Iran

Prince Reza Pahlavi: We the people of Iran want our country returned to us

Prince Reza Pahlavi wrote in a note in the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, stating that the Iranian people have a message…

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Ezatollah Entezami, "Mr. Actor," Passes Away

Ezatollah Entezami, a famous Iranian film and theater actor, passed away on Friday, August 16, after several years of homelessness and illness.

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MP: Environmental activists continue to be detained despite end of interrogation

Iranian MP Mahmoud Sadeghi announced on Wednesday, August 14, that with the end of the “investigation and interrogation” of environmental activists…

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US expresses concern over the situation of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Narges Mohammadi

A US State Department spokesperson said that Washington's view is that "daily cases of human rights violations and arbitrary detentions" in Iran are "unacceptable."

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Construction of $570 million solar power plant in Iran halted "due to sanctions"

The British company Kirkus, which last September signed a contract to build a 600-megawatt solar power plant worth 500 million euros ($570 million),...

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Saudi Arabia releases three Iranian fishermen after 14 months

Three fishermen from Bushehr who were arrested in Saudi Arabian waters in June last year have been released. Some observers of this…

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Narges Mohammadi sent to hospital after suffering a seizure in prison

Reports indicate that imprisoned civil activist Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to the hospital after her health condition worsened…

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Convention on the Legal Regime of the Caspian Sea Signed

The leaders of the five littoral states of the Caspian Sea signed the Convention on the Legal Regime of the Caspian Sea on Sunday, August 11, in the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan…

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