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Iran government calls on public to avoid 'illegal gatherings'
Iran's interior minister calls on citizens to avoid "illegal gatherings" after two days of angry protests against the regime and an array of economic problems.
The 'idol-breaker' of Iran: poet Forough Farrokhzad
She would be the first woman in the history of Persian literature to publish poems that spoke openly of women, sexuality, longings, and equality.
Iran government calls on public to avoid 'illegal gatherings'
Iran's interior minister calls on citizens to avoid "illegal gatherings" after two days of angry protests against the regime and an array of economic problems.
1 dead after 4.2 magnitude quake in Iran
One person died of a heart attack and at least 56 people were slightly hurt when an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude shook an area 50 km (31 miles) west of the Iranian capital Tehran, the state news agency IRNA reports.
Iran reformists win all Tehran seats
Allies of Iran's reformist president, Hassan Rouhani, win a landslide victory in Tehran, in the first elections since Iran signed a nuclear deal with world powers.
‘New chapter’ for Tehran, says Rouhani as world lifts sanctions on Iran
Iran "has opened a new chapter" in its ties with the world, President Hassan Rouhani has said, hours after economic sanctions on Tehran were lifted.
Iran frees US sailors held in Gulf
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have released 10 US sailors held for entering its territorial waters in the Gulf, state television reported.
Iran bans imports from KSA, faces Saudi boycotts
Iran and Saudi Arabia take further steps to sever commercial ties today, intensifying a feud between the regional rivals, as Tehran announced a ban on imports from Saudi Arabia and Saudi groups called for boycotts of Iranian products.
Dhaka condemns attacks on Saudi embassy in Tehran
Bangladesh has condemned the recent attacks on the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate at Mashhad in Iran as such acts are a clear violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
Dhaka condemns Saudi embassy attacks
Bangladesh has condemned the recent attacks on the Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad.
Saudi Arabia looking for excuse to fuel tensions: Iran
Saudi Arabia used an attack on its embassy in Tehran as a pretext to fuel tensions, Iran's foreign ministry says in response to Riyadh's severing of relations.