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Will Women Participate in Iran's Parliamentary Elections?

In examining the eight Islamic Republic parliaments, from the very first Parliament, which included only four women, despite the historic role that women played in the success of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, to the fourth one, in which a…

7 February 2012
Iran

Iran: More Arrests Ahead of Elections

While the condition of recently detained journalists remains unknown, more journalists are arrested ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. In the latest instance, Reza Jelodarzadeh, editor-in-chief of the recently banned "Sobh-e…

6 February 2012
Human Rights

German reporter says he was beaten in Iran

Kurdpa _ A German reporter says he was beaten by guards during his nearly five months of imprisonment in Iran and that he heard constant, "horrible cries" of other inmates being tortured.

6 February 2012
Iran

Iran threatens to ban Samsung following Israeli ad

Teheran is considering a ban on Samsung to protest an advertisement for an Israeli cable provider that makes light of the war of words and mysterious explosions being waged between Iran and Israel, an Iranian lawmaker told the country‘s…

5 February 2012
Iran

Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work

Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

4 February 2012
Iran

Iran bans nationals from road travel to Syria

Iran banned its citizens on Friday from travelling to Syria by road following the abduction of nearly 30 Iranians in the escalating uprising in its key Middle East ally, state media reported.

4 February 2012
Iran

Iran's ships stopped from shipping Ukrainian grain

Traders are no longer booking cargoes on Iranian ships to transport grain exports from Ukraine because of difficulties with payments following European Union sanctions on Iran, traders said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

4 February 2012