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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani appears to rule out candidacy for Iranian election

The Guardian: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the embattled former president of Iran, has finally spoken openly about the rift between him and the country's...

China’s ZTE says it basically dropped Iran business

Reuters: ZTE Corp, China's second-largest telecoms equipment maker, has essentially stopped doing business in Iran after a U.S. investigation into alleged sales...

Kerry blames Iran for attack on Iraq camp

AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry blamed the Iranian government for a deadly attack on an opposition camp in Iraq, and voiced...

Sanctions cause problems, do not halt progress: Ahmadinejad

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that international sanctions imposed over his country's nuclear drive had caused "problems", but insisted they...

OPEC may cut supply to hold budgets at $99 Oil: Apicorp

Bloomberg: OPEC will probably cut output if Brent prices keep trading below $100 a barrel because that’s less than what many member countries...

Iran condemns the Boston bombing, with a caveat

Washington Post: Iran’s foreign ministry has issued a statement condemning the attack at the Boston marathon and expressing sympathy for the victims. ...

Iran readies for this week’s oil exhibition

UPI: An oil exhibition in Iran is a chance to show that sanctions do little to displace the country as a world leader,...

US ready to help quake-hit Iran, Pakistan

AFP: The United States on Tuesday offered assistance to Iran and Pakistan after a massive earthquake near their border, despite Washington's tense...

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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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Widespread Student Protests Across the Country; Opposition to Educational Policies

Student protests against the educational policies of the Iranian...

Regime Insiders Admit That Majority of Iranians Are Dissatisfied

Hossein Marashi, secretary-general of the Executives of Construction Party,...

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