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Diaspora | TD Cuts Off Financial Services to Iranian Canadians
Unique interpretation of sanctions mandate has "devastating" effect on community. Sara Mojtehedzadeh is a journalist currently based in Canada. For three years, she worked on the politics and foreign...
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The State Blog | Risks in the Revolutionary Guards' Rhetoric
Belief in their own slogans could be disastrous. The State is a weekly column about Iranian security and diplomatic issues. Alex Vatanka is a scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C....
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Comment | Cycle of Repression and Protest: Iranian Arabs in Khuzestan
Government vs. ethnic minority in region crucial to Iran's oil industry. Hamed Aleaziz is a frequent Tehran Bureau contributor and previously an editorial fellow at Mother Jones. Robin Mills, head of...
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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 does not vouch for their...
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News | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Blames Iran for 7 Dead in Bulgaria Blast
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Business | Feeling the Pinch: Iran's Embattled Importers
Disabled financial system also injures manufacturers, small business owners. [ dispatch ] Seated behind a large wood-paneled desk in downtown Tehran, Mohammed irritably folds up his newspaper and asks...
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Media Watch | Tensions Escalate over Alleged Iran Link to Bulgaria Attack
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79/11, Tehran or Tunis | Part 1: The Fork in the Revolutionary Road
Two different militaries, and one calculated destruction of constitutional order. Dr. Iraj Omidvar teaches English at Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia.[ comment ] As a Fulbright...
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Region | Syrians Start Ramadan, But Not Together
The Syrian government follows Iran's lead and declares Saturday the first day of Ramadan. [ dispatch ] For Syrians, Ramadan is the latest battlefield. Some of the country's Muslims started fasting on...
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The Arts | War in the Iranian Theater
A terrified stupor in the realm of the absurd. [ society ] Three years have passed since the last presidential election and its violent aftermath. Three years are nothing. But strangely, most of the...
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Comment | Through the Front Door: White House Hosts Iranian Americans
Watershed event symbolizes community's remarkable progress. Amir Bagherpour is the first Iranian-born graduate of West Point. He recently completed his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University in...
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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 does not vouch for their...
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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 Conference in...
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The State Blog | Clueless Iranian Foreign Policy?
Is the Supreme Leader paying attention to the reality of the current situation? The State is a weekly column about Iranian security and diplomatic issues. Alex Vatanka is a scholar at the Middle East...
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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 does not vouch for their...
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Region | Iraqi, Syrian Developments Threaten Iran's Geopolitical Sway
Gains that followed Saddam Hussein's overthrow at risk of being reversed. Paul Mutter is a graduate student at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU and a fellow at Truthout, an independent...
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Dispatch | The Underground Fire
Will June 2013 see another eruption? [ dispatch ] We will rise again. That's the message from supporters of Iran's opposition Green Movement less than a year before the country's next presidential...
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Opinion | What Khamenei Must Do to Save Iran
A nation with little stomach for war must find another way. Mohammad Alireza is a pen name for a columnist in Tehran.[ opinion ] Over the past couple of months, ordinary Iranians, many of them in the...
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Analysis | US, Iranian Militaries' Growing Focus on the Persian Gulf
Iran touts deterrent capability as America devotes new assets to waterway. Paul Mutter is a graduate student at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU and a fellow at Truthout, an independent...
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Cinema | Five Great Iranian Films
[ film ] When A Separation became the first Iranian film to win an Academy Award, more people gained awareness of the country's rich film legacy. Hamid Naficy, a leading authority on Middle Eastern...
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