Press Roundup
2013 | Tehran Bureau
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Video | The English Barrier
[ media watch ] Young Iranians start learning English in school by the sixth grade. And many begin even younger. "Iranians are obsessed with having their kids speak English,"...
News | Majles Backflips in Election Law Folly; What's New Is Old in Nuke Policy
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Conservative Bloggers in Iran: Beheshti and Citing Ahmadinejad
Despite the impression often given by the Western media, conservative opinion in Iran is far from monolithic. There is, in fact, an immense diversity of opinion among pro-government Iranians. This...
In Focus | Nasrin Sotoudeh Ends Hunger Strike after Daughter's Travel Ban Lifted
Human rights champion halts perilous seven-week protest after primary demand is met. [ in focus ] Jailed human rights lawyer and journalist Nasrin Sotoudeh ended a hunger strike of 49...
News | Sotoudeh in Critical Condition; 'Maturity' Test for Women's Passports?
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | US Sets March Deadline for Nuke Cooperation; Iran Girds for Assad's Fall
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Death of a Blogger | Call for Top E-Cop to Resign; Police Admit 'Negligence'
[ in focus ] The legislator heading the investigation by the Majles's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission into the prison death of blogger Sattar Beheshti has called for...
News | Report: Coroner Asserts Beheshti 'Died from Natural Causes'
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | UN Officials Urge Probe of Blogger Sattar Beheshti's Death in Prison
"There should be zero tolerance for torture." [ in focus ] The director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and a group of four U.N. special...
Briefing | Obama: Will 'Make a Push' for Dialogue with Iran on Nuclear Program
Says negotiations won't be "constrained by diplomatic niceties or protocols," but talks not imminent. [ transcript ] In President Barack Obama's Wednesday afternoon press conference, his first in eight months,...
News | Jailed Blogger Reportedly Killed; Intel Ministry Sees Promise in US Talks
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Ayatollah Decries Shrine Surfeit; Netanyahu 'Ready to Press the Button'
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Prize Set to Find 'More Criminal' State than US; Ahmadinejad Backs Down
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Another Hit Job on Ahmadinejad
[ media ] Earlier this week, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first vice president, Mohammad Reza Rahimi, was asked whether the government had made any progress in apprehending those in Iran...
News | As EU Delegates Plan Iran Visit, Group Raises Heat on Human Rights
United for Iran issues report on global community's "unsatisfactory, even detrimental" record on Iranians' rights. [ human rights ] A European Union delegation is heading to Iran this week to...
Media Watch | The Iran Plank: Previewing Monday Night's Foreign Policy Debate
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | A Breakthrough toward Bilateral US-Iran Nuclear Talks?
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Nasrin Sotoudeh: Hunger Strike, Finalist for Rights Prize with Jafar Panahi
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Reformist Cleric Ahmad Ghabel in Coma, Reported Brain Dead
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | EU Sets Severe New Sanctions; Iran Officially Rejects UN Rights Report
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Video | Journalist Masoud Bastani on Returning to Jail
"It would be great if all of us stand up for these journalists and become their voice." Masoud Bastani and his wife, Mahsa Amrabadi. Bastani during his show trial in...
News | Cold Weather Imperils Quake Victims; MPs Take Aim at Ahmadinejad
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Iran Threatens to Sever Relations with UAE over Strategic Isles ... or Not
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Briefing | Sanctioning Iran: Implications and Consequences
Analysis indicates sanctions are expanding both China's role and Revolutionary Guards' economic power. [ briefing ] Tehran Bureau here co-presents a new analysis of the effect of international sanctions on...
Media Watch | Tehran Bazaar Reopens; Currency Trading Remains 'Paralyzed'
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Friday Prayers Leaders: 'No Crisis,' But Ahmadinejad Gov't at Fault
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Currency Crisis Erupts: Bazaar Strike, Raid on Rial Dealers, Protests
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | UN: Iran 'Clampdown' on Dissent; Ahmadinejad: 'Enemy' Rocks Rial
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Cameraman in Iran's UN Entourage Defects; Rial Dives Deeper
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Netanyahu Draws His Own Line; All the President's Men ... Go Shopping
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Reformist Daily Shut for Cartoon; IRNA Head Jailed in President's Absence
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories...
