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Yen near two-week high as investors reduce risk on Iran concern

Bloomberg: The yen traded near the highest in two weeks against the dollar on speculation tensions with Iran will increase, prompting investors to sell...

Text of Blair’s remarks on capture of British sailors by Iran

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 29 – British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned Iran on Wednesday that London was going to ratchet up the pressure...

Britain freezing talks with Iran

AP: Britain said it was freezing talks on all other issues with Iran until it freed 15 Royal Navy crew members seized last week,...

U.S. says not escalating tension with Iran

Reuters: The United States insisted on Wednesday it was not escalating tensions with Iran by holding naval exercises in the Gulf and backed British...

Oil rises more than $1 on Iran concerns

Reuters: Oil rose more than $1 on Wednesday as escalating tensions between the West and Iran stoked crude supply concerns from the world's No...

Bush, Putin discuss tensions over Iran

AP: President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday discussed growing tensions about Iran's nuclear programs and Russia's concerns about U.S. plans for...

Iran claims detained Britons were 0.5 km in Iranian waters

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 28 - Iran claimed on Wednesday that 15 British sailors who were arrested last week on the Iran-Iraq waterway...

Text of Beckett’s remarks on Iran capture of British sailors

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 28 - The following is the text of an oral statement by British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett to the House...

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Amnesty International Calls Halting the Death Sentence of Toomaj Salehi

On Thursday, May 17, Amnesty International sent a letter to the head of the Iranian regime’s judiciary, calling for...

Around 6 Workers Die of Safety Incidents Every Day in Iran

Ali Ziaei, the head of the Crime Scene Investigation Group at the Iranian Forensics Organization, reported the deaths of...

Air Pollution Kills 26,000 People in Iran Every Year: Head of Environment Organization

Ali Salajegheh, the head of the Environmental Protection Organization admitted in a conference in Kerman on Monday, May 13...

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Parliamentary Election Rejected by 92% of Eligible Voters in Tehran

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