Last Thursday, the famous Tohid Center in Tehran held its first gathering after a lull of five years and the occasion was to commemorate the moderate ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani, a theologian and reformist senior cleric, who had died seven months after the collapse of the Pahlavi regime in 1979. Tohid has a special place […]
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Sanctions and Regime Policies Cause Growing Crisis in Iran
New Study Exposes Deterioration of Economic and Social Rights (April 29, 2013) The international community should target sanctions more effectively to impose costs on the Iranian government and not its citizens, and the Iranian government should end its policies that worsen the crisis in access to medicines, foods, and other essential imports, the International […]
Iran’s medical crisis deepens as economy sputters
For the first time in more than a decade, the black market pharmaceutical peddlers are back on Nasser Khosrow Street near Tehran’s main bazaar.
Police announce more arrests around currency crisis
The Tehran Police force has announced that 88 “gold and foreign currency brokers” have been arrested, as disputes have intensified between the Iranian government and the Central Bank over handling the crisis in the currency and gold markets.
Iran’s currency crisis reaches new level
The Iranian currency has fallen to a historic low despite all efforts by the Islamic Republic to control the market.
Egypt’s Mursi says Iran is vital to ending Syria’s crisis
Egypt’s Islamist President said on Saturday that having a strong relationship with Iran is important for Egypt at this time to be able to work out a way to end the bloodshed in Syria.
Iranian book market in crisis
Iranian publishing is facing a critical situation, with fewer people buying books and more and more bookshops closing down. The Ghanoon website reports that stores in the major city of Isfahan in particular “are facing a slow death.Most have already closed down for lack of cash and been replaced by other businesses.”
Iran lowers prices as ‘chicken crisis’ becomes simmering political issue
Iranian demonstrators purportedly took to the streets in a rare act of public defiance last week, but not over corruption, unemployment, or social and political reform.
Iran’s “chicken crisis” is simmering political issue
Earlier this month, Iran’s national police chief ventured boldly into what has become known as the country’s “chicken crisis”. The feathers haven’t stopped flying since.
Annan says Iran input needed to solve Syrian crisis
Kofi Annan, the UN and the Arab League envoy for Syria, told Le Monde on Saturday July 7 that his mission to reach a peaceful resolution has failed, adding that Iran should take part in the efforts to solve the crisis.