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Power struggle rages in Iran

August 23, 2011 By Jane Green

With less than two years to go before the next presidential election in Iran a power struggle to determine its outcome is in full swing.

19 political prisoners on hunger strike in Iran

June 29, 2011 By Special to People’s World

The Committee for the Defense of the Iranian People's Rights is asking for solidarity with prominent political prisoners on hunger strike in Iran.

Iran: Turmoil at the top

June 17, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

There is a struggle between Ahmadinejad and the clerics around Khamenei, but, while it may play out in arguments over obscure religious issues, the fight is over political and economic power.

Political prisoner dies in Iran jail

June 17, 2011 By Jamshid Ahmadi

Another victim of the Iranian regime's brutal repression, hunger striking political prisoner Hoda Saber, has died in jail.

Iranians release bus drivers union leader

June 10, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The leader of the independent bus drivers union in Tehran, Iran, was released on bond from Iranian prisons.