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Increasing press freedom violations in Iran

The Iranian regime continued its sustained crackdown on the press, arresting a blogger, handing a journalist a harsh prison term, and banning a reformist news publication, according to news reports. The regime has also announced the mass…

16 February 2012
Iran

Iran activates 3,000 new centrifuges

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Tehran has added 3,000 new generation centrifuges to its Natanz facility, increasing the production of 3.5 percent enriched uranium by 50 percent.

16 February 2012
Iran

Opposition reports security clampdown in Tehran

Iranian security forces deployed in parts of Tehran on Tuesday after opposition figures called on supporters to hit the streets in protest against the year-long house arrest of their leaders, the opposition website Kaleme reported.

15 February 2012
Kurdistan

One year suspended sentence for Kurdish student

One of the members of the Democratic Union's Central Council of Kurdish Students was sentenced to one suspended year sentence by the Revolution Court in Sanandaj (The Capital of Kurdistan province in Iran).

14 February 2012
Iran

Iran presses ahead with dollar attack

“The dispute over Iran’s nuclear program is nothing more than a convenient excuse for the US to use threats to protect the 'reserve currency’ status of the dollar,” the newspaper, which calls itself the voice of the Islamic Revolution,…

13 February 2012
Iran

Iran sends head of elite force to Syria to advise Assad

The head of Iran's elite Quds Force is reportedly visiting Syria to advise the regime on repressing protests and the armed resistance, as consternation grows in Western capitals about Iranian involvement in the crisis.

12 February 2012