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17 people die when boat capsizes in Iran
Seventeen people have died after a storm capsized a passenger boat off of Iran's southern coast, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.
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Iran Says It Will Give Back The Downed US Sentinel Drone — As A Toy Model
After losing the RQ-170 drone in the skies over Iran in November, the White House first admitted the drone was real, and then further outraged the Iranians by asking for it back.
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Iran Criticizes Saudi Comments on Boosting Oil Exports
Iran has criticized Saudi Arabia for saying it could increase its oil output if Western sanctions cut oil exports from Iran. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Tuesday in an interview with Iran’s Arabic language al-Alam television…
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Iran: Death Sentence For Netizen Confirmed
Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that the supreme court has confirmed website designer Saeed Malekpour's death sentence. His family said the court took the decision under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards. A Canadian…
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Iran To Extend Gender Segregation To School Textbooks
Iran's Ministry of Education has announced it will soon publish separate school textbooks for boys and girls, creating another area of gender segregation in the Islamic republic.
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Iran cracks down on journalists
In a new wave of arrests targeting media activists, Marzieh Rasouli has been arrested in Tehran. The Human Rights House of Iran reports that Rasouli's home was raided and many of her belongings confiscated before she was arrested on the…
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Iran bans foreign currency trading on the street
Iran's central bank deputy governor said Monday that trading foreign currency outside of banks and licensed currency exchange operations was now banned, marking the government's latest attempt to stem an outflow of foreign currency amid…
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Iran arrests several over assassination of academic
Iran has arrested a number of people in connection with the assassination of the academic, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani told Al-Alam News Network on Monday.
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Iran to launch satellite into space early February
Iran plans to launch satellite into space and inaugurate military projects early February, said Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi.
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Iranian women call for greater representation in Parliament
Iranian women's groups have called on Parliament's Speaker, Ali Larijani, to increase the number of female MPs in the next Parliament, which will be voted on this coming March.