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24 Dec 2011

Iran bans opening LCs for UAE imports

The Iranian administration has decided to ban opening LCs for importing goods from the United Arab Emirates in response to illogical behaviors of the UAE under the pressure of international sanctions against Iran, a member of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) stated.
The Iranian administration has decided to ban opening LCs for importing goods from the United Arab Emirates in response...
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21 Dec 2011

The Currency Falls — What Does It Mean

The Iranian currency, the rial, has fallen almost 10% vs. the US dollar in five days. The rate now stands on the open market at 15300:1. Those numbers are only the beginning of the story. The gap between the official rate of exchange, which is just below 11000:1, and the free-market rate is now more than 40%. That in turn feeds the fall of the rial. People will line up outside banks --- Tabnak wrote this week of the degrading sight of Iranians sleeping in front of them and waiting for the doors to open --- and, if they can get the dollars, immediately re-sell them at "free" rates. Alternatively, people will buy gold coins --- some will again take advantage of gaps in rates to make a quick profit by trading them on the open market, others will store them as a hedge against the economic crisis.
The Iranian currency, the rial, has fallen almost 10% vs. the US dollar in five days. The rate now stands on the open...
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20 Dec 2011

Rome meeting analyses Iran oil embargo

Diplomats from a so-called "group of like-minded nations" met in Rome on Tuesday to discuss further sanctions against Iran, diplomatic sources said. The closed-door meeting is taking place under the auspices of the Italian foreign ministry and participants considered it a "technical meeting," an Italian diplomatic source said.
Diplomats from a so-called "group of like-minded nations" met in Rome on Tuesday to discuss further sanctions against...
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20 Dec 2011

Iran’s Currency Plunges to Record Lows

Iran's currency rial dropped to a record low on Tuesday. According to latest reports, U.S. dollar is selling for 15,050 in the open market at the foreign currency exchange offices.
Iran's currency rial dropped to a record low on Tuesday. According to latest reports, U.S. dollar is selling for 15,050...
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20 Dec 2011

Iran Has Only Six Months

While sanctions against Iran s central bank - an idea that has already reverberated through the country s economic sector - have not yet been signed by the US president, a review of the Iranian media indicates the constrains that exist in debating this issue. To clarify the meaning and consequences of sanctioning the central bank, Rooz interviewed two prominent economy specialist in Tehran, Mohammad-Reza Behzadian and Kamal Athari. Behzadian believes that while such sanctions cannot take place against Iran right now, they can within the next six months if Iraqi, Saudi and Libyan oil make up Iran's absence from the oil market. Behzadian who is associated with reformers ran in the Tehran s chamber of commerce elections with the slogan of 'change' and claims to have unlodged the body from its conservative elements such as Ali Naghi Khamushi, Mir-Mohammad Sadeghi and Asadollah Asqar-Owladi. Read on for the details.
While sanctions against Iran s central bank - an idea that has already reverberated through the country s economic...
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26 Nov 2011

Mysterious explosions pose dilemma for Iranian leaders

A massive blast at a missile base operated by Iran s Revolutionary Guard Corps nearly two weeks ago was the latest in a series of mysterious incidents involving explosions at natural gas transport facilities, oil refineries and military bases - blasts that have caused dozens of deaths and damage to key infrastructure in the past two years.
A massive blast at a missile base operated by Iran s Revolutionary Guard Corps nearly two weeks ago was the latest in a...
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23 Nov 2011

Iran Says Needs to Spend $50 Billion a Year to Keep Oil Output

Iran needs to invest as much as $50 billion a year in its oil industry to maintain its position as OPEC s second-largest crude exporter and boost natural gas production, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said. Qasemi's comments today published in the state-run Fars news agency came two days after the U.S. and its allies expanded sanctions against Iran in an effort to thwart the country's controversial nuclear program.
Iran needs to invest as much as $50 billion a year in its oil industry to maintain its position as OPEC s second-largest...
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23 Nov 2011

