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Parliament criticizes government action on currency market
Iran’s Parliament has announced its displeasure with the administration’s "unsatisfactory" explanations for recent fluctuations in the value of Iranian currency. Parliament said the government…
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Supreme court upholds death sentence for web programmer
Saeed Malekpour Iran’s Supreme Court has approved the death sentence for Saeed Malekpour, an Iranian web developer who has been jailed in Iran since…
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IAEA delegation arrives in Tehran
Herman Nackaerts The International Atomic Energy Agency delegation arrived in Tehran early Sunday morning to hold talks aimed at allaying concerns about Iran’s nuclear…
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Guardian Council approves new penal legislation
The Guardian Council has approved the Islamic Penal Code legislation, announcing that it does not contradict the principles of Shari’a or the Islamic Republic…
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Guardian Council announced preliminary list of candidates
Abbasali Kadkhodayi Iran’s Guardian Council has approved about half of the nominees who registered to run in the parliamentary election this March. Abbasali Kadkhodayi,…
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IAEA inspectors travel to Iran
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency will arrive in Tehran tomorrow (Sunday) to discuss Iran’s nuclear activities. IRNA reports that the IAEA delegation…
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Message of defiance at Friday prayers
Ahmad Khatami Tehran’s Friday Mass Prayer leader Ahmad Khatami told worshippers today that the EU oil embargo will result in serious difficulties for participating…
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Foreign exchange rules tightened
Iran’s Central Bank has announced that all money-exchange services in the country must trade foreign currency only within three to five percentage points of…
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Russia calls sanctions an obstacle to diplomatic talks
Sergey Riabkov Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergey Riabkov, says the West is reducing the chances of solving Iran’s nuclear disputes through negotiation by intensifying…
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Iranian pilgrims kidnapped in Syria
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has announced that 11 Iranian pilgrims were kidnapped while travelling to Damascus by land. According to the state television network Press…
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Concern for opposition leader under house arrest
Mehdi Karroubi The wife of detained Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi reports that she has been completely cut off from her husband, adding that…
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Russia and Turkey support diplomatic solutions for Iran
Ahmet Davutoğlu and Sergey Lavrov Russia and Turkey have called for the resumption of nuclear negotiations between the G5+1 and Iran. Ria Novosti reported…

