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As rial plunges, Congress looks at expanding Iran sanctions

Reuters: Lawmakers in the Congress are looking at ways to expand economic sanctions on Iran, measures that have helped push the country's ...

EU questions “taboo” against broad trade embargo on Iran

Reuters: The European Union has begun discussing the possibility of a broad trade embargo against Iran, moving beyond the web of energy, ...

Iran will overcome currency “conspiracy”, Khamenei ally says

Reuters: Iran will defeat an enemy "conspiracy" against its foreign currency and gold markets, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali...

Iran seen sending own supertanker to deliver oil to South Korea

Bloomberg: An Iranian supertanker is heading to South Korea with a cargo of oil, according to shipping data, as the Islamic republic uses...

US says Iran jamming VOA, other broadcasts

AP: The government-appointed body that oversees Voice of America is accusing Iran of jamming radio and television programming into the Middle East and...

Iran police on watch after currency protests

AP: Iran deployed riot police at key Tehran intersections on Thursday, after tensions flared over the nation's plunging currency in the most ...

EU poised to agree ban on Iranian gas imports

Reuters: The European Union is poised to ban imports of Iranian gas as part of a set of new measures to ratchet up...

Iranians abandon meat for bread as Rial drop fires protests

Bloomberg: Iran’s freefalling currency is turning meat into a luxury, sparking overnight price surges and spurring shoppers to stockpile goods. ...

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Bread Prices and the New Wave of Price Increases and Rationing in Iran

In recent days, the issue of bread prices has become one of the most important livelihood concerns in Iran....

Privatization: The Transfer of Wealth to Power Circles in Iran’s Regime

Privatization has been one of the most significant economic policies of Iran's regime over the past three decades. Regime...

European Union Sanctions Against Iran’s Regime and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis

In the latest development in the tense relations between Tehran and Brussels, the issue of European Union sanctions has...

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Political prisoner Soheil Arabi from Ghezel Hesar Prison: This Place Smells of Death and Execution

Soheil Arabi, a former political prisoner who was recently...

Expansion of Rent-Seeking and Corruption in Iran’s Car Industry

Car imports and the crises resulting from them have...

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