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Ahmadinejad loses fight over oil portfolio: parliament

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plan to merge the strategic oil ministry into an enlarged energy portfolio has been "cancelled," the official parliamentary website...

Saudi suggests ‘squeezing’ Iran over nuclear ambitions

Wall Street Journal: A leading member of Saudi Arabia's royal family warned that Riyadh could seek to supplant Iran's oil exports if the country...

EU agrees to extend Syria curbs to include Iranians

Reuters: EU states reached a political agreement on Wednesday to extend sanctions against Syria to four military-linked entities and seven individuals, including three Iranians,...

Iran seeks closer ties with Cuba

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 22 - Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a telephone conversation with Cuban President Raul Castro expressed Tehran’s enthusiasm...

Larijani urges foreign troops to leave Afghanistan

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 21 - Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani on Monday demanded that all international forces leave Afghanistan. ...

Beirut ready to implement Iran-Lebanon agreements

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 21 - Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has declared his new government is ready to implement agreements which had...

Iran sets new hearing date for US hikers: lawyer

AFP: Iran has set a date of July 31 for the next hearing in the trial of two American hikers who have been held...

Ahmadinejad’s inner circle under pressure

Washington Post: A growing confrontation between Iran’s clerical rulers and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is spilling over to unusually direct criticism of the president’s inner circle...

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The United States and Arab Allies Sanction Five Entities and 16 Hezbollah Officials

The United States and the member states of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) have imposed a new round...

Drug Crisis: Chemotherapy Costs in Iran Have Increased Tenfold

A new wave of drug price increases in Iran has catastrophically raised the cost of medical treatment. In one...

Iran’s Negative Economic Growth: From Statistical Manipulation to the Collapse of Investment

When the gap between official figures and reality becomes too wide, the economic crisis is no longer confined to...

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The latest Global Torture Index identifies Iran as one...

The United States and Arab Allies Sanction Five Entities and 16 Hezbollah Officials

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