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Iran's president says the country deserves credit for hindering Islamic State (IS) militants and keeping the radical group from seizing control of Syria and Iraq in their entirety.
A revolutionary court in Iran’s Golestan Province has sentenced 24 believers in the Baha'i faith to as many as 11 years in prison each.
Seven hundred university teachers in Iran have sent a letter to the government, urging it to stop officials from interfering in the affairs of universities.
Several prominent labor activists have been arrested in Iran ahead of May 1, International Workers' Day.
Iran has urged Saudi Arabia to impose "the most severe punishment" on two Saudi police officers arrested on suspicion of sexually harassing two teenage Iranian boys at Jeddah airport.
A former screenwriter and producer with Iran’s state-controlled television has been in jail in Tehran for the past two months.
An Iranian legislator who has called for the release of opposition leaders from house arrest has been reportedly assaulted in the southern city of Shiraz.
A group of 47 Republican senators warned on March 9 that any nuclear deal between U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and Iran may be short-lived unless it obtains congressional approval.
The European Union's foreign policy chief has said a nuclear deal with Iran was "at hand," urging different sides to show political will ahead of a new round of talks scheduled in Geneva next week.
The execution of a juvenile Kurdish offender Saman Naseem, who was due to be hanged in Iran on the morning of February 19, has reportedly not been carried out on schedule.
Abbas Aragchi, the head of the Iranian delegation, described the talks as "useful" but said it is "too early to speak about any progress."
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met in Paris with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on January 16 for more talks on Tehran’s nuclear program.
Security forces in Tehran have prevented a gathering of Iranian journalists who were attempting to stage a demonstration to show solidarity with the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris.
Iraqi police say a rocket attack killed a man from Karabala and wounded four people in the shrine city on December 12 as record numbers of Shi'ite pilgrims gathered there for Arbaeen, one of the largest annual religious gatherings in the world.
Iraqi police said a mortar attack killed one person and wounded four others near Karbala on December 12 as record numbers of Shi'ite pilgrims gathered in the shrine city for one of the largest annual religious gatherings in the world.
Prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was briefly detained and later released by authorities.
Iran's Interior Ministry has approved the registration of a new "reformist" political party, the first in years in the Islamic republic.
Iran's judiciary says a jailed Iranian-British woman has officially been charged because of her links to the opposition, not for attending a volleyball match.
The funeral of Iranian pop star Morteza Pashaei brought thousands of mourners into the streets of Tehran on November 16.
Iranian officials say they have arrested several people suspected of throwing acid at women in a series of attacks in the historic city of Isfahan.
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