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AP: Despite unprecedented global penalties, Iran's nuclear program is advancing. The United States and other Western nations fear the Islamic republic is...

Iran says will hit Hormuz, US bases, Israel if attacked

AFP: The head of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards on Sunday warned of retaliation against the Gulf's strategic Strait of Hormuz, US bases ...

Iran admits its elite forces operating in Syria

AFP: Syrian troops on Sunday fought rebel fighters in the country's two main cities Damascus and Aleppo, as Iran acknowledged for the first...

Iran announces drone that flies 24 hours

UPI: Iran's military announced in Tehran Sunday it has reached its goal of developing a drone aircraft that can fly for 24 hours...

Netanyahu: Containment policy for Iran won’t work

AP: Israel's prime minister says a policy of containment for Iran will not work because Tehran is guided by a "leadership of fanaticism."...

S. Korea halts crude imports from Iran after insurance lost

Bloomberg: South Korea stopped buying crude oil from Iran in August after its refiners lost insurance coverage on ships carrying the fuel from...

US extends sanctions waivers for Japan, Europeans

AP: The Obama administration has exempted Japan and 10 European countries from U.S. economic sanctions because they have reduced significantly their purchases...

Iran: Hezbollah will defend us “easily” against Israeli attack

Reuters: An aide to Iran's supreme leader said Israel's military threats had "put Israeli citizens one step away from the cemetery" and ...

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

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued...

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

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

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