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Syria’s al-Assad to visit Iran next week

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 - Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad will visit Tehran on August 9 to hold talks with senior Iranian officials....

StatoilHydro to halt investments in Iran -FT

Reuters: Norwegian oil and gas group StatoilHydro will not invest in the planned development of the Azar oil field in Iran, Financial Times reported...

Iran-South Africa trade may reach $10b – minister

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 - Iran’s acting Economy Minister said on Thursday that trade between Iran and South Africa could reach an...

Thailand to sell stockpiled govt rice to Nigeria, Iran

Reuters: Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, is in talks to sell at least 850,000 tonnes of rice to Iran and Nigeria after government...

With Palestinian talks going nowhere, Iran jumps to top of in-tray for new PM

Guardian: Ehud Olmert's announcement that he will step down from his party's leadership may be hardly surprising given the problems generated by corruption allegations...

Background on man vying to become Iran’s new Interior Minister

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 30 - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday presented to the country’s Majlis (parliament) his nominations for the...

Iranian president: ‘Big powers’ going down

AP: Iran's president on Tuesday blamed the U.S. and other "big powers" for nuclear proliferation, AIDS and other global ills, and accused them of...

Medvedev names Iran pointman as U.S. ambassador

Reuters: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Sergei Kislyak, a deputy Foreign Minister who represents Moscow in nuclear talks with Iran, as Russia's new...

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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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Political Prisoner Yahgoub Derakhshan Sentenced to Death for a Second Time

Yahgoub Derakhshan, a political prisoner and supporter of the...

Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

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