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Film cancelled after Iranian request

Ottawa Citizen: Threatening e-mails and phone calls resulted in the cancellation Tuesday evening of a film that exposes Iran's efforts to build nuclear weapons...

Switzerland tightens sanctions on Iran

DPA: Switzerland moved Wednesday to toughen its sanctions on Iran, with new bans to affect exports of technology and so-called dual-use instruments, including items...

Afghan journalist hospitalized after acid attack

RFE/RL: Afghan journalist and author Abdul Razaq Mamoon is being treated in a Kabul hospital after a masked man sprayed acid on his face...

Iranian minister visits Senegal after weapons row

AFP: Iran's foreign minister arrived in Senegal Tuesday, officials said, amid a diplomatic storm between the one-time allies over a huge cache of weapons...

Iran bans production of Valentine’s Day gifts

Reuters: Iran has banned the production of Valentine's Day gifts and any promotion of the day celebrating romantic love to combat what it sees...

Afghan businessmen halt business with Iran to protest fuel blockade

AP: Afghan businessmen have vowed to stop doing business with neighbouring Iran until it stops blocking thousands of fuel trucks from crossing into Afghanistan....

Iran to develop all of South Pars gas field by 2015, Shana says

Bloomberg: Iran plans to complete the development of its South Pars gas field by March 2015, the oil ministry’s news website Shana reported, citing...

Ahmadinejad, Medvedev agree to boost ties: report

AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed to boost ties between their countries, in a a telephone conversation, state media...

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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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Bread Prices Rise Again in Tehran; Fresh Pressure on Household Budgets

With the implementation of new bread prices in Tehran...

Drug Crisis: Chemotherapy Costs in Iran Have Increased Tenfold

A new wave of drug price increases in Iran...

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