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Mohammad Taghi Fallahi, the secretary-general of the Iranian Teachers Trade Association in Tehran, has been taken to Evin Prison to serve a six-month prison sentence.
The ex-wife of an Iranian-Swedish dissident on trial in Iran says she's worried he will not get a fair trial on terrorism charges that she believes are trumped up.
A court in Tehran has sentenced financial reporter Amir-Abbas Azarmvand to three years and seven months in prison after convicting him of "spreading propaganda against the system."
A civil activist and niece of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is being held in solitary confinement in Tehran's Evin prison following her detention last week after she took part in a celebration praising the widow of the ousted shah, her brother says.
A U.S.-based news outlet that covers news in Iran says a civil activist and niece of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was arrested last week after she praised a member of Iran's former royalty.
Iranian teachers took to the streets of more than 50 cities across Iran to demand better working conditions and pay. Amateur video posted on social media on January 13 showed teachers holding up pens and chanting for justice in nationwide protests.
Hundreds of teachers have joined protests in more than 50 Iranian cities, demanding higher salaries and better labor conditions.
Hundreds of Iranian judiciary employees gathered in front of the parliament building in Tehran on the second day of protests over the lack of pay raises despite previous government promises.
In 1988, Iran massacred thousands of prisoners branded "enemies of God." Three decades later, survivors and victims' families are getting their day in a foreign court with testimony implicating high-ranking members of the Islamic regime in the massacre.
Jailed Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin has died in a hospital in Tehran, the Iranian Writers Association has reported.
Iran has deported an increasing number of Afghan refugees but they keep coming back.
Iran has stepped up efforts to expel Afghan refugees but many return.
A statue erected to honor top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani has been torched by unknown assailants hours after it was unveiled in southwestern Iran, domestic media reported on January 6.
Iranian authorities have prevented a prominent Iranian sociologist from leaving the country to begin a one-year research program at Yale University.
A rocket attacked has rocked an Iraqi military base that houses U.S. soldiers near the airport in Baghdad amid heightened tensions around the anniversary of the 2020 killing of a top Iranian general and a senior Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike.
At least 10 people have been killed in a road accident in southwestern Iran.
Iran has passed a law banning the free, state-subsidized distribution of contraceptives in a bid to boost its population growth -- but the move has raised fears of catastrophic repercussions.
Iran's parliament passed legislation on December 15 to raise teachers' salaries following several days of countrywide protests and a strike that impacted the Islamic republic's education system.
Iran has accused Western parties to its 2015 nuclear deal of "persisting in their blame game," after European diplomats involved in ongoing negotiations aimed at reviving the agreement said Tehran was putting forward new proposals that are "inconsistent" with the accord.
Teachers and educators in Iran are on strike for a third day in a row demanding salary rises, with police violence reported against protesters in Tehran.
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