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Ancient Paintings Recognized As Intangible Cultural Heritage On UNESCO List

Iranian Dual Nationals Banned From Presidential Elections

A new bill ratified by Iran's Majlis parliament has banned dual citizens from running as candidates in presidential elections in Iran.

Iran Might Resume Importing Cars

The Iranian government has banned the importing of cars for the past two years, Iranian car manufacturing companies have grabbed the chance to entirely monopolize the local market.

Rouhani Accuses Opponents of Attempting to Delay Lifting Sanctions

Parliamentary Bill Targets Minorities in Iran, Warns HR Organization

The Night They Stabbed My Husband and Son to Death: Chain Murders' Victim's Wife Remembers

Rouhangiz Soltaninejad -- whose husband, Hamid Hajizadeh, and nine-year-old son, Karoun Hajizadeh, were both killed in the Political Chain Murders -- has broken her silence after 22 years.

Media Activist Ruhollah Zam Hanged

Ruhollah Zam, the Iranian media figure who established the AMAD Telegram channel, was allegedly hanged in Iran on Saturday, per the IRIB state media channel.

Rouhani Accused Of Looking West

Wife Of Murdered Iranian Writer Describes Years Long Struggle With Iranian Authorities

"The tragedy of that day was not just receiving the news of Majid's death, but relaying it to my fifteen-year-old son."

Four Arrested in Iran for Using Live Models in a Commercial

Kermanshah Prosecutor Shahram Karami says Iran's security forces have arrested four people for advertising with live models in a promotional video.

Pirouz Davani, Victim Of The Political Chain Murders, Remembered

His brother, Hossein Davani, says that no trace remains of his brother, who he says was murdered in the heat of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence's project to kill dissidents in 1998.

Prominent Iranian Architect Dies At 91

Iranian architect Amirali Sardar-Afkhami, designer of Tehran's City Theater Complex and Iran's new parliament building, has died in Paris. He was 91, and allegedly died of old age, reports said on Tuesday.

Kyiv Condemns 'Tehran's Dawdling'

Ukrainian officials in charge of investigating the January 2020 downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane in Tehran say they have not yet received the documents promised by Iran.

Flood Hits Sasanid Palace In Iran

A flood in the Firoozabad palace of Ardeshir Babakan, the founder of the Sassanid Empire, has destroyed part of the historical complex.

Hardline Ayatollah's Condition Deteriorating

Iranian Writers Association Member Arrested

The Iranian Writers Association announced on Sunday that Iranian intelligence agents detained Amin Moradi, a poet and member of the organization.

Top Khamenei's Aide Attacks Rouhani for US Talks

In a criticism of President Hassan Rouhani's government, a member of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's office, Rasool Sanaei Rad, said that those seeking "a resumption of negotiations with the United States" had "partisan and electoral goals.

They Mutilated My Brother And Said, Sorry, It Was A Mistake

"We were told at the Ministry of Intelligence that 'it was a simple mistake,'" prominent Iranian writer Farkhondeh Hajizadeh says in an interview with Radio Farda. "By a simple mistake, they killed, dismembered, and mutilated two people,"

Ahmadinejad Makes Controversial Remarks About Iran's Hijab Law

The hardline former Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says that the hijab law in Iran must be compatible with most people's wishes.

Baha'is Barred From Higher Education In Iran

"Deficient filing" is a familiar term to Baha'i youth in Iran who want to enter university and carry on their education like any other citizen enjoying one of their most fundamental rights.