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 Growing Iran oil exports challenge U.S. nuclear sanctions

Bloomberg: Questioned in Congress yesterday about possible sanctions violations, an Obama administration official who monitors Iran’s oil exports said he’s confident that Iranian crude shipments...

Iran slashes basmati rice purchases from india

Wall Street Journal: Iran has slashed its purchases of India's basmati rice by around half over the past three months, helping push India's domestic prices...

Oil companies returning to Iran face obstacle in form of Revolutionary Guards

Wall Street Journal: Iran is hoping to lure major oil companies back to invest in its all-important energy sector, but any oil firms that return...

Iran oil exports fall in April, says IEA

Wall Street Journal: Iran's oil exports fell in March having reached a 20-month peak two months earlier, a global energy watchdog said on Thursday, potentially...

Iranian oil minister vows to keep increasing crude exports

Wall Street Journal: Iran vowed to increase its crude exports despite a cap agreed upon with the international community. Responding to a question from on whether...

China may lose out if Iran oil sanctions lifted

AFP: As Western corporations headed for the exits when sanctions took effect and international distrust over Iran's nuclear activities deepened, Summer Lee, an energetic thirty-something...

Iran oil minister rejects export limit from nuclear deal

Bloomberg: Iran will export crude oil at the maximum level possible, regardless of restrictions imposed in an interim deal that offered the country some relief...

The Iranian welfare state and its discontents

Wall Street Journal: "You need to stop the hemorrhage first and foremost before you can do anything else with the patient." So declared President Hasan...

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The Effects of Sanctions Relief and Negotiations on Iran’s Economy

Today, Iran’s economy is simultaneously suffering from chronic inflation, declining investment, the erosion of the middle class, expanding poverty,...

Ali Khamenei’s Corpse and the Spectacle of a Dictator’s Burial

The project of burying Ali Khamenei has long been a subject of discussion among the leaders of Iran's regime....

Agreement Between Iran’s Regime and the United States Highlights a New Rift Within the Ruling Establishment

Disagreements over the course of negotiations between Tehran and Washington have once again become public. While some media outlets...

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Political Prisoner Parisa Kamali Commemorates Martyrs of January Uprising In Defiant Message

Parisa Kamali, a political prisoner held in Yazd Prison,...

Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Enters 124th Week

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