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Iran oil exports down 40 percent in 9 months: minister

Iran's oil exports have been slashed 40 percent in the past nine months because of tough Western sanctions, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was quoted as saying on Monday, in a reversal of his previous denials of any decline at all.

Ahvaz activist Masoud Ladoni behind bars

A political activist has been arrested in the southern city of Ahvaz, according to media reports.

Dozens called 'thugs' arrested in Tehran and other cities; Rushed death sentences for Tehran robbery suspects

A YouTube video was released on December 1, in which a building surveillance camera captured images of four young men on bikes, equipped with a dagger, attacking a passerby on a Tehran street, robbing him of his briefcase before the eyes of passersby.

Iran lawmakers seek deeper probe in blogger death

A powerful group in Iran's parliament called Sunday for expanded investigations into the death of a jailed blogger in a case that has already brought down the chief of the Internet-monitoring police and opened rare public debates over the growing powers of the country's Web watchers.

'Judiciary lacks independence' says Ali Younesi

Iran’s former intelligence chief slams justice system

In a rare move likely to put the spotlight on the Iranian judicial system, former Iranian intelligence minister Ali Younesi launched a series of criticisms against the country’s judiciary for its lack of independence.

Days ahead of reformist congress

Iran’s intelligence ministry threatens reformists with mass arrest

An Iranian deputy intelligence minister has threatened the country’s reformists with mass arrest, just days before a scheduled two-day reformist convention, the Green Voice of Freedom has learned.

'Iran has no bargaining power'

Negotiate with US 'after' holding free elections, veteran activists tell Khamenei

Iran’s Supreme Leader must open the way for greater political freedoms before any negotiation with the United States, say a group of veteran dissidents.

Amnesty International: Still no explanation or justice for blogger who died in custody

The mother of an Iranian blogger who died in custody was among those attacked by security forces today at her son’s graveside, prompting Amnesty International to call once more for a thorough and impartial investigation into the 35-year-old’s death.

'Allow my husband medical furlough,' asks union activist Reza Shahabi’s wife

In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Robabeh Rezaei, the wife of imprisoned labor activist Reza Shahabi, spoke about her husband’s hunger strike in protest of the prison authorities’ refusal to allow him medical treatment outside.

Top reformist in poor health after more than 2 years in solitary confinement

300 leading dissidents: Release Tajzadeh from solitary and give him medical attention

More than 300 Iranian activists have issued a statement demanding an ease on the restrictions on Mostafa Tajzadeh, one of Iran’s most prominent pro-reform figures who is currently serving a six-year jail term in the quarantine ward of the notorious Evin Prison.