News | Iran Intel Shows Off Captured 'Sabotage' Gear; Rial Hits All-Time Low
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Treasury: Rev Guards Run Iran State Oil; Ahmadinejad Does Gotham
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Talk of Tehran: Squabbling over the Economy
[ business ] The hottest topic in Tehran's media--and society generally--is the Islamic Republic's deeply troubled economy. Over the past 12 months, the national currency has lost half of...
Media Watch | US State Dep't on Verge of Delisting MKO as Terrorist Group
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | New Strictures on Female University Students' Dress
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Asylum Seeker Fears Adultery Death Sentence; Student Visas Denied
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Atom Chief Slams IAEA, Reports Sabotage; Khamenei: I'm No Stalin
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Report: Canada Shut Embassy Fearing US-Israeli Strike, Mob Retaliation
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Did Iran Model Nuclear Blast? Netanyahu: No Red Light for Israel
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Top General Chides Assad; Green Council Rebukes Israel, US Congress
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Transcript | UN Secretary-General: Free 'Opposition Leaders, Rights Defenders'
[ transcript ] On Thursday, in the middle of a three-day trip to Iran to attend the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke to a...
News | Iran's Leaders Challenged on Human Rights, Syria at NAM Summit
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Quake Volunteers Arrested; Mir Hossein Mousavi Home from Hospital
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Mehr News Agency: '16,000 Memorials' for Earthquake Victims
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Is Israel Truly 'Determined to Attack Iran' Before US Election?
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Grand Ayatollah Sanei: Avoid Acting as 'Warmongers' against Israel
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | 90 Political Prisoners To Be Freed; Ex-Ministers: Dump Ahmadinejad
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Iranian-Saudi Rivalry Simmers In Spite of Smiles
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Official Sources Continue to Downplay Earthquake Devastation
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Death Toll at 300, Over 5,000 Injured in East Azerbaijan Earthquakes
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories...
News | Tajzadeh to Foreign Sec'y Salehi: Tell Ayatollah Khamenei the Reality
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | 'Terror Club': Iranian TV's Prime-Time Assassination 'Confessions'
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Iranians Abducted in Syria Accused of Revolutionary Guard Ties
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Barak: Iran Has No Nuclear Arms Program; Panetta Angry with Israel
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Behind the Curtain | Iranian Social Media Users Challenge Boxer's Disqualification
Images from the bout between Ali Mazaheri (in blue) and José Larduet Gómez (in red). Arash Karami, a frequent Tehran Bureau contributor, tweets as @thekarami. Negar Mortazavi, an Iranian...
News | Professor Nima Arkani-Hamed Wins Prestigious Physics Prize
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Israeli Paper Reports Major Military Opposition to Iran Strike
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | 4 Death Sentences in $2.6B Bank Fraud; Case Opened on Larijani Brother
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Health Group: Sanctions Put Tens of Thousands of Iranian Children at Risk
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Obama Administration, Romney Court Israel on Iran Showdown
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Khamenei: We Won't Back Down; Report: New Computer Worm Hits Iran
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Award for Alaei Brothers, HIV Advocates and Ex-Political Prisoners
Physicians were jailed for conducting health training supposedly part of a "velvet revolution." [ news ] In a ceremony held at the opening session of the 19th International Aids...
Media Watch | Israeli President Peres: Iran in 'Open War' against Israel
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Tensions Escalate over Alleged Iran Link to Bulgaria Attack
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Blames Iran for 7 Dead in Bulgaria Blast
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Industry and Trade Minister: Western Sanctions 'Paralyzing' Iran
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Syria Blog | Victims of Tremseh Massacre Await Help that May Never Come
Rasha Elass covered the Middle East for Reuters and The National, among others. Her reportage on Islam has been recognized by the Cornell Religion Reporter award committee. She is based...
Briefing | New US Sanctions Target 50 Iranian Firms and Individuals
Treasury undersecretary: "We will continue to ratchet up the pressure." [ briefing ] On Thursday, the United States announced broad new sanctions on a "group of Iranian front companies and...
