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MPs Discuss Nine Post-Revolution Parliaments

MPs Discuss Nine Post-Revolution Parliaments

Less than five weeks to the tenth parliamentary elections in Iran, our sister website, Tarikh Irani, held a conference yesterday reviewing the track record of all the Iranian parliaments formed after the Islamic Revolution.

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Iran Insists On Crude Export Boost Despite Uncertainties

Iran Insists On Crude Export Boost Despite Uncertainties

Iran has pledged 500,000 barrels a day of new crude exports in the next few months and 1 million barrels a day within a year to take back its share of the oil market after US, EU, and UN sanctions are removed. However, contradictory news pieces are confusing.

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Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Diverging Attitudes

Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Diverging Attitudes

While several world leaders have expressed their readiness to mediate between Middle East powers Iran and Saudi Arabia, with a few travelling from one to the other, Iran says it has found the mastermind behind an embassy attack that ignited the two country’s latest row which ended their diplomatic ties.

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New Sanctions Are Not New Sanctions

New Sanctions Are Not New Sanctions

The US Treasury Department said in a statement on Sunday that it has imposed new sanctions on several individuals and firms over Iran’s ballistic missile program, claiming that the program “poses a significant threat to regional and global security.” The so-called new sanctions are proving controversial in Iran.

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