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Iran's Ahmadinejad ups rates to stem money crisis
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agreed to increase bank interest rates on Wednesday, hoping to halt a spiralling currency crisis intensified by new Western sanctions.
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Iran arrests wave of bloggers, writers and programmers
A former DW blog award winner is jailed as Iran faces more political and economic pressure. Tehran is cracking down on people it says use the Internet to connect with foreigners to disrupt upcoming elections.
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Iran says sanctions to fail, repeats Hormuz threat
Iranian politicians said on Tuesday they expected the European Union to backtrack on its oil embargo and repeated a threat to close the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane if the West succeeds in preventing Tehran from exporting crude.
If sanctions on Iran fail, war may be inevitable
The European Union joined the United States Monday in launching an economic war against Iran to force it to abandon a suspected nuclear weapons program.
Sanctions Take Toll On Ordinary Iranians
Many in the West would like to see Iran punished for its nuclear ambitions. Tehran's residents would like those people to take a glimpse into their lives.
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Iranian Film Wins Oscar Nomination
"A Separation," an Iranian film that won a Golden Globe award earlier this month, has been nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Academy Awards.
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Iran steps back from warning on U.S. ships
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that it considered the likely return of American warships to the Persian Gulf part of routine activity, backing away from previous warnings to Washington not to re-enter the area.
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International Body Should End Iran's Illegal Satellite Jamming
The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), the UN regulatory gathering opening today in Geneva, should take decisive steps to end the Iranian government’s illegal and widespread jamming of satellite signals, theInternational Campaign…
The campaign to isolate Iran has been a stunning success
Before we get to the good news about Iran, let us acknowledge the reality about rogue states and nuclear weapons: Short of ground invasion, there simply is no sure-fire way of preventing a regime from developing nukes. North Korea and…
The Iranian oil embargo: does this mean war?
The decision to impose an EU oil embargo on Iran, agreed on Monday by European foreign ministers, sets a potential bomb ticking, timed to detonate on 1 July.