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Cannes cartoon of life under ayatollahs infuriates Iran

AFP: A biting animation about a young girl's life under Iran's ayatollahs screened at Cannes Tuesday despite protests from Tehran of Western bias. ...

Iran slashes interest rates amid rising inflation

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday slashed interest rates in defiance of double-digit inflation that is expected to rise further this year. ...

Pulitzer winner honored 27 years later

AP: An Iranian photographer who was anonymously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for capturing a chilling image of men before a firing squad...

Iran grants Belarus oil reserve access

AP: Iran granted Belarus greater access to oil reserves as the leaders of the countries, both at odds with the United States, met Monday...

Iran, U.S.-allied Arabs relations heat up

AP: Iran and its U.S.-allied Arab neighbors have long had testy relations. Now the talk is getting tougher as they compete for power in...

Oil-rich Iran hikes petrol prices by 25 percent

AFP: Oil-rich Iran on Tuesday increased the price of petrol by 25 percent despite announcements by the government only the day before that prices...

Iran charges Iranian-American academic

AP: Iran on Monday charged a detained Iranian-American academic with seeking to topple the ruling Islamic establishment, state-run television reported. Associated PressTEHRAN,...

Iran protests ‘Persepolis’ screening

AP: Iran protested the Cannes Film Festival screening of "Persepolis," an animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Iran after...

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Iranian Regime Parliament Speaker: No Access Will Be Granted to Bombed Sites

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian regime's Majlis (parliament) and head of the Iranian regime's negotiating team,...

Tanker Trackers: Vessel Grounded in the Strait of Hormuz Belongs to Iran’s Oil Smuggling Network

Maritime monitoring firm TankerTrackers responded to Iranian regime media claims that a vessel had "run aground" after sailing outside...

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...

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Escalating Iran-US Conflict Cuts Strait of Hormuz Traffic, Lifts Oil Prices

Oil Prices Rise and Ship Traffic Through the Strait...

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

The United States and the member states of the...

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