Jailed reporter criticizes embattled IRNA chief Â

While international human rights groups are condemning the attacks against Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the presidential press advisor and head of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), a former IRNA reporter has written a letter from prison to remind the public that not long ago, journalists like him received similar treatment from the very IRNA chief under attack today.
While international human rights groups are condemning the attacks against Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the presidential press...
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22 Nov 2011

Security Forces Raid Iran Newspaper, Beat, Pepper Spray, and Arrest Journalists

Security forces attacked Iran Newspaper, one of IRNA s major publications, to arrest Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the President s press adviser and Managing Director of IRNA News Agency. Javanfekr was sentenced to one year in prison for publishing articles and photographs considered against public morality in Khatoon, a special insert in Iran Newspaper. He held a press conference about his sentence this morning. At the end of his press conference, he was approached by representatives from the Tehran Prosecutor s Office who had come to arrest him, leading to the confrontation with the entire editorial staff. In a November 19 interview with Etemad Newspaper, Javanfekr sharply criticized Iran s Prosecutor General, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi, and former Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki.
Security forces attacked Iran Newspaper, one of IRNA s major publications, to arrest Ali Akbar Javanfekr, the President...
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22 Nov 2011

The Security Forces Cross Ahmadinejad’s Red Line

As I watched the 23-minute video of Monday's raid by Iranian security forces on the offices of the newspaper Iran, using tear gas and electric batons to seize President Ahmadinejad's senior advisor Ali Akbar Javanfekr --- while Javanfekr's staff tried to block their way and set fire to papers --- I was reminded of our response last week to the declaration, "Ahmadinejad has risen like a phoenix from the ashes": "The pendulum does not swing that far. Rocky does not throw a climactic punch. The Phoenix does not rise."
As I watched the 23-minute video of Monday's raid by Iranian security forces on the offices of the newspaper Iran, using...
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20 Nov 2011

Iran daily closed over Ahmadinejad aide interview

Iranian authorities shut down a reformist newspaper on Sunday after it published a scathing attack by an aide to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the president's rival conservatives, the latest sign of a split in the highest echelons of the Islamic Republic.
Iranian authorities shut down a reformist newspaper on Sunday after it published a scathing attack by an aide to Mahmoud...
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12 Nov 2011

The Fire Under the Ashes

Al Jazeera journalists secretly film inside Iran, interviewing the families of those slain in the protests since the 2009 Presidential election and the activists maintaining the hope for change:
Al Jazeera journalists secretly film inside Iran, interviewing the families of those slain in the protests since the...
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11 Nov 2011

Iranian reformists see free elections, not constitutional changes as way out of crisis

Even though the suggestion that Iran s supreme leader ayatollah Khamenei made two weeks ago about changing the constitution of the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system received a cold response in domestic political circles including key regime personalities such as ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a Majlis members who is close to the conservatives yesterday announced that ayatollah Khamenei had named a special group to examine the possibility of amending the constitution.
Even though the suggestion that Iran s supreme leader ayatollah Khamenei made two weeks ago about changing the...
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10 Nov 2011

Iran to women: No skiing unless with a male guardian

The first snow of the season fell in Tehran this week, but female ski bums planning to carve fresh lines at one of the three resorts in the Alborz mountain range will be able to hit the slopes only if they are accompanied by a male guardian
The first snow of the season fell in Tehran this week, but female ski bums planning to carve fresh lines at one of the...
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7 Nov 2011

Decoding Ahmadinejad: Did He Just Declare the Final Confrontation within the Establishment

Over the last 48 hours, reports have emerged of an extraordinary speech by President Ahmadinejad to a group of his backers, the Supporters of Islamic Revolution Dialogue, in Tehran. Our initial reaction was "Did he really say that?" And that as the reports built in their detail, we began to consider, "If he did say that, what does it mean for the conflict inside the Iranian system?"
Over the last 48 hours, reports have emerged of an extraordinary speech by President Ahmadinejad to a group of his...
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16 Oct 2011

