October 30, 2007 -- An appellate court in Tehran has confirmed a five-year jail sentence against jailed union leader Mansur Osanlu on security charges, Radio Farda reported.
Books and coffee? Not in Tehran. Police in the Iranian capital, citing labor laws, have shut down several bookshop-cafes, and others may be in line for closure as well.
Ali Larijani may be down for now, but Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator is not out, as the battle between the country's supreme leader and President Mahmud Ahmadinejad continues.
October 29, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Prominent reformist cleric Hadi Ghabel was released from jail today, after being imprisoned for more than a month on security-related charges.
Listeners of Radio Farda, RFE/RL's Persian-language service, weigh in with their views on the announcement this week of new U.S. sanctions against Iran, which included the designation of the elite Quds Force as a terrorist group.
The U.S. government has hit Iran with some of its strongest unilateral sanctions since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, singling out the elite Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization. But what the moves portend -- whether they hasten or hinder military action -- looks set to be the focus of global debate in the weeks to come.
October 25, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The head of a Tehran-based nongovernmental group active in promoting democracy has been detained in Iran.
Baluchis in Pakistan and Iran are increasingly marginalized, and see little chance of benefiting from new development projects on their resource-rich land.
October 23, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Amid speculation over why Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad suddenly cut short a visit to Armenia today, senior Armenian officials have told RFE/RL that it may have been due to the "deteriorating health" of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The government wants to expand public transport as part of continuing efforts to curb the use of cars and reduce costly fuel imports. But critics worry that its implementation could spark the kind of chaos that has accompanied gasoline rationing.
October 22, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Students at Tehran's Amir Kabir University demonstrated today against the prison sentences handed down to three fellow students for allegedly insulting Islam.
As the United States warns of "serious consequences" in the nuclear standoff, Iran has opened an air base, unveiled new military hardware, and issued defense pronouncements at a rapid-fire pace.
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