The Economist – SERAI MUSHIR is a string of souvenir shops that started life as a caravanserai, a pit-stop for weary travellers and their camels. Looking onto a courtyard filled with orange trees, it is the prettiest part of Shiraz’s warren of bazaars. Tourists from home and abroad should be swarming into this fabled […]
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At least 100 hurt in Iran earthquake: reports
AFP – A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck the area of the city of Neyshabour in northeast Iran on Thursday, injuring at least 100 people and damaging several houses, state media reported.
Japan oil industry likely to cut Iran imports in 3 months time
By Osamu TsukimoriTOKYO, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Japan’s oil industry is likely to cut its purchases of Iranian crude oil in about three months as Tokyo grapples with a new U.S. sanctions law, Akihiko Tembo, president of the Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ), said on Thursday.
EU to sanction Iran bank, Greece holds up oil embargo
By Claire RosembergBRUSSELS (AFP) — EU nations Thursday agreed to sanction Iran’s central bank, freezing assets used to finance its nuclear drive, but have yet to clinch an oil embargo deal that could penalise debt-hit Greece.
Dolphins have no part in this dispute with Iran
The US Navy has trained dolphins to detect mines. Now, they might be used in the conflict with Iran over its nuclear policies.
IAEA to press Iran over nuclear concerns
Reuters – The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said it was his duty to warn the world about suspected Iranian activities that point to plans to develop atomic bomb, maintaining pressure on Tehran ahead of rare talks between Iran and his agency expected this month.
Crackdown on journalists continues
Peymon Pakmehr is the fourth journalist to be arrested by Islamic Republic authorities in the past few days in a new wave of cracking down on Iranian media activists.
“A Separation” receives Oscar nomination
A Separation by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has been shortlisted for an Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.
U.S. Navy Rescues Iranian Fishermen
The U.S. Navy says it has led a rescue operation to help the crew of a sinking Iranian fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea — the third such operation in two weeks.
An Absolute Ignorance Of The Gonabadi Dervishes Arrested
Four Gonabadi Dervishes who were arrested in Tehran and Shiraz more than a week ago are still in detention and we have no information about them yet.