Iran could scrap directly elected president leader

Iran could do away with the post of a directly elected president, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, in what might be a warning to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and possible successors not to overstep the executive's limited powers
Iran could do away with the post of a directly elected president, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday,...
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10 Oct 2011

Basij Militia Units Flex Muscles In Tehran

Concerned about the spillover of the Arab Spring into Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the guardian of the clerical regime, is making a concerted effort to prepare its forces for possible unrest in the country, particularly in Tehran.
Concerned about the spillover of the Arab Spring into Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the guardian...
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6 Oct 2011

More Strike Actions Across the Country

The month of September has witnessed growing protest actions by the Iranian workers across the country. On September 5, Zhaveh dam workers in Kurdistan went on strike in protest for nonpayment of back wages going back some six months. The workers indicated that they would continue their strike until they receive due compensation
The month of September has witnessed growing protest actions by the Iranian workers across the country. On September 5,...
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3 Oct 2011

Workers on Strike at Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex – Day 7

Seven days have passed since 1500 workers of Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex in Khuzestan Province began their strike. Free Trade Union of Iranian Workers has reported that security agents have arrested 3 workers and taken them to the Intelligence Agency located at the port city of Bandar Imam Khomeini.
Seven days have passed since 1500 workers of Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex in Khuzestan Province began their strike....
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20 Sep 2011

Gandhi’s Legacy: Civil Disobedience Takes Off In Iran

When Leon Panetta, the new United States defense secretary, declared on September 6 that it was only "a matter of time" before an Arab Spring-style revolution came to Iran, it seemed to smack of wishful thinking.
When Leon Panetta, the new United States defense secretary, declared on September 6 that it was only "a matter of time"...
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18 Sep 2011

The end of an era in Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives at the United Nations this week for what promises, once again, to be a belligerent address. Media speculation is sure to focus on his diminishing political fortunes - underscored by tensions with the judiciary over the fate of the two American hikers held since July 2009 - the shifting balances of power within the theocratic state and, as always, Iranian nuclear ambitions. Missing from this narrative is a key point: The Islamic Republic has entered its post-authoritarian stage.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives at the United Nations this week for what promises, once again, to be a...
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13 Sep 2011

Revolutionary Guards v. Press TVÂ

Press TV was the target of some harsh criticism last week, but this time surprisingly, the criticism was by a website in Iran affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards. Nedaye Enghelab (Message of the Revolution), a news website which reflects the views of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, published an article...with the headline, "$25 Million News Network with No News".
Press TV was the target of some harsh criticism last week, but this time surprisingly, the criticism was by a website in...
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27 Aug 2011

Iran warns of regional crisis if Syria falls

Syria's powerful ally Iran warned Saturday that a power vacuum in Damascus could spark an unprecedented regional crisis, as thousands of protesters insisted they will defy tanks and bullets until President Bashar Assad is toppled.
Syria's powerful ally Iran warned Saturday that a power vacuum in Damascus could spark an unprecedented regional crisis,...
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23 Aug 2011

Iran’s suicide rate soars, averaging 10 per day

Iran's suicide rate has climbed 17% in two years, with 10 Iranians on average taking their lives every day, a government official announced Wednesday. Ahmad Shaja'i, the country s chief of forensic medicine, told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) that suicides increased nearly 5% since last year, with 952 Iranians taking their lives during the first quarter of the Iranian year, which began in March, compared with 870 the same time last year. More than 70% of the suicides were men.
Iran's suicide rate has climbed 17% in two years, with 10 Iranians on average taking their lives every day, a government...
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31 Jul 2011

Workers of Tractor Manufacturing Company on Strike

The workers of Iranian Tractor Manufacturing Company whose headquarters are in Tabriz have been on strike since five days ago. During this time, all factory workshops have shut down while company and provincial officials continue to ignore workers demands and have threatened them with termination.
The workers of Iranian Tractor Manufacturing Company whose headquarters are in Tabriz have been on strike since five...
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16 Jul 2011

