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Text of remarks by U.S. Treasury official on Iran bank sanctions

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 10 - The following is the full text of remarks on Tuesday by Stuart Levey, the Under Secretary for Terrorism...

U.S. Treasury imposes sanctions on Iran’s Bank Sepah

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 09 – The United States Department of the Treasury blacklisted on Tuesday Iran's Bank Sepah for providing support and services...

Top military commander: Iran can harm U.S. energy security

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 09 – A senior commander of Iran's paramilitary Bassij force threatened that Iran could impose a blockade of the...

Iran recruiting female spies in Iraq – report

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 09 – Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is involved in an extensive campaign to recruit Iraqi female spies with...

Iran’s Supreme Leader tells Arab nations to rebuff U.S.

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 08 – The United States has been defeated in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and even in the minds of...

Iran’s Supreme Leader rejects UN decree on nukes

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 08 – Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Monday to defy a resolution by the United Nations...

Jordanian lawmakers call for cut in ties with Iran, Israel

Iran Focus: Amman, Jan. 07 – At least 28 Jordanian lawmakers have signed a petition calling on the government to cut ties with Iran...

Iran man flogged in public for making home-made porn film

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 07 - A man was flogged in public in the town of Behshahr, northern Iran, for producing home-made pornographic...

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