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Residents Abandoning Regions With Increasingly Fierce Sandstorms

Iranian Women Enter Stadiums Disguised As Men

Trump, Netanyahu Discuss Iran’s Destabilizing Activities in Middle East

Editor Of A Reform Newspaper Detained In Mashhad, A City Ruled By Hardliners

The managing editor of reformist daily Sharq was taken into custody on Saturday, April 28, by the order of a judge based in Mashhad, holiest Shi’ite city in Iran.

Iranian Government Suspected Of Hacking Attacks Against Activists

Iranian hackers have attacked user accounts of several Iranian charity workers, academics, dual nationals living abroad as well as tens of political and civil activists in Iran

War Of Hashtags Brings Zarif Under The Spotlight

A war of hashtags has taken over social media following a Q&A session with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the Council on Foreign Relations on April 23.

Iran Says US 'Unqualified' To Play Role In Korean Detente

ILO Officials Visiting Iran Allowed To Meet Labor Activists

Three representatives of the International Labor Organization (ILO) have been allowed to meet an unknown number of independent Iranian labor activists in Tehran, reports say.

Two Activists Arrested As Controversy Over Royal Mummy Continues

IRGC Commander Threatens The West With Restarting Nuclear Program

The deputy chief-commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has said Tehran should be clear that it will resume an “unlimited” nuclear program if the U.S. pulls out of the deal.

Indictments Issued Against Dozens Of Protesters

Nearly one hundred indictments have been filed against those who were detained during the unprecedented uprising that broke out in December 28, 2017, says the head of Tehran’s Justice Department.

Surveillance Devices Found At Former President’s Office And Home

Citing “an informed source,” reformist daily E’temad’s website reports that surveillance devices have been discovered at former President Mohammad Khatami’s office and home.

Arrest of Another British Dual National In Iran Causes Concern

The arrest of a British-Iranian academic in Tehran has raised renewed concern about the safety of Iranian dual nationals who visit Iran.

Gov’t Agencies ‘Can’t Cope’ With Huge Number Of Child Laborers, Says Official

Approximately nine thousand child laborers in Iran, many of whom homeless and vulnerable to violence and sexual abuse, have been identified and given shelter, according to top officials in the Islamic Republic.

Cut Out Of Domestic Market, Paper Producers Shut Down

Paper production in Iran has come to a complete stop until further notice, the chairman of the Paper and Cardboard Producers Union of Iran announced April 24.

In Iran's Tough Job Market University Graduates Face High Unemployment

More than forty percent of the unemployed in Iran are university graduates, says a representative of the government’s Planning and Management Organization (PMO).

Prince Reza Pahlavi Says Unearthed Mummy Most Likely Reza Shah

Iran's exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi has said in a statement that the body unearthed on April 23 in Shahr-e Rey, Tehran, is most likely that of his grandfather, Reza Shah Pahlavi, founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty.

Judiciary Chief Defends Police Officer Who Beat Young Woman

Iran’s hardline Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani has defended the actions of a police officer who beat a young woman in Tehran last week for “insufficient hijab”.

U.N. Conference On NPT Opens With Representatives Supporting JCPOA

The top U.N disarmament officials made statements in support of the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday at a U.N nuclear non-proliferation conference in Geneva.

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