Iran

Interior Minister announces elimination of subsidies for top three income deciles

Rahmani Fazli says that by order of the President, the resources from the elimination of the three-decade subsidy will be spent on development projects in the provinces. Hassan…

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"The overturned Azad University bus did not have a technical inspection certificate"

The number of victims of the overturned bus accident at the Azad University of Science and Research has increased. The CEO of the Municipality’s Technical Inspection Headquarters…

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The 350-hectare university is built on one of Tehran's most dangerous faults.

The director of the Earthquake Department of the Road, Housing and Urban Development Research Center says that the Science and Research Unit of Azad University is located on a land area of...

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8 killed, 28 injured in student bus overturn

A bus carrying students from the Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University overturned, killing at least 8 people and…

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"University of London professor released from Iranian prison and returns to Britain"

Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing the BBC, that Abbas Adalat, a British citizen of Iranian descent imprisoned in Iran, has been released.

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Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi passed away

Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, head of the Expediency Discernment Council, died in Tehran on Monday, January 23, after a long illness. He…

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New details of Esmaeil Bakhshi's "severe torture": from beatings with batons to administering psychiatric drugs

A relative of Ismail Bakhshi, a representative of Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers, details the torture of this worker during his detention by security agencies…

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New charges against imprisoned lawyer in Iran: Worrying public opinion by writing a letter to the Supreme Leader of Iran

A lawyer imprisoned in Arak has once again been accused of “disturbing public opinion” for writing a letter to the Leader of the Islamic Republic…

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