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OPEC Deal Falls Apart After Saudi Arabia and Iran Disagree on Terms of the Agreement

Iran’s oil sales continue to rise in the face of Saudi calls to cut production Saudi Arabia-Iran Tensions Ignite OPEC Worries | CNBC Saudi demands that Organization of Petroleum Exporting PEC members, including Iran, cut oil production directly contradict an agreement reached earlier this year in Algiers with the Islamic Republic of Iran according to […]

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Sacred Defense Week in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran Unveils Its Batmobile At Sacred Defense Week Iran holds annual defense show as part of celebration of the end of the Iran-Iraq War The Iran-Iraq War‘s end celebration and Sacred Defense Week in the Islamic Republic of Iran The bloody conflict between Iran and Iraq was also known as the First Persian Gulf War […]

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Breaking News: Hassan Rouhani Takes Iranian Presidential Oath of Office, Ending Ahmadinejad Era

Hassan Rouhani was sworn in as Iran’s new president today, replacing controversial leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The 65-year old reform-minded cleric was elected by a coalition of traditional, conservative voters and those aiming for gradual reform within the Iranian system. As a former nuclear negotiator it is hoped that Rouhani’s credentials can help ease tensions over […]

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Iran’s Rial Hits All-Time Low

Iran’s currency the rial has fallen 20% in value over the last two weeks in trade against the US dollar.   The devaluation indicates the Islamic Republic of Iran is increasingly struggling against international sanctions that have limited its ability to obtain foreign currency.   The sanctions placed on Iran are intended to reduce its […]

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Iran to Create Nationwide Intranet to Combat Un-Islamic Web Activity

The Islamic Republic of Iran announced the creation of a nationwide intranet to supplant the majority of the functions of the internet so that citizens of Iran can enjoy a web free of un-Islamic activity and materials. Currently Iran labors under some of the toughest international sanctions that can be levied against a country because […]

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Is North Korea Secretly Testing Nuclear Weapons for Iran?

Reports emerge that link the reclusive communist dictatorship in East Asia to the Islamic Republic of Iran and they conclude that not only is North Korea helping Iran develop nuclear weapons but also secretly testing those weapons for them. A security briefing in the Congressional Quarterly asserts that the D.P.R.K. may have tested two nuclear devices […]

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Der Spiegel Interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.

Der Spiegel interviewed Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi regarding Iran’s reported nuclear weapons program and its deteriorating relations with the U.S. and Israel. In refuting the International Atomic Energy Agency report, Salehi cites Ayatollah Khamenei’s fatwa on nuclear weapons that declared them ‘haram’ or forbidden according to Islamic law. Yet Der Spiegel does not […]

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