News | Abdollah Nouri: Hold National Referendum on Nuclear Program
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Book: Mossad Assassinated Iranian Scientists; IRI Nuclear Proposal
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | 63% Online Back Halt to Uranium Enrichment; Nuclear Talks to Continue
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Iranian American Antonio Esfandiari Wins Biggest Poker Prize Ever
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories...
Behind the Curtain | Afghan Nationals in Iran Targeted with Restrictive Policy
Afghan immigrants in Torbat-e Heydarieh, northeastern Iran (Afghanpaper.com). Arash Karami is a frequent Tehran Bureau contributor. Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian journalist based in Washington, D.C. [ blog ]...
News | Iran Issues Stark Warning to Israel, Urges Emergency OPEC Session
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Foreign Minister Salehi Detained in Cyprus? Obama Sides with UAE
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | 100,000 MKO Followers Rally; Israel Urges Russia to Pressure Iran
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Iran Agency's Morsi 'Interview' Denied; Death Sentences for Drinking
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | An Insider's View: Iran Ready to Do Business with the West
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Report: Iran Oil Exports Plummet; Images from an Execution
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Video | Clinton: Regime Change For Iranians to Decide
[ media ] On June 20, the State Department hosted a conversation on U.S. foreign policy between Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Secretary of State James...
News | Iran Demands Relief from Sanctions; West: 'Stop, Shut, Ship'
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Iran: Talks 'Test for the West'; West: No Explicit Right to Enrichment
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Ahmadinejad: I'll Exit Politics at Term's End; US Senators Balk at Talks
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Report: Iran Plans Nuclear Sub; First VP Said to Have Embezzled $1.5M
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News Flash | U.S. Waivers Seven Countries for Reducing Iran Oil
On June 11, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued the following statement on "Significant Reductions of Iranian Crude Oil Purchases": Today I have made the determination that seven economies --...
News | Iran-IAEA Negotiations Fail, Moscow Talks in Doubt
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | India Slashes Iran Oil Buy; New UAE Pipeline to Skirt Strait of Hormuz
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Iran Moves to Bolster Iraq's Beleaguered Premier Maliki
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Report: Obama Intensified Cyberwar against Iran Nuclear Program
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Iran's Alleged Role in Syrian Massacre
[ in focus ] On May 29, the United States charged that Iran played a role in the weekend massacre of more than 100 Syrians, including dozens of children, in...
News | Guards Set Back in Majles amid Charges They Intervened in Election
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | 'The Baghdad Conquest': Iranian Reaction to Nuclear Talks
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | IAEA Finds Evidence of Higher Enriched Uranium; Fiat Out of Iran
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories...
News | Ashton, Jalili Describe 'Intense' Talks; Next Round: Moscow in June
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Iran and 'Divided' P5+1 Exchange Proposals to End Nuclear Standoff
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | IAEA and Iran Reach Agreement; Senate Approves Tougher Sanctions
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Briefing | Iran's Nuclear Impasse: Breaking the Deadlock
Oxford Research Group analysis suggests Western "pendulum may have swung too far" toward "punitive measures." [ briefing ] The London-based Oxford Research Group (ORG), founded in 1982 by Dr. Scilla...
News | Soleimani to Nasrallah: Don't Attack Israel; IAEA's Amano to Visit Iran
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Parchin Claims Debated; MKO Delist Mooted; 'Mossad Agent' Hanged
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Foreign Email Banned; Extensive Labor Layoffs; Private Bank Dissolved
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Ahmadinejad: Leader-Backed Law Unconstitutional; IAEA Agent Killed
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Former Regime Supporter: 'We Have Murdered People'
"To preserve power, we have committed so many crimes and we have lost so much." [ close-up ] Mohammad Noorizad is a well-known Iranian journalist and documentary filmmaker. Born...
News | Ahmadinejad Loses Crucial Vote in This Parliament, Backing in Next
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Analysis | Victors Announced in Tehran Parliamentary Runoff
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Behind the Curtain | Principlist Rivalries in 2d Round of Parliamentary Elections
List of candidates from the Stabiliy Front. The text suggests that the Supreme Leader approves of Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi's "insight" and that Mesbah Yazdi "prefers" the candidates from the...