Top Iran cleric warns all factions to obey Supreme Leader

A top Iranian cleric warned Friday that the Islamic Republic would not tolerate disobedience towards Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani, in a Friday prayers sermon in Tehran, stated that obedience would allow the country to move ahead and anything less would not be tolerated.
A top Iranian cleric warned Friday that the Islamic Republic would not tolerate disobedience towards Iran's Supreme...
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12 Jul 2011

Emad Afrough Don’t expect People to Participate

Former Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supporter Emad Afrough has predicted that the elite will not participate in the upcoming Majlis elections thus negating the possibility of change in the next Majlis or massive public participation in the elections.
Former Mahmoud Ahmadinejad supporter Emad Afrough has predicted that the elite will not participate in the upcoming...
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5 Jul 2011

Iran’s Economy – A Political Battleground, But Could it Undo the Islamic Republic

The public purse is a political battleground in any country. But when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dubbed this Persian calendar year of economic jihad, it signaled a turn - the pain of a flailing economy now so sharp that the regime wanted to shrug it off publicly with an air of defiance.
The public purse is a political battleground in any country. But when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dubbed this Persian...
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4 Jul 2011

Ahmadinejad v. The Revolutionary Guards

Ahmadinejad had warned last month, amidst the increasing pressure on his camp with arrests of his advisors, that he could reveal information that would embarrass key officials within the Iranian establishment. Last weekend he told journalists that there was a "red line" against moves on his Cabinet and inner circle --- when State broadcaster IRIB censored the passsage, his staff posted the uncut video on the President's official website.
Ahmadinejad had warned last month, amidst the increasing pressure on his camp with arrests of his advisors, that he...
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4 Jul 2011

Voting For Ahmadinejad Was A Political Mistake

Conservative blogger and journalist Mohammad Mohajeri, who used to write for the ultra-hard-line "Kayhan" daily, seems to believe it was wrong to vote for Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. He says those who made that "mistake" should now admit it:
Conservative blogger and journalist Mohammad Mohajeri, who used to write for the ultra-hard-line "Kayhan" daily, seems...
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21 Jun 2011

Iran’s New Economic Slump

Iran's biggest economic problem is the growing production slump at its factories and workshops. For both workers and the business elite, Iran's domestic industrial troubles are far more pressing -- and generating far more public anxiety -- than international sanctions.
Iran's biggest economic problem is the growing production slump at its factories and workshops. For both workers and the...
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15 Jun 2011

Gang rapes in Iran cause fear and religious controversy

Recent reports of gang rapes in Iran are worrying women and raising questions about social values, reports Mohammad Manzarpour of the BBC Persian Service. In a religiously conservative town near the city of Isfahan, women at a private party were abducted last month and gang raped at knife point.
Recent reports of gang rapes in Iran are worrying women and raising questions about social values, reports Mohammad...
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15 Jun 2011

The world can only watch as Iran implodes from within

Two years after the disputed reelection of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Tehran streets that seethed with protest for months are quiet. But the silence belies the increasingly chaotic and rowdy struggle for control within the corridors of power - a contest in which those Iranians who risked their lives to protest two years ago have no clear favourite.
Two years after the disputed reelection of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Tehran streets that seethed...
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14 Jun 2011

Iran Spy Claims DC Connection

The man Iran claims it sent out on a secret mission to infiltrate Western intelligence agencies, penetrate the White House, and dupe Iranian opposition leaders in exile is telling his story on Iranian state television.!
The man Iran claims it sent out on a secret mission to infiltrate Western intelligence agencies, penetrate the White...
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12 Jun 2011

Bread crisis in Tehran

The price of flour has jumped 50-fold and the price of bread has increased four-fold, according to the Iranian regime s news sources.
The price of flour has jumped 50-fold and the price of bread has increased four-fold, according to the Iranian regime s...
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31 May 2011

