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S.Korea to suspend Iranian bank as part of sanctions

AFP: South Korea will suspend the operations of an Iranian bank for two months, financial regulators said Thursday, as part of international sanctions over...

Iran vows crackdown if merchants strike over cuts in subsidies

Bloomberg: Iran’s government vowed a crackdown against merchants in the nation’s bazaars, an economic force whose 1979 shutdowns helped to topple the monarchy, if...

U.A.E. cuts off ties to Iran banks

Wall Street Journal: Banks in the United Arab Emirates have curtailed financial dealings with a handful of Iranian banks blacklisted by the U.S. Treasury,...

Iran gasoline capacity to keep growing -report

Reuters: Iran is expanding one of its main refineries as part of a drive to rapidly increase gasoline production capacity, a refinery official said,...

After currency crash, more worries for Iranian economy

Washington Post: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government, already faced with growing opposition from competing political forces within Iran, is confronting new pressure brought on by...

Rial rebounds against dollar in sanctions-hit Iran

AFP: Iran's rial rebounded against the dollar on Tuesday as banks in the Islamic republic offloaded the greenback to curb the local currency's recent...

Iran’s rial stays fragile despite central bank move

Reuters: Iran's currency, the rial, defied central bank attempts to revive its value on Sunday, remaining weak after falling 13 percent against the dollar...

Statoil eyes exit from Iran by 2012 or earlier

Reuters: Norwegian energy group Statoil said on Friday it would conclude work in Iran by 2012 at the latest and is now only providing...

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Iran Begins Spring with Shock in Food Prices

Figures in the most recent report by the Iranian regime’s Statistical Center on Inflation in March 2024 show that...

US Slaps New Sanctions on Iran’s Drone Program

On Thursday, April 25, the United States imposed new sanctions on the regimes of Iran and Russia. According to a...

Iran’s Regime Sentences Singer Toomaj Salehi to Death

Amir Reisian, Toomaj Salehi’s lawyer, says the so-called “Revolutionary Court” in an "unprecedented" move has sentenced this dissident singer...

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Iran Begins Spring with Shock in Food Prices

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Iran berates UN nuke chief

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 15 – Iranian officials...