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Iranian subsidy cuts to hurt Afghan refugees – UNHCR

Reuters: Iran's plans to slash subsidies on electricity, water and food will pinch Afghan refugees who are already struggling to make ends meet, the...

Iran awards Pars gas phases to Revolutionary Guards: report

AFP: Iran has awarded a business unit of the elite Revolutionary Guards the rights to develop phases 13 and 14 of the giant South...

Pakistan, Iran sign major gas pipeline agreement

AFP: Pakistan and Iran on Friday signed a "sovereign guarantee" agreement paving the way for the completion of a 7.5-billion-dollar gas pipeline project within...

ANALYSIS-Iran’s Ahmadinejad takes gamble on subsidy cuts

Reuters: A ragged and torn one-thousand Iranian rial note is worth around $0.10 and can buy you a couple of bus rides across Tehran,...

Iran aims to become gasoline exporter – official

Reuters: Iran seeks to become self-sufficient in gasoline in two years' time and then to start exporting the fuel, an official said on Sunday,...

Shell trims exposure to Iran crude – sources

Reuters: Royal Dutch Shell and other oil companies are taking less Iranian crude because of poor economics and the difficulty of making ...

Oil trade with Iran thrives, discreetly

Wall Street Journal: An oil tanker named Front Page, chartered by Royal Dutch Shell PLC, left this port on March 17 and reported...

Money well spent?

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 15 – Iran Focus has carried out an investigation into Iran's annual budget and has learnt that huge sums of...

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Iran’s Gold Merchants on Strike in Several Cities

Reports and images circulated on social media indicate the expansion of protests and strikes by gold sellers in several...

Intense Rainfall and Floods Damage Dozens of Cities Across Iran

Heavy rainfall has again led to flooding in dozens of cities across Iran, damaging residential homes and agricultural lands....

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...

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Growing Calls for the Terrorist Designation of the IRGC

On Monday, April 29, the Iranian regime’s Foreign Ministry...

Resignation, Job Change, and Nurse Exodus in Iran

The state-run Hame-Mihan newspaper has addressed the problems of...

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Coalition nets 4 “terrorists” smuggling EFPs from Iran to Iraq

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 - Coalition Forces captured...

U.S. says nuclear double-standard on Iran justified

Reuters: The United States acknowledged on Monday it was...