Iran sees threat to its clout amid Arab Spring

As Arab uprisings sweep the Middle East, few images will likely unsettle Iran's leadership more than that of their flag being burned by Syrian protesters angry with the Islamic Republic's deep ties with Syria's dynastic regime
As Arab uprisings sweep the Middle East, few images will likely unsettle Iran's leadership more than that of their flag...
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30 May 2011

Iran oil output ‘may drop drastically by 2015’

Iran's oil production may fall to 2.7 million barrels per day within five years unless 150 billion dollars is invested in its energy sector, a top official said in a report on Monday.
Iran's oil production may fall to 2.7 million barrels per day within five years unless 150 billion dollars is invested...
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28 May 2011

Fearful regime uses commandos to take down satellite dishes

More signs of the regime s fear of information: Special units are continuing to dismantle satellite dishes on apartment buildings. This video, brought to us by Freedom Messenger and taken this month, shows a special operations crew on a rooftop so a commando can rappel down to destroy satellite dishes.
More signs of the regime s fear of information: Special units are continuing to dismantle satellite dishes on apartment...
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17 May 2011

Iran has been isolated by the Arab spring

Nerves are fraying in Tehran as initial glee over Arab spring upheavals turns to alarm. Iran welcomed the fall of its old enemy, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak. But the uprising now threatening its key Arab ally, the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad, is a different matter altogether. Worse still, the thought that the region's revolutionary mood may inspire Iran's own much-bludgeoned green opposition to rise again inspires real fear.
Nerves are fraying in Tehran as initial glee over Arab spring upheavals turns to alarm. Iran welcomed the fall of its...
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10 May 2011

Private banks open to assist Tehran insiders

IIn Tehran's more exclusive neighbourhoods, branches of new "privately owned" banks seek to outdo each other as they display placards proclaiming that they will open soon. "More bank branches than grocery stores!" reads a headline in Tabnak, a conservative news website.
IIn Tehran's more exclusive neighbourhoods, branches of new "privately owned" banks seek to outdo each other as they...
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8 May 2011

Arrests show Ahmadinejad under increasing pressure

Several associates of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s closest adviser have been arrested in the past few days, Iranian Web sites reported Friday. Among them is the cleric who leads the prayers at the presidential mosque, Abbas Amirifar, as well as a person accused of sorcery, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Several associates of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad s closest adviser have been arrested in the past few days, Iranian...
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7 May 2011

Deep echoes of Iran political tremors

Iran's political tremors are leaving debris in all directions. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the nation's intelligence chief remain in a cold war. A wave of reported detentions has included a prayer leader who angered clerics with a film about Judgment Day.
Iran's political tremors are leaving debris in all directions. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the nation's...
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7 May 2011

Power Struggle in Iran Enters the Mosque

The unprecedented power struggle between the two most powerful leaders in Iran deepened Friday, spilling out into Tehran s public prayers where the mullah leading the service indirectly criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while the crowd chanted 'Death to opponents of the supreme leader!'
The unprecedented power struggle between the two most powerful leaders in Iran deepened Friday, spilling out into Tehran...
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6 May 2011

Ahmadinejad row with Khamenei intensifies

A political dispute between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme leader is reported to have intensified. Ahmadinejad is said to be contemplating resigning after Heidar Moslehi, the intelligence minister he had sacked, was reinstated by Khamenei.
A political dispute between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's...
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6 May 2011

Scenario to Eliminate Ahmadinejad’s Right Hand Begins

The website Alef published a report yesterday according to which Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei and Hamid Baghaei are shareholders of a company named SAMGA, allegedly been established with an initial capital of 20 billion tomans (about 20 million U.S. dollars) and is run by Mehdi Jahangiri, Rahim-Mashaei s former deputy at the Cultural Heritage Organization.
The website Alef published a report yesterday according to which Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei and Hamid Baghaei are...
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5 May 2011

