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Placards Against Arrest of Press TV Anchor Projected on BBC Building

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An Islamic rights group has projected a placard on the BBC building in London, in a protest at the sudden arrest of Maezieh Hashemi, an anchor and journalist affiliated with Iran’s English-language news channel Press TV.
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UK Intervention Not to Accelerate Zaghari’s Release: Iran Envoy

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The Iranian Ambassador to the UK says interventions by the British government in the case of an Iranian-British dual national prisoned in Iran for espionage will not do any good.
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Iran Denies Reports about US Citizen’s Well-Being in Jail

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as “untrue” reports by certain US media that an American citizen is imprisoned in the Iranian city of Mashhad in suboptimal conditions.
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Iran Judiciary Investigating Activist’s Torture Claims

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A fact-finding mission formed by Iran’s Judiciary has travelled to Iran’s south-western province of Khuzestan to investigate claims by a worker saying he was mistreated during his time in prisons, a senior official announced.
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Iran Leader Offers Condolences on Demise of Expediency Council Chief

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Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed condolences over the passing of Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the 70-year-old late chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council and former Judiciary chief who died in Tehran on Monday.
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Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi Dies at 70

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Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the head of Iran's Expediency Council and former Judiciary Chief, has passed away at the age of 70.
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Iran’s First Female Judge Talks of Her Experiences

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An Iranian woman, who had been appointed as the country’s first female judge, believes that women’s sensitivity can help them in many cases despite the popular belief that women cannot judge because of their sensitive nature.
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Extremists Set Fire to Saudi Woman’s Vehicle

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A group of extremists in Saudi Arabia, outraged by a royal decision to allow women to drive, have set fire to a woman’s car in the second such incident.
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Iranian MPs Pass Amendment to CFT Bill

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Iranian lawmakers have approved an amendment to a bill on Iran’s accession to the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) convention, which was earlier rejected by the Guardian Council.
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Iran Urged to Waive Requirement for Film-Making Licence

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A host of Iranian film-makers have urged authorities to waive the requirement for obtaining a licence for producing their movies.
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Iran Urges UK to Settle Its Outstanding Debts

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Iran’s Judiciary chief says countries such as Britain are indebted to Iran as they received money in return for weapons before the 1979 Islamic Revolution and must now repay the long overdue debts.
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Sanctions Hampering Medicine Trade despite US Claims: Iran

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Iran’s health minister says Iranian medicine companies have failed to have any financial transaction with other countries in the past month, since the US re-imposed its harshest sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
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‘Freedom of Information Key to Fight against Corruption in Iran’

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A senior cultural official says the implementation of a law on Freedom of Information (FOI) is the only way to fight against financial and administrative corruption in Iran.
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Iranian Children Must Be Protected against Sanctions: UN

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A UN official says children are innocent and should be protected against any negative impact of sanctions, the “harshest” of which were recently imposed by the US on the Islamic Republic.
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‘1,000 Bahraini Women Activists behind Bars’

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Around 1,000 freedom-seeking Bahraini women are behind bars in the Al-Khalifa regime’s prisons, the country’s main opposition party announced.
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Iran’s Red Crescent Opens Company in Switzerland for Medicine Imports

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The Iranian Red Crescent Society says it has established a company in Switzerland to transfer pharmaceuticals to Iran more easily in the wake of the US sanctions.
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Iranian Couples Must Take Part in Counselling Sessions before Marriage

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It is compulsory for Iranian couples to attend pre-marriage counselling sessions in order to prevent future problems which often lead to early divorces, officials say.
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Iran, Red Cross Discuss US Sanctions on Food, Medicine

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on an official visit to the Swiss city of Geneva, held talks with Peter Mauer, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Iran Hails UN Rapporteur’s Stances against US Bans

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday hailed the “good stances” of the UN’s special rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures in reaction to the US’ cruel sanctions against Iran.
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US’ Defence of Human Rights Hinges on Size of Arms Deals: Iran

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has lashed out at the US for “mocking” the concept of human rights by adopting double standards in this regard.
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IMO Sides with Iran on US Bans in another Legal Victory for Tehran

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In another victory for Iran, the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Thursday asked the US to refrain from taking any measure that might endanger Iran's maritime security and freedom of navigation.
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‘Zaghari-Ratcliffe Citizen of Iran, Tried Based on Iran’s Law’

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British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt was told in his Monday trip to Tehran that Iranian-British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a citizen of Iran, convicted based on Iran’s domestic law.
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Iran Rejects UN Rights Resolution as ‘Politically-Motivated’

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the anti-Iran resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Committee has been drafted and approved based on a biased and politically-motivated approach.
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Iran Raps UN Rights Resolution as “Political Charade”

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Iran has condemned a United Nations resolution that accuses it of human rights violations, stressing that the measure's sponsors are playing a "political charade."
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Outrageous Cosmetic Surgeries Becoming All the Rage in Iran

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The so-called “donkey ears” and “cat’s eyes” are the latest beauty surgery trends in Iran after “pig noses” and “camel lips.”
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