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An Iranian woman has pleaded guilty to teaching English to members of a terror group that wants to overthrow Tehran 's despotic government.
Amnesty International condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces today that saw scores of protesters beaten and detained during student-led demonstrations
Amnesty International has condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces that saw scores of protesters beaten and detained during student-led demonstrations.
Tehran - Protests were held again Monday in Tehran against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and are still ongoing in several universities in the capital, witnesses said. Police fired tear gas against protestors near Tehran University, trying to ...
Police fired tear gas on Monday at Iranian protesters gathered in central Tehran chanting slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, witnesses said, as the nation marked Students Day.
TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Amnesty International Monday condemned excessive force by Iranian security forces during rallies in which protesters reportedly were beaten and detained.
Iran accused world powers on Wednesday of trying to spy on the country with a newly built U.N. seismic monitoring station near its border to detect tremors from nuclear explosions.
Thousands gathered at universities around the country, in the first major anti-government protests in weeks.
Witnesses say hundreds of police used batons and tear gas to disperse demonstrators gathered in the streets of central Tehran. Thousands of Iranian students have turned out for protests against the government. Iranian security forces tried to block access to the rallies, but clashes with noisy protesters erupted at several sites.
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Dozens of people on motorcycles surrounded the office of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi Tuesday and prevented him from stepping out, a source close to him and his website reported.
Iranian security forces fired warning shots in Tehran on Monday and beat opposition protesters among thousands seeking to renew their challenge to the government six months after a disputed election, witnesses said.
Reports from Iran say protesters have clashed with supporters of the regime on university campuses for a second straight day. RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports that the protests started at a Tehran engineering school, where members of the hard-line Basij militia attacked students with tear gas.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is driving worried Gulf countries into US arms with his threats to expand Tehran's suspect nuclear program, the top American general in the region said Sunday.
Iranian police have fired tear gas and used batons to disperse opposition protesters chanting antigovernment slogans in central Tehran, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. Critics of the country's disputed presidential election had vowed to use today's commemoration of Students Day, when officials traditionally stage anti-Western public displays, to show that Iran's reform movement is still strong.
Tehran - The reformist Tehran daily, Hayat'e No (New Life), closed down on Monday, Fars news agency reported. The Iranian press watchdog banned the daily for working outside the regulations of press law, Fars said without giving further details. ...