Iranian Islamic Theologian Summoned To Court

Paris-based religious scholar Mohammad Javad Akbarin told Radio Farda that in that lecture Shabestari had said although the Prophet Muhammad was perfect in his mission, which was bringing people to God, he had shortcomings as a human being. The fundamentalists who could not tolerate what he said filed a case against him at the time, Akbarin said.
Paris-based religious scholar Mohammad Javad Akbarin told Radio Farda that in that lecture Shabestari had said although...
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4 May 2011

Ahmadinejad ends boycott

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ended an apparent boycott of his official duties by chairing his second cabinet meeting this week. While a rift with the intelligence minister seems to have ended, another confrontation appears to be developing.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ended an apparent boycott of his official duties by chairing his second...
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28 Apr 2011

Ahmadinejad Watch

The new website Hafte Sobh, reportedly linked to Presidential aide Esfandiar Rahim-Mashai, claims that Ahmadinejad will participate in an already-scheduled TV interview next week only if the program is broadcast live.
The new website Hafte Sobh, reportedly linked to Presidential aide Esfandiar Rahim-Mashai, claims that Ahmadinejad will...
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27 Apr 2011

May Day: Iranian Workers Intimidated, Denied Basic Rights

Iranian workers' most fundamental rights - including the right to unionize are either limited or outright denied both under Iranian law and in practice. May Day, International Workers' Day, has become a regular opportunity for Iran's working class to protest the state's systematic and violent denial of its rights.
Iranian workers' most fundamental rights - including the right to unionize are either limited or outright denied both...
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27 Apr 2011

Iran’s president and supreme leader in rift over minister’s reinstatement

A rift is emerging between Iran's president and its supreme leader, prompting several members of the parliament to call for the impeachment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has not been seen in public for days. Ahmadinejad has refused to appear at the presidential palace since Friday in what is being seen as a reaction to Ayatollah Khamenei's reinstating of a minister he initially "asked to resign".
A rift is emerging between Iran's president and its supreme leader, prompting several members of the parliament to call...
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24 Apr 2011

Will the Economy Rock the Boat

The dejected state of Iran's economy is increasingly a topic of public discourse. Facing what a local financial analyst for HSBC Bank describes as "the bleakest prospects in nearly two decades," even the government appears anxious to paint its policies, described as disastrous by market watchers, in a positive light.
The dejected state of Iran's economy is increasingly a topic of public discourse. Facing what a local financial analyst...
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24 Apr 2011

Iran food prices up 25 pct, twice inflation

Food prices in Iran have risen almost 25 percent in one year, official figures released on Sunday showed, twice the overall official rate of inflation. Figures from the Central Bank of Iran, carried in Iranian newspapers, showed the bank's food basket cost 24.46 percent more in the first month of the Iranian year, starting March 21, than in the same month a year ago.
Food prices in Iran have risen almost 25 percent in one year, official figures released on Sunday showed, twice the...
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21 Apr 2011

Regime collapse frightens Iran’s leaders into smuggling money

The political unrest in the Middle East will bring about many strategic changes. The Gulf region, in its entirety, may become the centre of gravity, and an arena of entwined conflict. Indeed, some of the current crises in the region have already begun to overlap.
The political unrest in the Middle East will bring about many strategic changes. The Gulf region, in its entirety, may...
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20 Apr 2011

Thugs vs. thug

People across Tehran are asking: Where is "Allah's Spook"? Half jest, the question refers to Ayatollah Heidar Moslehi -- Iran's Minister of Intelligence and Security and thus head of VAVAK, the most vicious secret police in the Middle East.
People across Tehran are asking: Where is "Allah's Spook"? Half jest, the question refers to Ayatollah Heidar Moslehi --...
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18 Apr 2011

Iran Minister of Intelligence, Heidar Moslehi, tenders resignation, Supreme Leader refuses.

