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Iran: Ahwazi militants blow up pipelines
Ahwazi Arab militants claimed responsibility for two pipeline blasts in Iran's Khuzestan province, amid growing unrest over the ecological impacts of oil exploitation.
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Iran: mass mobilization for human rights
Thousands from various Iranian cities took part in a protest against the clerical regime's policies at Pasargade, site of the tomb of Cyrus the Great, outside Shiraz.
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Iran: outrage over mass execution
International outrage over the mounting wave of executions in Iran reached another milestone when 12 drug convicts were hanged at Karaj Central Prison outside Tehran.
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Iran: Ahwazi farmers protest land-grab
Ahwazi Arab farmers in Iran's Khuzestan province protested outside the state sugar refinery to oppose the company's confiscation of 1,000 hectares of agricultural land.
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Syrian and Iranian socialists oppose dictatorships
A newly formed Alliance of Syrian and Iranian Socialists issues a call for civil struggle against the ayatollahs, regional strongmen like Assad and Erdogan, and the jihadists alike.
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Global executions surge —yet again
Amnesty International's annual report on the death penalty again notes an alarming surge in the number of executions worldwide—now reaching the highest total since 1989.
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Iran missile tests: what really happened?
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claim to have test-fired several ballistic missiles, threatening the nuclear deal that just took effect earlier this year.
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Iran: new sanctions as nuclear deal implemented
Sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program were formally lifted as the EU approved its compliance—but Obama imposed new sanctions related to the missile program.
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Iran, Saudi Arabia wage execution war
Violent protests in Iran against Saudi Arabia's execution of a dissident Shi'ite cleric come as the Islamic Republic is itself preparing a mass execution of Sunni political prisoners.
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Ahwazi Arabs charge Iran with ‘ethnocide’
The Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, seeking autonomy for Iran's Arab minority, met in Copenhagen, drawing support from Syrian rebel leaders.
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US embraces Iran as (ironic) ‘peace’ partner in Syria
Iran is invited to the US-backed Vienna "peace" talks on the Syria war—seeming to confirm suspicions that cooperation against ISIS was the real motive behind the nuclear deal.
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Iran mobilizes more troops to Syria
The Iranian military presence in Syria has rapidly escalated in recent days, with hundreds of fresh troops reported to be arriving at an airport in strategic Latakia governorate.