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Iran 'to announce nuclear progress'
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the Islamic Republic would soon announce "very important" achievements in the nuclear field.
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Kurdistan
Marivan shops have been shut down by the Revolutionary Guard on February 11
Over the past few days Mariwan (Kurdistan province located in West of Iran) police announced shopkeepers that they have to close their shops on February 11(the date of Islamic Revolutionary Anniversary).
Iran turns to barter for food as sanctions cripple imports
Iran is turning to barter - offering gold bullion in overseas vaults or tankerloads of oil - in return for food as new financial sanctions have hurt its ability to import basic staples for its 74 million people, commodities traders said…
Iran
Iran cuts off Internet access
Iran has cut off access to the Internet, leaving millions of people without access to e-mail and social networks.
Iran
Iran sanctions already hitting oil trade flows
Sanctions on Iran are already hitting global oil flows even though a European ban on imports from the Islamic Republic does not come into effect until July, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.
Turkey And Iran Diverge Over Syria
Turkey's willingness to clash over Syria is likely to be tempered by reliance on Iran for one-third of its oil supplies, as well as natural gas, that have helped to power its impressive economic engine. The Turks have also sought to make…
Iran
Signs build that Iran sanctions disrupt food imports
More evidence emerged of the crippling impact of new sanctions on Iran, with international traders saying Tehran is having trouble buying rice, cooking oil and other staples to feed its 74 million people weeks before an election.
Kurdistan
Kurdish writer and translator Ebrahim Yunesi dies
Kurdish writer and translator Ebrahim Yunesi who was in bed in the last three months died on Wednesday afternoon at 85.
War with Iran is coming
A war is coming. We need a miracle to avert it. Both sides have been preparing for it for years. The two states are earmarking resources, holding drills, utilizing intelligence means, creating uncertainty, and publicly presenting positions…
Iran
Iran defaults on rice payments to India
Iranian buyers have defaulted on payments for about 200,000 tonnes of rice from their top supplier India, exporters and rice millers said on Tuesday, a sign of the mounting pressure on Tehran from a new wave of Western sanctions.