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Iranian pleads guilty to illegal export of industrial parts

Bloomberg: Saeed Talebi, an Iranian national, pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to illegally export from the U.S. to Iran...

Iranian president’s press adviser jailed

AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top press adviser was taken into custody to begin serving a six-month jail sentence after being convicted...

Giuliani to protesters near UN: Obama administration ‘betrayed’ people of Iran

CBS News: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told thousands of protesters near the United Nations that the Obama administration has “betrayed”...

EU considers sanctions against Iranian banks, energy sector

Reuters: European governments are considering a new round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme that could be implemented in October...

France says Iranian interference in Syria ‘unacceptable’

AFP: French President Francois Hollande declared on Tuesday that Iran's material support of Bashar al-Assad's regime amounted to an unacceptable interference in...

EU mulls ‘full’ financial freeze, shipping ban on Iran

AFP: EU nations are discussing a British sanctions proposal against Iran that notably calls for a ban on shipping and "full" freeze on...

Iran blocks Google search, email

UPI: Iran, which already has a firewall blocking many Western websites, says it's restricting access to Google's email service and search engine....

Iran’s economy sags under sanctions

AFP: Iran's oil-dependent economy was showing the strain of punishing Western sanctions on Tuesday, on the eve of a speech by President ...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

Following widespread and repeated internet shutdowns in Iran ordered...

Expansion of Rent-Seeking and Corruption in Iran’s Car Industry

Car imports and the crises resulting from them have...

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