News | Google Pulls Blog Revealing 3 Million Bank Account Numbers
[ tech ] Google has taken down the blog of Iranian security researcher Khosrow Zarefarid after he posted the account and pin numbers of three million customers from 22 banks...
News | US F-22 Stealth Fighters in UAE; IAEA Visit to Parchin Possible
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | More Israeli, Jewish Voices Oppose Netanyahu on Iran
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | Two Friday Prayer Sermons and Iran's Nuclear Diplomacy
[ in focus ] As noted in my blog, here are a few interesting points about Iranian conservative leaders' rhetoric in the run up to talks with U.S., Britain,...
News | Report: US Can Accept Iran's Low-Level Uranium Enrichment
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Israel Military Chief: Iran Will Not Pursue the Bomb
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
The Ajami Blog | Ill Wind: Saudi-Iranian Conflict Buffets Arab Spring
Rallies in support of and against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Homepage: Composite image of Bahrain security forces member and Formula One racecar. Source: Shafaqna/Shia International News...
News | Cost of Household Goods Soars; Rights Advocates Ordered to Jail
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Secret Negotiations in Vienna?
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | More Signs of Walls Closing In on Iranians' Internet Access
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Transcript | UK Foreign Secretary Hague: 'We Will Keep up the Pressure' on Iran
[ transcript ] On Monday afternoon, BBC Tehran correspondent James Reynolds interviewed British Foreign Secretary William Hague about the talks that took place over the weekend in Istanbul between Iran...
The Ajami Blog | Will the Damascus-Tehran-Moscow Alliance Prevail?
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov. (Homepage: Lavrov and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.) Rasha Elass covered the Middle East for Reuters and The...
Media Watch | Update: Mortazavi Ordered Back to Post by Ahmadinejad
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Diplomats: First Round of Nuclear Talks 'Positive,' 'Constructive'
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Turkish Foreign Minister: 'I Will Have Good News' after Talks
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Jalili: Iran Bringing 'New Ideas' to Nuclear Negotiations
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Oil Maneuvers on Eve of Atom Talks; Internet Cutoff Claims Denied
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Business | U.S.-Iran Trade Still Thrives
[ big picture ] Trade is still thriving between the United States and Iran, despite harsh international sanctions. In 2011, Iran imported $229 million worth of American goods, everything from...
The Ajami Blog | Does Tehran Hold the Key to Syria?
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in February 2010. Rasha Elass covered the Middle East for Reuters and The National, among others....
Media Watch | Leaks Ahead of Nuclear Talks
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | The New Yorker: MKO Trained by US Special Ops Command
Former U.S. officials, MKO defector: Nevada site used for intelligence, paramilitary training. [ in focus ] The Mojahedin-e Khalgh Organization (MKO, often referred to as the MEK in the United...
Media Watch | Rafsanjani: I Wanted to Reestablish Ties with US, But 'Could Not'
Lambastes Ahmadinejad administration's economic management in interview condemned by hardliners. [ in focus ] In an interview that appears in the spring issue of Faslnaameh Motaale'aat-e Beynolmelali (International Studies Journal,...
News | Efforts to Shield Essential Imports from Feeble Rial; 'I Am Also an Afghan'
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Roundup | Decentered Atom Activities Knot Israeli Plans; Iran Oil Flow Slows
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Reaction to EU Rights Sanctions; New Handouts ... More Subsidy Cuts?
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Dossier | The Sanctioned 17: EU's New Roster of Iran Human Rights Violators
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Weekend Roundup | Aiding Assad vs 'Terrorists'; Suez Bomb Plot?; Blix Speaks
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Iran Acquires New Phone/Web Surveillance System from Chinese Firm
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
News | Former UN Atom Agency Chief: Attack Can't Stop Iran Nuclear Program
Press Roundup provides a selected summary of news from the Farsi and Arabic press and excerpts where the source is in English. Tehran Bureau has not verified these stories and...
