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Haft-Tappeh sugar cane factory workers in a protest in Western Iran. Esmail Bakhshi in center. November 2018.

December 29, 1397

Iran Labor Leaders To Stand Trial In Revolutionary Courts

Iranians go shopping at a street market for the New Persian Year, called Norouz, in Tehran, March 19, 2018

December 29, 1397

Rouhani Promises Wage Increases As High Inflation Persists

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri, a conservative cleric and former head of Iranian Judiciary Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani. Undated

December 29, 1397

Two Top Clerics In Iran Allegedly Involved In 'Land Grab' Scandal

A right-wing student group in Iran has called on the country's new Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeesi (Raeisi) to indict his predecessor and another senior politician for being involved in a land-grab case.

A screen grab of the aftermath of the crash landing in Iran's Mehrabad Airport on March 19.

December 29, 1397

Plane Makes Emergency Landing At Tehran Airport, Said To Catch Fire

An airliner caught fire on landing at Tehran's Mehrabad airport, but all 100 passengers were evacuated without injury, officials say.

Parviz Kazemi, Minister of Labor and Social Welfare (2005-2006) in former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first cabinet. He was convicted of financial fraud on March 18, 2019. File photo

December 28, 1397

Former Minister Given 20 Years For Financial Crimes

German head of The Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), Per Fischer (second from right) poses with the envoys of Britain, France and Germany in Iran, March 11, 2019.

December 28, 1397

Iran Says 'Don't Expect Miracles' From European Trade Mechanism

Hossein Hedayati, an Iranian multi-millionaire who is on trial for financial fraud March 04, 2019.

December 28, 1397

Billionaire On Trial For Corruption In Iran Says He Knows About Militant Groups

File photo: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Yleem Probete. August 14, 2018

December 28, 1397

U.S. Says Iran Missile Program Destabilizing Middle East

Iran's Chief of Staff of Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, left, speaks during a press conference with Syria's defense minister Gen. Ali Ayoub, center, and Iraqi army commander, Gen. Osman Ghanemi in Damascus, Syria, Monday, March 18, 201

December 28, 1397

Top Iranian And Iraqi Military Brass Meet With Assad In Damascus

United States Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook. File photo

December 28, 1397

Responding to Rouhani, Hook Says The Iranian People Want Jobs

Iranian President Hassan Rohani, center, speaks during a media briefing after a cabinet meeting, as senior Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri, left, and Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami listen, in Tehran, March 18, 2019

December 27, 1397

Rouhani Heightens Rhetoric, Calls For Prosecution Of U.S. Officials

In an apparent sign of frustration as a result of his country's ongoing economic problems, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has heightened anti-U.S. rhetoric in his recent speeches.

IRGC officials (LtR): Mohammad Hossein Sepehr, Ali Fazli, Gholamhossein Gheibparvar and Mohammad Ali Jafari. April 16, 2018.

December 27, 1397

IRGC Commander Trumpets Iran’s Foreign Military Interventions

Iran’s military involvement in Syria and Iraq and assistance to Hezbollah are among the Islamic Republic’s “unique achievements,” according to Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards.

Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, December 28, 2015. File photo

December 27, 1397

Conservative Politician Wants To Eliminate The Presidency In Iran

Expediency Discernment Council. Mohsen Rezaei far right. File photo

December 27, 1397

Iran Officials Pessimistic About Europe, Demand Guarantees Of Trade

Secretary of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council, Mohsen Rezai, says the EU needs to Guarantee oil purchase from Iran if it wants Iran to ratify the bills required by FATF, the Financial Action Task Force.