The departure of Heidar Moslehi could signal another high-profile rift between Ahmadinejad and a member of his government over his hard-line policies. The report Sunday on IRNA gave no details about the resignation, but noted that Moslehi will keep a role as an adviser. Moslehi played a key role in the crackdown on opposition groups after the disputed re-election of Ahmadinejad in 2009.
The departure of Heidar Moslehi could signal another high-profile rift between Ahmadinejad and a member of his...
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13 Apr 2011

Factory Workers On Strike In Southern Iran

Workers at two major industrial enterprises in Iran's southern province of Khuzestan are on strike, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. Some 1,500 employees of the Imam Port Petrochemical Complex have been staging gatherings in front of its headquarters since April 9 to demand their work contracts be concluded directly with the plant's management rather than with contractors.
Workers at two major industrial enterprises in Iran's southern province of Khuzestan are on strike, RFE/RL's Radio Farda...
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13 Apr 2011

Growing Anger over Rising Energy Prices

Iran s parliament has warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that resentment is building over sharp increases in the price of natural gas, which has risen at least 10-fold on average in recent weeks, and that public protests could follow.
Iran s parliament has warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that resentment is building over sharp increases in the price...
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11 Apr 2011

The Movie, The President, and the Hidden Imam

We begin this morning with a look at a curious, tangled story which has run for several weeks --- it includes a movie, President Ahmadinejad, and the "Hidden Imam", the 12th Imam of Shi'a who will return at some point.
We begin this morning with a look at a curious, tangled story which has run for several weeks --- it includes a movie,...
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5 Apr 2011

The Economy, Anyone?

MP Hamidreza Katouzian, head of energy committee, has released a statement that, without proper investment, Iran will become the largest importer of oil and related products. He also said that subsidy cuts were generally positive, but that the lack of refunds will put Iranian industry in dire condition.
MP Hamidreza Katouzian, head of energy committee, has released a statement that, without proper investment, Iran will...
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5 Apr 2011

Leading Conservative Website Tears Apart Ahmadinejad’s Rahim-Mashai

One may regard Esfandiar Rahim-Masha'i as someone for whom "words go in from one ear and go out from the other ear" (someone who does not listen to the criticisms of others). He was one of the most provocative figures during the year 89 (the Iranian year that ended 20 March 2011), but he never took back any of his words.
One may regard Esfandiar Rahim-Masha'i as someone for whom "words go in from one ear and go out from the other ear"...
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28 Mar 2011

Hillary Clinton’s crucial choice on Iran

As Tunisians and Egyptians work through their respective political transitions, the Iranian government increasingly detaches itself from the realities of its restive population. The longer it resists meeting public demands, the shorter its lifespan becomes.
As Tunisians and Egyptians work through their respective political transitions, the Iranian government increasingly...
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16 Mar 2011

In Iran, the Despots Grow Desperate

All dictators are killjoys. We know that dictators the world over will do anything it takes to keep the reins of control, and the sheer absurdity of the lengths they go to merely highlights their desperation.
All dictators are killjoys. We know that dictators the world over will do anything it takes to keep the reins of...
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14 Mar 2011

Iran clamps down on ancient spring festival fearing it could spark off political protests

Police in Iran have imposed restrictions on an ancient festival which celebrates the triumph of good over evil, fearing that it could catalyse growing public anger against the country's theocratic leadership.
Police in Iran have imposed restrictions on an ancient festival which celebrates the triumph of good over evil, fearing...
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6 Mar 2011

Ahmadinejad, Rafsanjani, and the Battle in the Assembly of Experts (Khalaji)

This power struggle within Iran's political elite will be on full display during the March 8-9 semiannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts, the body charged with selecting the country's Supreme Leader and, in the case of the imminent meeting, electing a head of the assembly for the coming year.
This power struggle within Iran's political elite will be on full display during the March 8-9 semiannual meeting of the...
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4 Mar 2011

Ali Akbar Salehi, foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran

In this interview Mr. Salehi claims that the regime and the people are one and that is the difference between Iran and other uprising. He denies arrest of green leaders, denies Hezbollah presence in Iran, denies violance against iranian citizens.
In this interview Mr. Salehi claims that the regime and the people are one and that is the difference between Iran and...
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