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Workers await decision on May Day demonstration
The Iranian government has not responded to an application to hold a May Day demonstration on the upcoming International Workers Day. ILNA reports that…
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Iranian president accuses government figures
With Iran’s presidential election in June looming on the horizon, outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused his opponents in the government of corruption. ISNA…
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Britain quashes company’s plan to pay Iran in goods
Rostam Ghassemi The British government has blocked efforts by Royal Dutch Shell to settle its $2.3-billion debt to Iran with payments in grain or…
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Cooking oil rationing causes price hike, lineups
The trend of rising prices continues in Iran as media report that vegetable oil is now being rationed in all chain stores, which has…
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Court receives Iranian workers’ minimum wage complaint
The complaint by workers objecting to the minimum wage recently announced by the Ministry of Labour has been submitted to the Supreme Court of…
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Iron dealers shutter businesses to protest tax
Many iron dealers in Iran have closed their businesses in protest against the value added tax on their goods. The Kaleme website reports that…
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Detained journalist brothers get family visit
Detained journalists Massoud and Khosro Kordpour have been allowed a visit from their families 45 days after their arrest in Kurdistan. Media outlets in…
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Unpaid Lorestan workers demand action from governor
Workers at the Dorood Farsit Company in Lorestan Province staged a sit-in across from the governor’s office, demanding official action to address their demands.…
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Illegal hunters shoot at guards in Iranian park
The head of Environmental Protection for Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad Province has announced that two park guards were fired on by people hunting illegally in…
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Iranian MPs to face trial in huge bank fraud case
Islamic Republic Judiciary The head of the Tehran Criminal Court says the files of three MPs connected to a notorious $3-billion bank fraud are…
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Iran pulls back on subsidizing import exchange rate
Iran’s Ministry of Industry announced that it will no longer allot subsidized foreign currency rates to any imports other than wheat, barley, corn and…
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Latest talks scheduled between Iran, IAEA
The next round of talks between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency will take place on May 21 in Vienna, Reuters reports. The…

