The daughter of influential former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to jail and banned from political activities for "antistate propaganda" during protests against the 2009 disputed presidential election.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has said in a television interview that he is convinced Iran is developing nuclear weapons and called for the European Union to impose tougher sanctions on Tehran.
The Pentagon has said it will continue sending U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups into the Persian Gulf, despite a threat by Iran's military to take action.
A well-known Iranian political activist, Heshmatollah Tabarzadi, has managed to send out an unprecedented video message from the Rajayishahr prison in which he dismisses Iran's repressive measures aimed at silencing dissent and predicts they will fail.
Iran's rial has hit a new record low against the U.S. dollar, just days after the U.S. enforced new economic sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program.
France calls it a "very bad signal" after Iran claims to have successfully test-fired two 200-kilometer-range missiles during naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran says that its scientists have "tested the first nuclear fuel rod produced from uranium ore deposits inside the country."
Iran says it has successfully test fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile during navy war games taking place near the Strait of Hormuz on January 1.
The head of Iran's Chamber of Commerce has dismissed Washington's move to impose new economic sanctions against the Islamic republic.
Iran's senior navy commander is denying state media reports that the Islamic republic has test-fired long-range missiles during a naval drill.
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's office manager and younger brother, Mohammad Hashemi, confirmed today in an interview with Iran's ILNA news agency that the website of the former president and head of the Expediency Council has been blocked after officials intervened over the site's content.
The website of Iran’s former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was filtered on December 29 for several hours, according to Iranian news websites, including “Tabnak.”
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