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Iran’s cyber police to keep checks on internet use
Iran hasn’t been shy about efforts to monitor, filter and block content on the internet. Now it has taken the next leap, turning online censorship into an institution.
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Iranian MPs Slam Ahmadinejad over Subsidies
Lawmakers are angry at Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to deliver more cash benefits to Iranian households as part of the restructuring of government subsidies without the approval of Parliament.
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Iran to boost monthly cash payments as inflation bites
Iran is boosting the monthly cash payments it gives to its citizens by more than fifty percent, the Iranian Labour News Agency reported, as soaring inflation and the depreciating Rial continue to bite deep into the national economy.
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Most internet users still use dial-up in Iran
The Iranian Statistics Centre says 84 percent of the country’s internet users still use the dial-up method to connect to the web.
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World’s Worst Religious Freedom Violators
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a federal government commission that monitors global religious freedom, today released its 2012 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following…
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Jail, exile and death for young Arab prisoners
The Ahvaz Revolutionary Court has sentenced a number of Arab-minority political prisoners to death and imprisonment.
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Iran leader: Any attacks bring 'same level' reply
Tehran will retaliate against any attack by Israeli or American forces "on the same level," Iran's top leader said Tuesday in a defiant address just moments after U.S. President Obama appealed directly to the Iranian people with a message…
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Assistance of Interpol requested in Iran's Great Bank Fraud case
The trial of suspects in Iran's $3-billion bank fraud convened on Saturday for the third time, with the judge announcing that interpol has been called on in order to bring all the suspects in the case to trial.
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Parliament challenges new Mortazavi appointment
A number of Iranian MPs have criticized the appointment of Saeed Mortazavi to head the Social Security Fund, saying it could lead to the impeachment of the Minister of Cooperatives, Employment and Social Security, Abdolreza Sheykholeslamt
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Iranian Teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari on the Verge of Execution
Imprisoned teacher Abdolreza Ghanbari’s pardon request has been denied by the Pardon Commission of Tehran Province Judiciary, a source close to his family told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. With the rejection of his…