former staff members of the…

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Iranians set a record in buying houses in Türkiye

The Turkish Statistical Institute says in its latest report that Iranians purchased about 7,189 houses in Türkiye in 2020, which…

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Iran's Health Minister warns of new coronavirus surge

97 coronavirus patients have died in Iran in the past 24 hours, 21 of whom were in Mazandaran. Saeed Namaki said…

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Iran announces design of upgraded Tehran reactor fuel

The Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic to International Organizations in Vienna announced the start of the design of an upgraded type of fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor…

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Thousands of first-year elementary school students in Iran have dropped out of school this year

According to the Deputy for Primary Education at the Iranian Ministry of Education, 89,000 first-year primary school students have been excluded from education this year.

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Cuban coronavirus vaccine injections to begin in Iran from Nowruz

With Ali Khamenei's order to ban the entry of American and European coronavirus vaccines into Iran, Islamic Republic officials have suspended the start of the injections...

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Reasons for power outages in Iran: From diesel fuel to Bitcoin production by the Chinese

Officials of the Islamic Republic say that due to high household and commercial electricity and gas consumption, they have been forced to cut off power in some areas.

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Continued repression of civil society activists in Iran; Azerbaijani activist Salar Taher Afshar sentenced to four years in prison

Salar Taher Afshar, an Azerbaijani (Turkish) activist living in Urmia, was sentenced to four years in prison by the Revolutionary Court. An informed source…

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