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Senators mull tougher Iran sanctions

AP: Lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented Iran sanctions that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business ...

US sanctions Iran over Internet, media censorship

AFP: Washington unveiled sanctions Thursday against top Iranians and national bodies, including the communications minister and the culture ministry, hitting back for...

Iranian jets fired on US drone in Gulf: Pentagon

AFP: Two Iranian fighter jets fired on an unarmed US Predator drone in the Gulf last week but the aircraft was not hit,...

Iran ex-president son accused of spying: Fars

AFP: The jailed son of Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been accused of spying, the Fars news agency reported on ...

Iran bans ‘luxury’ imports as sanctions bite

AP: Iran's sanctions-fighting "resistance economy" suddenly got a lot leaner, less flashy and perhaps a bit more uncomfortable. The Associated...

Iran to hold air defense drill in country’s east

AP: Iran's official news agency says the country's military will hold "massive" air defense maneuvers in the east, starting this weekend. ...

Ahmadinejad slams big-spending US polls after Obama win

AFP: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Thursday dismissed US elections as a "battleground for the capitalists", a day after Barack Obama's re-election. ...

Iran to China threaten Obama’s second-term promises

Bloomberg: After a presidential campaign waged on the domestic terrain of jobs and economic growth, President Barack Obama is confronted by a volatile...

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Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign Enters Its 128th Week

On Tuesday, July 7, the "No To Executions Tuesdays campaign" continued. The campaign, which was launched to end all...

Oil Tanker Attacked Near the Strait of Hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a British maritime security monitoring organization, reported that an oil tanker sailing...

Arrested Iranian Protesters in Critical Conditions, Human Rights Bodies Warn

Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based human rights organization, on Monday, July 6, expressed concern over the growing wave...

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

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

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