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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The comments of Judiciary Deputy Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on a wide range of issues, including cases involving Babak Zanjani, who stands accused of corruption,...

Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and the European Unions foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton met on Wednesday in Vienna, seeking to close significant gaps in the nuclear talks between Tehran and the 5+1 Powers. No details were given on Wednesday nights meeting. Key issues of difference include the number ...

Conservative Iranian MP Ali Motahari has once again urged the Islamic Republic government to release Mir Hosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard, the opposition leaders who have been under house arrest since February 2011 for challenging the legitimacy of Mahmoud Ahmadinejads victory in the 2009 election. Ali Motahari stated that it is ...

[caption id="attachment_75077" align="alignright" width="179"] Hamid Baeidinejad (pic) heads Irans expert-level nuclear negotiating team.[/caption] Iran and the 5+1 Powers (US, Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia) will continue the process for a comprehensive nuclear agreement withexpert-level talks this week. Hamid Baeidinejad, the Foreign ...

225 Iranian activists issued a statement calling for the release of opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Zahra Rahnavard. Kaleme reports in a statement the activist say: Three years have passed since the illegal house arrest of the leaders of the Green Movement of Iranian people and since February 14, 2011 Mr. Karroubi, Mr. Mousavi ...

Mohammad Javad Larijani, the head of Iran's Judiciary Committee for Human Rights, says the legal files of MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the leaders of the 2009 election protests, are being processed. ISNA reports that Larijani claimed the process has been prolonged because of their good record in the Islamic Republic. MirHosein Mousavi ...

NasimA member of Irans Parliaments Presiding Board Hossein Sobhaninia stressed that there will be no change in the situation of key Players of Post 2008 election riots, saying that propaganda will never affect the decision made to keep them under home arrest. In an interview with Nasim he further slammed the resolution against Human Rights in Iran ...

Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifhas diplomatically toldthe head of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Ali Jafari, to stop criticizing the handling of nuclear negotiations. Last week,Jafari lashed outover Zarifs reported comment that two US bombs could knock out Irans defense system, saying the Foreign Minister lacked the military qualifications ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) Irans Minister of Justice has said claimed security misconduct about Mousavis daughters is media propaganda. Mehr News quoted Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi in the sidelines of Cabinet meeting speaking to the press. Asked about the special committee for easing house arrest for Mousavi, he told that President Hassan ...

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has expressed serious concern regarding the attack on the daughters of MirHosein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard, the opposition leaders under house arrest. Reports from Iran indicate that on their last visit to their detained parents, Zahra and Nargess Mousavi were assaulted and harassed by security forces. Mousavi ...