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Iran Hopes to Export Electricity to Cover for Reduced Oil Demand
Category: Middle East Written by Daniel Graeber
Against the backdrop of discussions about pending negotiations over its controversial nuclear program and the upcoming deadline of an European embargo on Iranian oil comes a quiet push by the Islamic republic to become a major electricity exporter. Tehran had said it was expecting to secure
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:20
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'IRGC meddled in parliamentary elections' says conservative MP
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
Ali Motahari slams Revolutionary Guards Corps
Conservative lawmaker Ali Motahari has accused the Revolutionary Guards Corps of “meddling” in the country’s 2012 parliamentary elections.
Addressing fellow parliamentarians on Sunday, Motahari said the IRGC’s role in the 2 March elections was a
Last Updated on Monday, 21 May 2012 14:30
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Former Iranian nuclear negotiator sentenced to seven years in prison
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
A former member of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
According to opposition website Kaleme, Shahin Dadkhah, a former advisor to the Supreme National Security Council, has received a two-year jail term plus a suspended five-year sentence for his
Last Updated on Monday, 21 May 2012 14:14
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Student activist Mahdieh Golroo released after 30 months in prison
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
A student activist has been released after thirty months in prison.
Sources told the Green Voice of Freedom that Mahdieh Golroo was released on Saturday morning from Tehran’s Evin prison.
Golroo is a founding member of The Advocacy Council for the Right to Education (ACRE), was formed in
Last Updated on Saturday, 19 May 2012 11:00
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Conflicting reports on IRGC warning to Hezbollah over 'pre-emptive' strike
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
Nes agencies repudiate story by IRGC site
The head of Iran's Quds force, Qassem Suleimani has warned the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah against waging any pre-emptive war on Israel, according to a website affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards Corps.
On Wednesday, Javan Online published
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:32
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Green Coordinating Council spokesperson proposes 'nuclear-free' Middle East
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
Military strike 'grave' threat to stability
Ardeshir Amir-Arjomand, a leading figure in Iran’s opposition Green Movement, has called for a nuclear-free Middle East.
Amir-Arjomand is the spokesperson for the Coordination Council of the Green Path of Hope, the Green Movement’s highest
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:26
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130 media figures demand 'release of all journalists'
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
In letter to judiciary head and parliament speaker
Close to 130 Iranian journalists have called on the judiciary chief as well as the speaker of parliament to take action against the on-going repression of journalists in the country.
In a letter to brothers Ali and Sadegh Larijani, the journalists
Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:21
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