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Election roll for parliamentary elections drops by 30%
The number of candidates registered in Iran's upcoming parliamentary elections has dropped by 30 percent from previous elections.
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Iran
Iran refuses to fuel some European, Arab airlines
Iran is refusing to refuel some European and Arab airlines at its main international airport in a tit-for-tat move over major oil companies denying fuel to Iranian planes abroad, the airport's chief said on Saturday.
Iran
Iran says ready for nuclear talks as tensions mount
Top negotiator Saeed Jalili has said Iran is ready to rejoin EU-led talks with major powers on assuaging Western concerns over its nuclear programme even as tensions with the United States soar in the Gulf.
Kurdistan
Fatal Turkish airstrikes on Civilians killed 35 Kurds
Turkish warplanes targeting members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party instead killed 35 civilians, triggering protests that may undermine government efforts to end unrest.
Iran
Iran to test-fire missiles in key oil waterway
Ballistic missiles are launched during the second day of military exercises for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards at an unknown location in June. Tehran said it will test-fire missiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a move likely to…
Iran
5 girls under 10 years of age married in southern Iranian province
The head of the General Department for Registration of Documents said that five girls under 10 year of age were married in the Province of Hormozgan (South of Iran).
Iran
Iran sentences opposition figure to jai
Iran has sentenced Ebrahim Yazdi, the head of a banned opposition party and a former foreign minister, to eight years in prison for "attempting to act against national security," his lawyer said Wednesday.
Iran
Head of Iran Judiciary defends widespread executions
Sadeq Larijani, the head of the Judiciary said that the international community has become a tool in the hand of America and that the Islamic Republic is not ‘afraid’ of carrying out executions.
Iran
Opposition leader calls upcoming Iran election bogus
An Iranian opposition leader who has been under house arrest since February has accused the Islamic establishment of intending to hold a "rubber-stamp" parliamentary election in March, his website Sahamnews reported on Monday.
Iran
Iran threatens to stop Gulf oil if sanctions widened
Iran threatened on Tuesday to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz if foreign sanctions were imposed on its crude exports over its nuclear ambitions, a move that could trigger military conflict with economies dependent on Gulf…