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After killing at a bazaar, Iran declares 2 days off

New York Times: The Iranian government declared a sudden, two-day national holiday on Sunday and Monday, after a long-simmering dispute between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

Iran’s Grand Bazaar on strike in tax showdown

Reuters: With shops that sell everything from herbs and spices to carpets and gems now firmly closed, Tehran's Grand Bazaar is on strike with...

Tehran Bazaar remains closed

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jul. 12 - The Tehran Bazaar remained closed on Sunday. The strike, which began last week against proposed tax hikes, will...

Iran Guards profiting from sanctions: Karroubi

AFP: Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has said Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards back sanctions against Tehran as they make "astronomical profits" from the punitive measures,...

IRAN: Merchants continue to protest government’s proposed tax hike

Los Angeles Times: All eyes in Iran are on the bazaar, the nation's traditional marketplaces, where tensions have peaked over a proposed tax hike...

Iran cuts crude oil stored in tankers 40% since April

Bloomberg: Iran, the second-largest oil producer in the Middle East, released six supertankers from its fleet of vessels storing crude oil, a 40 percent...

Ahmadinejad under fire from parliament speaker

AFP: Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has come under fire from parliament speaker Ali Larijani, a fellow conservative who stood against him when he...

Protests simmer among Iran’s powerful merchants

AP: Tehran's powerful merchants don't need street protests to make their anger known — the sound of shops being locked up and metal grates...

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U.S.–Iranian Regime Talks in Uncertainty

On the second day of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran's regime, with continued transit restrictions in...

The Execution Machine of Iran’s Regime Runs Without Pause

Less than three weeks after the start of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, a wave of executions of...

Political Prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared Released from Prison After 17 Years

Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner, was released after serving 17 years in prison, even though under the Iranian...

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Widespread Explosions in Mahshahr and Damage to the Bushehr Power Plant

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