Media Watch | 'Kayhan' on Sanctions: 'The West Is the Biggest Loser'
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News | India Seeks 3 Iranians in New Delhi Attack, Declares Link to Thai Blast
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Perspectives | Iranian Women Raise Voices against War and Sanctions
[ comment ] Translator's note: The Campaign for One Million Signatures is a feminist movement that was founded on August 28, 2006, by Iranian defenders of women's rights, including...
News | Majles Will Grill Ahmadinejad; Leader Hails 'Window of Opportunity'
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News | 'A Lot of Bluster, a Lot of Big Talk': Obama Slams GOP on Iran Rhetoric
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News | New Atom Talks Agreed; Military Site Inspection Possible
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News | Obama on Iran: 'There Is Too Much Loose Talk of War'
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News | Election Chief Slips? States Turnout Near '34 Percent'
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Live Blog | Parliamentary Elections
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News | Website Says Khamenei's Son Sought Mousavi's Help Out of Crisis
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News | 'I Have No Rights': Conservative Bloggers Vow to Sit Out Majles Vote
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News | US Reacts to Hormuz Threats with Military Buildup in Persian Gulf
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News | US Doesn't Believe Iran Building Nukes; Hamas Backs Syrian Opposition
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News | IAEA Barred from Military Site; Mousavi: I Stand by My Views
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News | Montazeri's Office Raided; Khamenei Rejects Oversight of His Rule
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News | Inquiry Widens on Suspected Iranian Plot on Israel
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News | Hardline Foes Slug It Out Online; US Sanctions Iranian Intel Service
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News | Iran's Nuclear Program Advances on Three Fronts
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News | Scattered Protests amid Security Clampdown
Iran Standard Time (IRST), GMT+3:30 5 a.m., 26 Bahman/February 15 Confirming the reports we've received of scattered protests, here's how the Wall Street Journal began its coverage of the...
News | Calls for Silent Protests Tuesday Put Regime on High Alert
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News | Mousavi's Daughters Threatened; Israel's Role in Assassinations
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News | Divisions in Leader's Camp Deepen as Elections Loom
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News | Khamenei Lashes Out at Israel, the West, and Domestic Opponents
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News | Ahmadinejad Camp Attacks Khamenei, Revolutionary Guards
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News | Israeli Military Head: Must 'Continue to Disrupt' Iran Nuke Program
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News | 'The People Themselves': Group Urges Silent Protests on Feb 14
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News | US Intelligence Chief: Iran Growing Threat to America
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News | 'Head Off This Brakeless Train': Haj Seyyed Javadi's Letter to Khamenei
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News | Deaths and Divisions in the Revolutionary Guards
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News | Political Prisoners Call for Release of Mousavi, Karroubi, and Rahnavard
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News | IRI Devalues Rial, Warns 'No One Can Sell Oil if Iran Cannot'
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News | Iran Blames EU for Fueling 'Tension and Crisis' with New Sanctions
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News | EU Bans Iranian Oil, Tehran Responds with Threats
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News | A Growing Rift in the Revolutionary Guard?
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Perspectives | An Iranian Scientist's Assassination
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News | Nuclear Scientist Killed by Tehran Car Bomb
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News | US Rescues Iranians at Sea -- Again
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News | Ex-Guard Warns Khamenei; Uranium Enrichment Starts at Fordow
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News | Iran Sentences American to Death in 'CIA Spy' Case
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News | Parliament Seeks to Question Ahmadinejad amid Election Runup
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Society | Rights Activist, Beauty Queen Nazanin Afshin-Jam Weds
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News | EU Agrees in Principle to Embargo on Iranian Crude Oil
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News | Currency Rollercoaster Wreaks Havoc; Another Naval Threat
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News | Rafsanjani's Daughter: 6 Months Jail for 'Propaganda against System'
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Quotes | How the GOP Presidential Hopefuls Address the Issue of Iran
[ quote, unquote ] The first meaningful votes in the 2012 presidential race will be cast Tuesday when Iowa holds its Republican Party caucus. Although economic issues dominate the race,...
