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Iran president’s jobless figures are misleading, Shargh reports

Bloomberg: Unemployment statistics presented by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are deceitful, according to Ahmad Tavakoli, an economist and head of the parliament’s research center,...

Iran starts first underground gas storage facility, PressTV says

Bloomberg: Iran started its first underground natural-gas storage facility with an annual capacity for 3.3 billion cubic meters of gas, Press TV reported yesterday....

Iran, Chile discuss promotion of economic ties

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 14 - A delegation from Iran’s Majlis (Parliament) travelled to Santiago this week to discuss the potential for closer economic...

Iran pipes joint oilfield with Oman to Bandar Abbas refinery

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 14 - The managing director for Bandar Abbas oil refinery Mohammad Ali Mojtahedzadeh has announced that the Hengam joint oilfield...

U.S. recognizes India’s need for Iranian oil: official

Reuters: The United States recognizes that India will keep buying oil from Iran but is not actively suggesting ways to pay for it without...

Iran’s parliament signs off on $508 billion budget based on oil price at $81.5 a barrel

AP: Iran’s parliament has signed off on a $508 billion budget bill that is about 40 percent bigger than that approved the previous calendar...

Iran’s unemployed rise by 1.6 million each year, Shargh reports

Bloomberg: Iran’s unemployed population increases by about 1.6 million each year, Shargh reported, citing parliamentary member Jalal Mahmoudzadeh. Bloomberg By Ladane...

Iran bases budget on oil around $81.50 per barrel

Reuters: Iran is basing the oil price for its 2011/12 budget at around $81.50 per barrel and expects the price of oil to pick...

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Iran is the Second Largest Prison for Writers in the World

The 2023 Freedom to Write Index, released by PEN America, shows that Iran continues to be the world’s second-largest...

Iranian Proxies Still Planning Attacks on US Forces

On Thursday, May 2, Avril Haines, the director of the U.S. National Intelligence Agency, told a Senate Armed Services...

Growing Calls for the Terrorist Designation of the IRGC

On Monday, April 29, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanani, in a weekly press briefing, claimed that...

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