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Iran bans foreign currency trading on the street

Iran's central bank deputy governor said Monday that trading foreign currency outside of banks and licensed currency exchange operations was now banned, marking the government's latest attempt to stem an outflow of foreign currency amid…

17 January 2012
Iran

Barbie bullied by burkha police

Iran's morality police are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, shopkeepers said on Monday.

17 January 2012
Iran

Iran presidential adviser sentenced

An Iranian news website says a court has sentenced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s press adviser to one year in prison on the charge of insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

16 January 2012
Iran

Iran says received U.S. letter on Hormuz Strait

Iran acknowledged receipt of a letter from the U.S. concerning the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway that the Mideast nation has threatened to close, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said, citing Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin…

16 January 2012
Iran

Iran warns Gulf oil states as sanctions mount

Iran has starkly warned Gulf states not to make up for any shortfall in its oil exports under new US and EU sanctions, adding yet another layer of peril to the international showdown over its nuclear programme.

15 January 2012