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TEHRAN (AFP) — Sanctions-hit Iran will within days offer the first tranche of a three billion dollar domestic bond issue to fund the development of its South Pars gasfields, a…

TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran will begin building its third uranium enrichment plant in early 2011, a top official said, defying world powers who have imposed new sanctions on Tehran for…

According to reports, Reza Joushan asked one of the guards why he was not permitted to visit the prison clinic. The guard replied that he must await his turn because…

Popular Iranian footballer Ali Karimi, sometimes described as “the Maradona of Asia,” has been fired by his club for not fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the club…

15 political prisoners on hunger strike for two weeks, finally put an end to their hunger strike.  According to reports from Kaleme, these political prisoners decided to end their hunger…

Last night, we reported that Majid Tavakoli was in critical physcial condition and had lost consciousness. Today, after having ended his hunger strike along with 15 other political prisoners, Tavakoli’…

On August 4th, there were reports that Farah Vazhan was sentenced to 15 years in prison. However, a reliable source has told RAHANA that she has been sentenced to death.…

Revolutionary Guard intelligence tortured seventeen year old Ali Niknam after his arrest on November 2, 2009. Ali Niknam protested the election results last year and was arrested by Revolutionary Guard…

The Associated Press By VERONIKA OLEKSYN VIENNA (AP) — Iran has activated equipment to enrich uranium more efficiently in a move that defies the U.N. Security Council, the International Atomic…

The Australian THE US SEC looked into BHP Billiton’s activities in Iran and Cuba after Washington labelled the countries as state sponsors of terrorism. According to documents filed with the…

Tehran, Aug. 10 – From the Grapevine… Saturday night, government opponents set fire to a large garbage bin in Qazvin Street in Tehran, activists say. Security forces arrived at the…

Tehran, Aug. 10 – Some of the funds allocated in the Iranian government’s budget for the purchase of livestock from abroad have gone missing and are believed to have been…

Tehran, Aug. 09 – Three days of clashes between security forces and the people of Dahdez, in the south-western oil-rich Province of Khuzestan, have left seven people dead, according to…

The White House called in a small group of journalists this week to listen to President Obama and his top advisers give a briefing on the state of the sanctions…

LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Sanctions on Iran’s fuel imports are forcing the Islamic Republic to pay well above the market rate for its gasoline, figures from the Turkish government…

On Sunday, August 1st, 2010, Mansour Osanloo Head of the Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company was tried at the Revolutionary Court’s Branch #1 in the city…

Hamzeh Malek-Shahi, Mohammad Malek-Shahi and Hamid Naderi, are the three Nematollahi-Gonabadi dervishes who were detained by the security forces in the city of Alashtar, located in the Province of Lorestan.…