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The Show Must Go On
As Iran is yet to know a third of its next parliament’s lawmakers due to the need for run-offs, campaigns do not stop whatsoever.
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Boars, Bored Matadors, and Ebtekar
Hunting wild boars by Spanish citizens in the Caspian province of Mazandaran has provided hardliner media new opening to attack the Reformist head of environmental department.
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Independents: Catalysts of Change and Mothballs of Corruption
Hours before the official results on the polls for the Iranian parliament are issued, commentators are speculating a somewhat fragmented line-up in the tenth Majlis.
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Reformist Victory in Tehran Takes Principlists by Surprise
After years of suppression from opponent principlists, the reform front has raised the bar once again on its reform agenda stalled for more than a decade in the latest elections held in Iran.
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Syria: Russia’s Winning Card or Leverage for Pressure?
An interview with Seyyed Ghassem Zakeri, an expert on international affairs
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