The controversy about the real cause of death of former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani continues. New investigation warranted.
The death of a young Iranian in custody for allegedly taking part in antiestablishment protests has heightened fears of brutal official reprisals against detained protesters and other perceived dissidents following the worst street demonstrations Iran has seen in nearly a decade.
Workers at the Haft Tapeh sugar cane plantation and mill company have collectively gone on strike since the morning of January 7, the Free Labor Union of Iran (FLUI) reports.
The IRGC statement was issued after Iran's parliament held a closed-door session on January 7 to discuss the antigovernment protests that have rocked the country for more than a week.
Amid intense security measures across Iran, protests continued Saturday evening in at least nine cities.
More than two thousand Afghans deployed by the Islamic Republic to fight in the Syrian civil war in support of Bashar al-Assad have been killed.
The White House is working with leading U.S. lawmakers on legislation designed to enable the United States to remain in the Iran nuclear deal, media are reporting, citing senior U.S. officials.
Amnesty International and U.N. officials express concern over Iran crackdown.
Roohollah Zam, a self-exiled Iranian who is using his immensely popular social-media platforms to blast the establishment in Tehran from abroad, has emerged from the Iranian protests as a lightning-rod figure.
Under pressure from allies in the West, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is staking his career on reining in the Shi'ite militias that helped him defeat Islamic State.
A week after anti-establishment protests targeted the ruling clergy in Iran, Prosecutor-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has accused a CIA official of being the mastermind of the uprising across the country.
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