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EU lawmakers seek to extend Iran sanctions

AFP: European Union lawmakers sought to pressure the bloc's chief diplomat Tuesday to step up sanctions against Iran after failed talks over its disputed...

Key Obama aide on Iran sanctions steps down

Reuters: President Barack Obama's point person on cracking down on financial flows to Iran resigned on Monday, marking the loss of a key player...

Top Iranian reformist released: report

AFP: A top Iranian reformist from a banned political party who had been jailed for anti-regime propaganda was released on Monday, an opposition website...

Iran launches cyber crime unit: police

AFP: Iran on Sunday officially launched its cyber police unit to confront Internet crimes and counter social networks that spread "espionage and riots," police...

Iran FM in Syria for Lebanon talks

AFP: Iran's acting foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, arrived in Damascus on Sunday for talks with Syrian officials on the political crisis in Lebanon,...

Iran names acting foreign minister as top diplomat

AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has presented the acting foreign minister to parliament to be approved as the new top envoy for the nation....

Iran bars Tehran mayor from U.S. transport ceremony

Reuters: Iran has barred the mayor of Tehran from traveling to the United States for a ceremony honoring his city's advances in public transport,...

Top ex-officials urge Obama to delist Iran opposition group

Business Wire: In a conference in advance of the latest round of nuclear talks between the P5+1 and Iran in Istanbul, Turkey, a number...

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Death Sentence Issued for Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) announced that Arghavan Fallahi, a 25-year-old political prisoner and supporter of...

Why Is Iran’s Electricity Industry Facing a Crisis?

Despite possessing the world's second-largest natural gas reserves and one of the largest fossil fuel resources, Iran theoretically should...

Concept of Escalating Bread Prices in Chain of Economic and Political Hyper-Crises

Crises in Iran under the rule of the mullahs are interconnected like links in a chain, forming a comprehensive...

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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...

Iran’s Statistical Center: Year-on-Year Inflation Reached 88.6% in June

The Statistical Center of the Iranian regime announced that...

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