News | Reports: First Iran-Made Nuclear Fuel Rod Successfully Tested
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News | Iran's Threat and the Western Reaction; Alleged CIA Spy on Trial
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News | Calls to Boycott Majles Vote; Questions for Ahmadinejad
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Press Roundup | To Be or Not to Be
We're reevaluating our Press Roundup section and may phase it out. Please email the editor with any questions or comments: editor [at] tehranbureau [dot] com. In the meantime, you may...
Video | Missing Ex-FBI Agent: 'Help Me'
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Media Watch | IRGC Displays Downed American Drone
[ media watch ] On Sunday, Iran said that it had shot down a U.S. stealth drone near the country's eastern border. American officials disputed the story. "[T]here is...
Media Watch | The Mysterious Blast in Isfahan
Air Force maneuvers or explosion? Accident or sabotage? Was uranium conversion facility the target? And was it struck? [ media watch ] One week ago, around 2:40 p.m. local time...
News | Iran Diplomats Back in Tehran; UK Ambassador Describes Invasion
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News | Protesters Storm UK Embassy in Tehran
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News | Details Emerge on 'Iran' Daily Raid; IRI Bigs Slam Oil Sanctions
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News | Oil Prices Heat Up as Sanctions Strike Iran Energy, Bank Sectors
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News | Police Rough Up Ahmadinejad Aide, Fire Tear Gas; 30+ Arrested
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News | Report: Guard General Killed in Blast Was Testing New Ballistic Missile
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Media Watch | Al Jazeera Takes On 'Parazit'
[ media watch ] On Thursday, Al Jazeera's The Stream grilled Kambiz Hosseini and Saman Arbabi, co-hosts of the satirical television program Parazit, which is broadcast to Iran by...
In Focus | Syria and Iran
Latest Developments | The Tide Turns against Bashar Assad Even as Mr Assad struggles to contain the waves of protest, the diplomatic tide is running sharply against him. On...
News | Senior Iran Official: 'Hands Should Be Cut Off' from Syrian Meddling
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News | Questions over Death of Ahmad Rezaei; Ahmadinejad Power Play
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News | Principlist's Son Dies in Dubai, Police Say Suicide
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News | Report: Israeli Source Claims Depot Blast Mossad/MKO Operation
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News | At Least 17 Dead After IRGC Depot Blast
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News | IAEA Report; Iranian Intellectuals Warn Against Possible Military Attack
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News | Ahmadinejad Lashes Out at Critics
[ media watch ] On Thursday, November 3, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with a group of his supporters in Tehran. The group is called Haamian-e Goftemaan-e Enghelaab-e Eslami (Supporters...
News | Rhetoric Suggesting Potential Israeli Attack on Iran Escalates
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News | Did Obama Threaten Khamenei?
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News | Iran FM Takes Controversial Saudi Arabia Trip, 'Virtual' US Embassy
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Ahmadinejad: 'There Are No Political Prisoners in Iran'
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Blogger (Now Blocked): 'Condemn' Leader's Design to Prune Presidency
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Appeals Court Rules Filmmakers Panahi and Rasoulof Must Go to Jail
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Supreme Leader Hints at Eliminating Presidency
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Leading Legislator Resigns after Plan to Grill President Denied
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The Alleged Assassination Plot: Iranian versus American Views
Divided perspectives on the official narrative. [ survey ] The news, announced Tuesday, that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration had succeeded in disrupting a...
Iranian American in Alleged Plot 'No Mastermind'; IRI Officials 'Outraged'
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Justice Dept: US Foils Alleged Iran Terror Plot; Pastor's Death Sentence Voided
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Whistleblower Speaks from Hiding; University Activist Lashed 74 Times
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Intel Chief: No Link Between $3Bil and Mashaei; IRGC 'Reporter' Training
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Convert's Death Writ 'Not Definitive'; Students Protest Sex Segregation
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Ahmadinejad on TV: 'Our Banking System Is Not Controlled by Anyone'
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Tehran Trial for Iranian Univ of Texas Student; Angelina Jolie to Act in Iran?
