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Iran’s Proxies, Partners Flex Weapons-Manufacturing Capabilities In Middle East

Iran's strategy in the Middle East is essentially a take on an old proverb: Give your proxies and partners weapons and you can sustain their battles for a day…

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November 21, 2023

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Iranian Activist Tabarzadi Handed New Sentence After Closed-Door Trial

Iranian political activist Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, who has already been sentenced to more than 45 years on charges including "collaboration with a hostile government" and "waging war against God…

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November 15, 2023

POLITICS

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Iranian Students Accuse Authorities Of Poisoning After Spate Of Incidents

Several Iranian student associations have accused authorities of deliberate "serial poisoning" after reports that a large number of students from at least four Iranian universities across the country fell ill.…

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December 4, 2022

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Iranian Sunni Clerics Release Video Urging End To Deadly Crackdown On Protesters

Sunni clerics of the southern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan have released a video calling on authorities of the Islamic republic to stop a deadly crackdown on protests that has "no…

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November 30, 2022

POLITICS·World

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Iran’s Judiciary Says More Than 2,400 Convicted During Protests So Far

Iran's judiciary says that more than 2,400 people have been convicted of offenses related to unrest sparked by the death of a young woman while in police custody for a dress-code violation,…

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November 22, 2022

POLITICS

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Protests Erupt Around The World Following Death Of Mahsa Amini

Iranian Nobel Laureate Describes Protests As ‘People’s Revolution’

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has described the months-long anti-establishment protests rocking Iran as a “people’s revolution.”…

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November 18, 2022

POLITICS·World

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In New Tactic, Young Iranian Protesters Knock Off Clerics’ Turbans On The Street

An Iranian teenager sneaks up behind a cleric in the capital, Tehran, and knocks his turban off his head before dashing off.…

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November 11, 2022

POLITICS·World

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Father Says Son Killed For Honking His Car Horn In Support Of Iranian Protests

Iranian Protests - Yahya Rahimi was driving to work when two men armed with large sticks attacked his car, shattering his windscreen.…

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November 8, 2022

POLITICS·World

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Mother Of Dead Teen Protester Accuses Iranian Authorities Of ‘Lying’ About Her Death In Attempt To ‘Exempt Themselves’

Nika Shakarami headed to Tehran's central Keshavarz Boulevard on September 20 to join anti-government protests that broke out across the country after a young woman arrested for not wearing a mandatory headscarf…

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October 9, 2022

POLITICS·World

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Taliban supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada

Taliban Leader’s Dominance Results In Increased Oppression, Isolation

Few Taliban members can reach him, and even fewer Afghans have seen him. He refuses to meet foreigners, including the most distinguished religious scholars from the Muslim world.…

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January 23, 2023

World

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