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"Dezfool Prison Inmates Are Treated Like Animals"

A local source in Ahvaz told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Saeed Saki, a political prisoner and an Ahvaz Arab activist who was previously held in Karoon Prison of Ahvaz, was transferred to Dezfool prison two…

8 January 2012
Iran

Iranian carpet tradition faces modern pressures

Deep in Tehran's carpet bazaar, merchants and laborers occupy chambers that have changed little over the centuries. But Iran's carpet industry now faces some modern pressures.

8 January 2012

Iran's internet cafe clampdown to dissuade dissidents

The dream of dictatorships – to control communications within their borders – has got harder and harder as the internet has become more and more pervasive. Fifteen years ago, cutting off the internet was easy: internet providers used modems…

7 January 2012
Iran

Iranian president to tour Latin America

The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is due to touch down in Venezuela on Sunday on the first leg of a Latin American tour aimed at lifting his regime out of international isolation and bolstering its sanctions-hit economy.

7 January 2012
Iran

Iran plans new maneuvers in Hormuz Strait in February

Iran announced plans on Friday to hold new naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz next month, the latest in a series of forceful gestures in the world's most important oil shipping lane at a time when new sanctions threaten Tehran's…

7 January 2012
Iran

Group claims kidnap of Iranians in Syria

A previously unheard of group, called "movement against the Shiite tide in Syria," has claimed responsibility for the abduction of Iranian engineers and technicians in Syria and warned Iran of the consequences of supporting Damascus, the…

7 January 2012