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Tehran will not tolerate armed terrorists in Kurdistan: Iran FM
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said Tehran will not tolerate the continued presence of “armed terrorists” in Iraq’s Kurdistan region as well as their actions and movements against Iran’s security.…
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Infamous Evin prison in Tehran on fire: Gun shots and sirens heard
Tehran: A fire has broken out at Iran’s notorious Evin prison, the primary site for detaining political prisoners. Social media footage posted online shows flames and smoke billowing from the area. “The…
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Iran’s top leader says unipolar world order ‘not accepted’
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the unipolar world order is not accepted, Iran’s state media reported. “Nations have been awakened” and they do not accept the unipolar…
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Iran confirms uranium enrichment
Tehran: The Iranian nuclear chief has confirmed media reports that Iran has begun enriching uranium with the third cascade of new centrifuges at its Natanz underground facility. All of Iran’s nuclear activities…
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Iran sees ‘major’ internet disruption amid renewed protests
Tehran: Iran suffered a “major disruption” in internet service Wednesday as calls for renewed protests again saw demonstrators on the streets weeks after the death of a 22-year-old woman who had been…
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Mahsa Amini protests: Tehran fountains sinking in blood
Tehran: The public squares fountains in Iran’s capital, Tehran, have reportedly been smeared red on Friday after an artist dyed their water red to reflect the bloody three-week crackdown on protests over…
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Nika Shakarami’s mother disputes Iran, says she died of blows to head
Tehran: The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl has disputed official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building, saying the teen was killed by blows to the…
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16-year-old Iranian protester’s body stolen by security forces
Tehran: Iranian security services have “stolen” the body of a 16-year-old protester named Nika Shakarami and secretly buried her in a village, BBC Persian reported on Tuesday. Nika Shakarami, participated in a…
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Iran summons UK envoy, again, over anti-crackdown complaints
Tehran: Iran summoned the British ambassador, again, for what it said were “provocative” statements made by London over Tehran’s crackdown on widespread protests, Iran’s state news reported on Wednesday. Iranian authorities summoned…
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Iran arrests musician for composing song from protesters’ tweets
Tehran: Iran Human Rights reported that the Iranian authorities has arrested artist Shervin Hajipour, whose music clip in support of the popular protests gained millions of views. Hajipour reportedly arrested on Thursday,…
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Iran attack: 19 killed, including 4 IRGC forces
Tehran: An attack by armed separatists on a police station in a southeastern city killed 19 people, including four members of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported…
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Nine foreigners arrested over anti-hijab protests: Iran govt
Tehran: Iran’s intelligence ministry says it has arrested nine foreigners over recent anti-hijab protests sweeping the country. In a statement carried by the state-run news agency IRNA, the ministry said Friday that…
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Iran’s anti-veil protests draw on long history of resistance
A young woman climbs to the top of a car in the middle of Mashhad, a conservative Iranian city famed for its Islamic shrines. She takes off her headscarf and starts chanting,…