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Govt asks Iranians to stop buying dollars
The Iranian government has asked its citizens not to buy dollars, in an effort to stem a rush for hard currency that has sent the exchange rate plummeting in recent months.
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Iran bans reformist paper for two months
Iranian authorities have imposed a two-month ban on the paper for printing what the country's press watchdog said was "lies and insults" to officials, media reported Sunday.
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MPs urge firms to stop selling Iran censorship tools
The EU parliament urged European companies on Thursday to refrain from selling to technology and services to Iran that could be used by authorities for censorship and surveillance.
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Iran less than a year away from nuclear weapon
Iran is less than a year away from being unstoppable in its goal of producing a nuclear weapon, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview with CNN released on Saturday.
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Iran training Gaza terrorists
Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have trained in Iran and learned how to operate sophisticated anti-tank missiles, an Israeli defense official said.
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Iran: Critics barred from covering parliamentary news
Reporters who have published critical views of Parliament's actions are being barred from further access to parliamentary sessions, an Iranian news website reports.
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Amnesty International urges members of the General Assembly’s Third Committee to consider country situations on merit and vote against any ‘No Action Motions ’
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is preparing to consider draft resolutions on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Myanmar. Amnesty International appeals to…
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“His Continued Detention Is Neither Moral Nor Legal”
Massoumeh Dehghan, wife of human rights lawyer and founding member of Defenders of Human Rights Center Abdolfattah Soltani, who has been inside Evin Prison’s Ward 209 for the past two months, spoke with the International Campaign for Human…
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Iranian Activists Call for Suspension of Uranium Enrichment to Prevent War
More than 150 Iranian political and student activists and intellectuals abroad have called on that country to temporarily suspend uranium enrichment to build confidence and halt any military aspects of the country's nuclear program.
Syria's 'bloodiest day' leaves scores dead
At least 70 people have been killed in violence across Syria over the past 24 hours in one of the bloodiest days since an anti-government uprising began eight months ago, activists reported.