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Tehran’s Friday Prayers: In defense of the Guardian Council
Tehran’s Friday prayers on January 18, 2016.
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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 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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Rouhani Voices Concern over GC Sweeping Disqualifications
In recent remarks addressed to a gathering of Iranian governors in an Interior Ministry auditorium, Hassan Rouhani expressed concern over the large number of candidates who have been disqualified by the Guardian Council.
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Canada Continues to Send Positive Signals to Iran
In just a few days after the implementation of the JCPOA, the UK is reopening visa issuance in Iran and Canada is already considering the resumption of diplomatic ties with Tehran.
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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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Error 404: Reformist Not Found
Reformist figures are once again barred from running in parliamentary elections. Could negotiations bring them back to the competition?
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Public Diplomacy to Ease Tensions between Iran and the Arab World
Despite historical differences, Tehran can reduce the level of tensions with Arab countries if it taps into public diplomacy.
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