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Dervishes Convicted To More Than 1,000 Years In Prison

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Dervishes Convicted To More Than 1,000 Years In Prison

Dervishes Convicted To More Than 1,000 Years In Prison

More than 200 Gonabadi dervishes have been sentenced to more than 1000 years of prison time, the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports.

1979 hostage crisis: Iran’s long history of antagonism

1979 hostage crisis: Iran’s long history of antagonism

1979 hostage crisis: Iran’s long history of antagonism

When a group of Iranian students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran 39 years ago this Sunday, taking more than 60 Americans hostage, it marked the start of a long and precipitous decline in relations between then two countries.

Iran: Hundreds arrested in vicious crackdown on Ahwazi Arabs

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Iran: Hundreds arrested in vicious crackdown on Ahwazi Arabs

crackdown on Ahwazi Arabs

The Iranian authorities have waged a sweeping crackdown against the Ahwazi Arab ethnic minority, arresting hundreds of people in Khuzestan province, southern Iran, in recent weeks, said Amnesty International.

Iran’s FM claims Israeli intelligence sabotaging nuclear deal

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Iran’s FM claims Israeli intelligence sabotaging nuclear deal

Israeli intelligence sabotaging nuclear deal

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday accused Israel and its Mossad intelligence agency of sabotaging the nuclear deal Tehran reached with world powers in 2015.

Iran Relies on Foreign Militias and Young Shia Muslims to Fight Its War in Syria

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Iran Relies on Foreign Militias and Young Shia Muslims to Fight Its War in Syria

Young Shia Muslims to Fight Its War in Syria

In recent weeks, the Trump administration has doubled down on its stance against Iran’s destabilizing role in the Middle East. National Security Advisor John Bolton recently told reporters that the United States will remain in Syria as long as Iran does—to include its proxies and militias—marking a major shift in U.S. policy in Syria.

Bags of Cash and a Bomb Plot: Inside a Covert Iranian Operation in Europe

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Bags of Cash and a Bomb Plot: Inside a Covert Iranian Operation in Europe

Covert Iranian Operation in Europe

On a sunny day in late June, an Iranian émigré named Amir Saadouni met on the terrace of a Luxembourg cafe with an Iranian intelligence agent known to him only as Daniel, who for years had paid him to spy on a France-based group that opposes the regime in Tehran.

Shocking moment morality police RUN OVER ‘a female student protesting compulsory hijab laws’ in Iran

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Shocking moment morality police RUN OVER ‘a female student protesting compulsory hijab laws’ in Iran

female student protesting compulsory hijab laws’ in Iran

This is the moment Iranian police drove a van into a woman protesting against being forced to wear a hijab at university.

Denmark accuses Iran of political ‘assassination plot’ on its soil

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Denmark accuses Iran of political ‘assassination plot’ on its soil

Denmark accuses Iran of political ‘assassination plot’ on its soil

Danish authorities have accused the Iranian agents of attempting to carry out a plot to assassinate an Iranian-Arab opposition figure on Danish soil.

Calls for expelling Iran’s intelligence operates in EU parliament

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Calls for expelling Iran’s intelligence operates in EU parliament

Iran’s intelligence operates in EU parliament

The Iranian regime’s intelligence operatives have been used to implement its terrorist activities, including monitoring the leadership and members of the Iranian resistance. Part of those efforts include assassinations and attempts to disrupt gatherings of resistance members.

With Iran under pressure, Foreign Minister tells CBS News U.S. sanctions “hurt,” but won’t work

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With Iran under pressure, Foreign Minister tells CBS News U.S. sanctions “hurt,” but won’t work

Iran under pressure, Foreign Minister tells CBS News U.S. sanctions “hurt,” but won’t work

In the Iranian capital, a pious crowd assembled on cue for Friday prayers. From the pulpit there was spiritual guidance, mixed with the usual anti-American rhetoric. All Iranians — be they religious or not — are worried right now about punishing American sanctions due to kick in on November 4. The measures, imposed by President Trump as he pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal, are aimed at preventing Iran from selling its oil around the world.