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Infamous Tehran prosecutor and torture suspect Saeed Mortazavi arrested
Tehran’s former chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi is behind bars, the country’s semi-official Fars news agency has reported.
Ahmadinejad says he is ready to be first Iranian in space
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he was ready to be the first human sent into orbit by Iran's fledgling space program, Iranian media reported.
More than 200 journalists slam arrests
Outrage grows over Iranian regime's arrest of journalists
More than 200 Iranian journalists have voiced their outrage at the government’s clampdown on members of the press in recent days.
At least 5 students of senior dissident cleric arrested in Shiraz
Iranian authorities have arrested five students of a leading dissident cleric in the southern city of Shiraz, human rights sources say.
Cartoon on rounding up of dissident journalists
Cartoon by Mana Neyestani on the recent mass arrest of Iranian journalists working with pro-reform newspapers and magazines:
Iran sentences US Christian to eight years: group
A Tehran court on Sunday sentenced an Iranian-American pastor to eight years in prison over his role in underground churches in the Islamic nation, a US group supporting him said.
Clampdown on press intensifies
Iranian authorities launch mass arrest of dissident journalists
Iranian security forces have launched a fresh wave of arrests against dissident journalists.
Iranian rial slips; chief banker's job teeters
The Iranian rial has dropped sharply on the open market since Sunday on speculation the head of the country's central bank could be sacked in a row over his performance that has exposed the country's political faultlines.
Iran's central bank head ordered dismissed
Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting that an Iranian court has voted to dismiss nation's central bank governor in connection with overnight withdrawals from banks.
2 more public hangings in Tehran
Two men were hanged in public in Tehran on Sunday morning, the Isna news agency reported.



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