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Top News Stories from the Past 24 Hours:

  • Prison Leave For Iranian Reformist Politician Mostafa Tajzadeh - Mostafa Tajzadeh, member of the reformist organization Islamic Iran Participation Front was released last night from Tehran's Evin prison. ILNA reports that Tajzadeh was temporarily released until the end of Nowruz holidays. Houshang Babayi told ILNA that his client was released without bail. -Zamaneh


  • Shell Ends Gas Sales to Iran - Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell says it is no longer selling gasoline to Iran, the latest in a growing number of oil firms to halt supplies to the Islamic Republic. The Netherlands-based oil company announced the move Wednesday. -VOA


  • Prague's One World Festival Puts Focus On Iran - The poster advertising the opening of Europe's largest human rights film festival shows a 20-something brunette in leather pants ready to lasso, cowgirl-style, the attention of potential attendees. She's also wearing a green jacket. It's a good fit for the festival's opening film, "Green Days," by 21-year-old Iranian filmmaker Hana Makhmalbaf. -Kristin Deasy, RFE


  • Play: Spring of Freedom, Summer of Fear - March 25-28 in Minneapolis, MN: This haunting new play by Twin Cities playwright Ali G. Ravi brings the hopes, chaos, and betrayals of the 1979 Iranian Revolution into one family's living room. On a warm summer night in Tehran, shortly after the advent of the Islamic Republic, a young boy's family is confronted by the harsh realities of a changed Iran while the followers of the new regime question their loyalties.


  • Iran Supreme Leader may approve changes to election policies - Ayatollah Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic announced that he will approve the changes in "general policies of the elections" which is under discussion in the Expediency Council, provided that he believes in their necessity. -Zamaneh


  • Interview: UN Envoy On Torture Says Concerned About Iran - In the wake of the UN Human Rights Council's recent session on Iran, RFE/RL's Radio Farda correspondent Javad Kouroshy asked Manfred Nowak, the UN's special rapporteur on torture, about his attempts to visit Tehran and his efforts to make governments around the world take better care of their detainees.


  • New Mexico - ICSNM Persian New Year Party, NoRuz - Saturday March 20, 2010: Please join Iranian Cultural Society of New Mexico in celebration of the Iranian New Year (NoRuz 1389) for an after dinner party with Persian sweets, music and dance.


  • Caspian states reach consensus on over 70% of sea's legal regime - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast stated on Wednesday that the five Caspian Sea states have reached a consensus on over 70 percent of the Caspian Sea legal regime.


  • Southern California - Persian Cultural Festival, 13 Badar - Sunday April 4, 2010 at Beilenson Park (Lake Balboa): Sizdah bedar is the Persian Festival of "Joy and Solidarity" celebrated on the 13th day of the Persian New Year. This year, this event may gather over 100,000 attendants.


  • London - Norouz at Hampstead Town Hall - Friday March 19, 2010: Nima Leon - Lead Vocals and Guitars; Babak Saeedi - Keyboard and Guitars; Saeed - Lead Vocals; Malik Tebrizli - Percussions