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Tehran Transit Funds Vanish; Tussle over President's Tuesday TV Talk
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Rights Group: Investigate Suicides by 2 Friends of Jailed Activist
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Al-Qaeda Mocks 9/11 Conspiracy Claims; Axed Bank Chief Takes Flight
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Chief of Iran's Largest Bank Sacked; New Charges of Missing Oil Revenue
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Rial Hits Record Low; 3 Iranian Scientists Honored; Hikers' Story
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MP: Bails for US Hikers 'Hilarious'; UN's Ban Warns Ahmadinejad over Speech
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After Evin: US Hikers' Readjustment Begins; Underage Killer Executed
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Iranian American Treasury Nominee Faces Confirmation
Photo: Iranian American Cyrus Amir-Mokri seated next to his mother, Mahvash, and sister, Mina, also an attorney. [ spotlight ] Cyrus Amir-Mokri, President Obama's choice to be assistant treasury...
US Hikers Free, in Oman
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'BBC Filmmakers' Arrested after Network Airs Doc on Supreme Leader
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More Mixed Messages from Iran on Fate of US Hikers, Embezzlement Case
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Embezzlement Case Grips Regime; Leader's Rep to Ahmadinejad: 'Atone'
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New International Efforts to Free US Hikers Bauer and Fattal
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Multibillion-Dollar Embezzlement Case Embroils Ahmadinejad Aide Mashaei
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Iran's 'Charm Offensive'
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Amnesty Int'l: Release Iran Rights Lawyer; 'A Separation' Heads to Oscars
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Cholera Outbreak; Raging Inflation; Ayatollah Taleghani Remembered
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Video | Tabriz Protests on Friday
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Iranian American Nominated for Major Treasury Post
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Mousavi Dismisses Upcoming Elections; Rowdy Buildup to Majles Campaign
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Iran Offers 'Full' Atom Oversight; Water Guns 'No Game'; Reform Papers Banned
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Growing Unrest in Azerbaijan Region over Imperiled Lake Orumieh
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Historic Kerman Church in Ruins; Handouts, Maseratis for Iranians
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Splinters in Iranian Support for Assad Regime; Lake Orumieh Crisis Goes UN
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Iran's Credibility Hurt by Support for Syria's Assad; Oil Production to Grow
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Political Prisoner Pardons Go Slow, Mostly Limited to Lesser-Known Figures
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SL Pardons 70 Political Prisoners; Lake Devastation Behind Tabriz Protests
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McAleese, who Led UK Team that Ended Iranian Embassy Siege, Died at 61
[ obituary ] (via UK's Telegraph) John McAleese, who died on August 26 aged 61, led the SAS team that ended the Iranian embassy siege in central London in...
Son of Assassinated Doctor Who Examined Kahrizak Victims Speaks Out
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Iran Media Celebrates Libyan Rebels' Victory; Mashaei Death Threat
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Tehran Prosecutor Confirms Hikers' Sentences
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What to Wear? State-Run Daily Stirs Controversy with Special Hejab Section
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Ahmadinejad 'Illegally' Names New VP in Foreign Affairs Power Play
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Regime's Concerns Grow over International Focus on Rights Violations
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Report: Turkey Seizes Iran Arms Convoy; Guard General to Head OPEC
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Majles Approves Ahmadinejad Ministerial Nominees after 'Stifled' Debate
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'Final' Day in Court for US Hikers; Jailed Journalist Wins Press Courage Prize
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U.S. Accuses Iran of al-Qaeda Pact; Israeli Take on Tehran Assassination
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The Chill Council: Supreme Leader Creates Body to Ease Regime Strife
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Iranian Scientist Assassinated in Tehran; Nature of His Work Unclear
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Roundup: Much Ado About Majles Elections
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Conflicting Reports on Kurdish Militant Clash; Tehran Goes to the Dogs
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Ayatollahs Feud over Ahmadinejad Support, 'Freemasons' in Cabinet
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'Iran Is Being Ruined': Khatami on the Nation's Future; New Green Manifesto
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Speaking of Freedom: Mostafa Tajzadeh on the Upcoming Elections
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Mousavis Reported in Poor Health; Regime Strife Radiates to Education
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Revolutionary Guard Chief Jafari: Enemies Aim to 'Eliminate Iran Physically'
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The Parliament and the President: Will They Grill Ahmadinejad?
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'Sufficient to Be Arrested': Female Filmmaker Mahnaz Mohammadi
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