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Iran: 'Syrian government will not fall'
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime will not fall and Iran stands beside it, the top foreign policy adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday.
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'Iran set to expand nuclear activity in bunker'
Iran is believed to be carrying out preparations to expand nuclear activity deep inside a mountain, diplomats say, in a further sign of defiance in the face of intensifying Western pressure to curb its sensitive uranium enrichment drive.
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Japan may cut Iran oil imports by over 20 percent
Japan may cut Iranian crude oil imports by a more-than-expected 20 percent as it seeks a waiver from U.S. sanctions, a newspaper reported on Thursday, a move which would spare its banks from a major blow but also boost its rising fuel…
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Iranian Authorities Introduce Uniforms For Female Civil Servants
Iranian authorities are introducing uniforms for female civil servants as of March 21, the start of the Persian new year.
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Iran announces candidate list for March 2 election
The Guardian Council, which vets election candidates in Iran, has approved 3,444 individuals out of more than 5,000 who applied to run in the March 2 parliamentary polls, ISNA news agency said on Tuesday.
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Iran Postpones Launch Of "National Internet"
Iran's Minister of Communications has announced that the launch of the "national internet", which was scheduled for February, has been postponed to June.
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High cost of gold means more temporary marriages
An Iranian sociologist says men are increasingly unwilling to marry in the traditional way, and are resorting more and more to temporary marriage, or Siqa. This is largely due to an unprecedented increase in the cost of gold coins, the most…
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60 thousand top brains emigrated last year left Iran
According to figures released by the Iranian parliament (Majles), over 60 thousand of the country’s most talented and educated people left the country last year to live and work abroad.
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Iran's Guard begins new land military exercises
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has begun a two-day land military exercise to upgrade its capabilities to defend the country against possible external threats.
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Iran to increase oil export to China to 500,000 bpd in 2012
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has reached an agreement with the International United Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (UNIPEC) to increase oil exports to China to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd).