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Human rights
Iranian Human Rights Organization: 239 people were executed in Iranian prisons in the past six months
A human rights organization announced that 239 executions were carried out in Iran in the first six months of 2017,…
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Iran and Total sign major oil investment deal; Iran's share is 19.9 percent
The National Iranian Oil Company and a consortium led by France's Total have signed the first oil contract based on the new contract model for…
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Iranian journalist's wife released on 300 million IDR bail
Saeed Seif, journalist and director of the Iran Watch website, has announced the release of his wife, Asal Esmailzadeh, on bail of 300 million…
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Hundreds of telecommunications company employees strike in several Iranian cities
Hundreds of Iranian telecommunications company employees protested on Saturday and Sunday, July 10 and 11, in the cities of Mashhad, Hamedan, and Shiraz.
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Two political activists on hunger strike in Tabriz and Evin prisons
Siamak Mirzaei and Habib Sasanian, two Turkish political activists who have been in Evin and Tabriz prisons for more than two weeks…
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120,000 children in Sistan and Baluchestan are deprived of education
The head of the Sistan and Baluchestan Provincial Assembly of Representatives put the “real number” of education dropouts in the province at around 120,000.
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Kurdistan Region protests Iran over closing Zab River
The water cut of the Little Zab River has become a major problem between Iran and the Kurdistan Region. The Zab originates in Iran…
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Culture and art
Ataullah Bahmanesh passed away
Ataollah Bahmanesh, a prominent Iranian athlete, journalist, and sports reporter, has died at the age of 94. He had been suffering from…
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