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Iran's 'morality police' return to streets

Iran's 'morality police' return to streets

Iran’s morality police return to streets after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf. Iran’s clerical …

Police station attacked in Iran's southeast province

Police station attacked in Iran's southeast province

  At least one policeman was killed as unidentified gunmen attacked a police station in Iran's southeast on Saturday, Iranian state media reported. The official news agency IRNA quoted a prosecutor in Zahedan, capital …

Two children suffocated in locked car in Iran

Two children suffocated in locked car in Iran

In Kermanshah, Iran, two children left in the heat in a locked car died, a police spokesman of the province informed. "A 3-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy, who were each other's cousins, were left alone by their parents in a …

Group planning unrest at universities arrested in Iran

Group planning unrest at universities arrested in Iran

Leaders of a group planning unrest at universities in Tehran this weekend have been arrested, Iranian authorities said. The Intelligence Ministry said the leading members of a group planning disturbances at universities in Tehran …

Internet agitators of gasoline protests detained in Hormozgan

Internet agitators of gasoline protests detained in Hormozgan

According to the head of the Hormozgan Provincial Police, Goliamreza Jafari, the Internet agitators of recent protests against rising gas prices were detained. “31 people were detained in the provinces in coordination with the …

About 2 tons of drugs seized over in Iran

About 2 tons of drugs seized over in Iran

Police seized about 2 tons of drugs in southeastern Iran in the provinces of Sistan and Baluchistan, the head of the provincial police, Mohammed Ghanbari, reported. According to him, the criminal group that is engaged in drug …

Portugal mission staff member attacked in Tehran

Portugal mission staff member attacked in Tehran

A staff member of Portugal embassy in Tehran was attacked in Iran's capital on Tuesday night, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, adding that the armed attack was due to personal hostility. …

Ten students dead in bus crash in Tehran

Ten students dead in bus crash in Tehran

Ten people have been killed in a bus accident at one of Tehran´s largest universities. The bus was carrying 30 students along a mountainous road within the science research campus of Islamic Azad University in northwestern Tehran …

Iranian police arrest 10 suspects in Chabahar bomb attack

Iranian police arrest 10 suspects in Chabahar bomb attack

Iranian police have detained ten people suspected of links to a suicide car bomb attack in the port city of Chabahar, police chief Hossein Ashtari said. "Good clues have been obtained and hopefully with the …

Suspects arrested in Iran over Ahvaz attack

Suspects arrested in Iran over Ahvaz attack

A large network of suspects have been arrested in connection with Saturday’s attack on a military parade in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, Iran's intelligence minister Mahmoud Alavi said on the sideline of the funeral of …

More than 20 killed in Iran's Isfahan road accident

More than 20 killed in Iran's Isfahan road accident

At least 21 people were killed in a collision between a passenger bus and a trailer carrying flammable materials in the central Iranian province of Isfahan. The passenger bus was heading from Tehran to Kerman city in the southern part …