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Iran Mounts New Web Crackdown

Iran is mounting new clampdowns on Internet expression, including rules that will impose layers of surveillance in the country's popular Internet cafes, as Tehran's political establishment comes under increasing strains.

Iran admits the pain of sanctions

Western sanctions have taken such a toll on Iran over the past 18 months that now -- as the screw is about to be tightened yet further -- Tehran's studied insouciance is slipping, with officials admitting the economic damage...

Sanctions must be imposed on Ahmadinejad

International Holocaust Day, as determined by the United Nations, will be marked on January 27. It is still not too late from the EU's point of view: It can take the minimal symbolic step of declaring Ahmadinejad an outcast.

Iran unlikely to block oil shipments through Strait of Hormuz

“We would be committing economical suicide by closing off the Hormuz Strait,” said an Iranian Oil Ministry official. “Oil money is our only income, so we would be spectacularly shooting ourselves in the foot by doing that.”

Islamic Republic of Iran is considering Sakineh Mohamadi Ashtiani’s execution

The Islamic Republic of Iran is considering Sakineh Mohamadi Ashtiani’s execution.

International Committee against Stoning. Press Release 26 December 2011. Malek Ajdar Sharifi, the head of East Azerbaijan province’s justice department, has announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran is considering changing...

Sanctions Hit—and Miss—in German Trade With Iran

As the U.S. and EU seek stronger measures to force Tehran to abandon its nuclear program, the rise and fall of Hansa's supply business shows how the sanctions regime is often forced to play catch-up to businesses in Iran and...

Dec 21: Press Release: German export control agency for months approved Iran deals despite warnings

Too early to call it a day

It's not time to give up. Communicating a message to Iran that it can no longer be stopped, and moreover, that the international community is loath to upset it, is a huge mistake.

Iran responsible for 1998 U.S. embassy bombings

Iran was working directly with al-Qaeda’s operational commander — a terrorist with whom bin Laden was plotting to outdo the destruction of the Sept. 11 attacks. Of course, the obvious way to outdo that destruction is to use a...

Protest against Iranian chair at OPEC meeting

No stage for the Iranian regime! >>

Focus Syria: Implications of the fall of Assad for the isolation of the Iranian regime

Lecture and discussion withFarid Ghadry (Reform Party of Syria) andJonathan Spyer (GLORIA-Center, IDC, Israel) Chair: Simone Dinah Hartmann (STOP THE BOMB) Tuesday, December 13th 2011, 7 PMUniversity Campus Altes AKH, Aula, Court... >>

Rally against the Iranian chairmanship at OPEC meeting

STOP THE BOMB protests against the Iranian oil minister  >>

Arab World: Getting under Tehran’s umbrella

The keys to understanding the Iraqi shift are the imminent departure of US forces from Iraq and the long political game that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been playing in both Iraq and Syria.

The Importance Of Sanctioning Iran's Central Bank

The logic behind the measure is obvious. Quite simply, Iran's Central Bank represents one of the most potent ways to hit Iran's chief export commodity: oil.