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Friday | Payvand News of Iran

Iran: Prisoners launch hunger strike at Ghezel Hessar Prison

Prisoners in three sections of Ghezel Hessar Prison in Karaj are reportedly on hunger strike in a protest against prison management.

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Friday | Tehran Times

Iran inks deals to develop Sardar-e Jangal field in Caspian Sea

TEHRAN Iran's Khazar Oil Company has signed eight contracts with domestic contractors in order to develop Sardar-e Jangal oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea, the company's managing director Ali Osuli said.

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Friday | Tehran Times

Iran gets in election mode

TEHRAN Iran began gearing up for its 11th presidential election after the Interior Ministry published the final list of approved candidates for the June 14 election.

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Friday | Tehran Times

Iran is winning its strategic struggle with U.S.: Jalili

TEHRAN Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and presidential candidate, Saeed Jalili, has said that efforts by the United States to hinder the country's progress have failed and Iran is winning its strategic battle against the U.S. Jalili, who is the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, made the remarks during an interview with the ... (more)

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Wed May 22, 2013

Time

Iranians Will Have Few Options When They Choose Next President

Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani waves to media as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election on May 11, 2013, while his daughter Fatemeh, smiles at second right, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran.

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News24

Iran denies links to Saudi 'spies'

Israeli filmmaker Messe Kopp walked backwards then played his film in reverse. The concept is simple, but the result is bizarre.

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The Miami Herald

Global, local issues for Iran in upcoming election

In this picture taken on Saturday, May 11, 2013, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, joins hands with his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, as he flashes a victory sign, at the start of their press conference, after registering the candidacy of Mashaei for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ... (more)

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Tue May 21, 2013

SFGate

Reports: Iran bars 2 top figures from June ballot

In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 78, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran.

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Balkans.com

Iran's NIPO makes proposal to Turkey and Egypt to form an international petrochemical assocation

The National Iranian Petrochemical Organization has made a proposal to Turkey and Egypt to form an international petrochemical association similar to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries with Iran at a D8 meeting in Tehran.

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Tehran Times

Iran starts mass production of new air defense system

TEHRAN Iran launched the production line for a new domestically manufactured air defense system named the Ninth Herz in a ceremony held in Tehran on Monday ahead of the 31st anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr.

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Sun May 19, 2013

WAPI-AM Birmingham

Iran Executes Two Men Accused of Spying for United States and Israel

Iran executed two men they had convicted of spying for the Unites States and Israel, according to Iran State Radio.

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KLFY-TV Lafayette

Iran's Guard warns against post-election turmoil

President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Tehran Times

Iran supports Turkey's actions to maintain its unity'

TEHRAN Iran supports any action that Turkey takes to protect its unity and solidarity, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said at a press conference in the Iranian consulate in Istanbul on Friday.

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Fri May 17, 2013

KMIZ

Live large, pay small in Panama City

When the Economist Intelligence Unit released its most recent Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, the spotlight, as ever, fell on the world's most expensive cities.

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WYFF-TV Greenville

Live large, pay small in Panama City

When the Economist Intelligence Unit released its most recent Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, the spotlight, as ever, fell on the world's most expensive cities.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Canada.com

Iranian cleric says women cannot be president, woman's name on ballot 'not allowed'

Iranians walk in the old bazaar, in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, May 12, 2013. On Saturday former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's made a last minute surprise decision to enter Iran's presidential election process, which now includes more than 680 hopefuls and will culminate June 14 with just a handful of names on the ballot to succeed Mahmoud ... (more)

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Tue May 14, 2013

National Public Radio

A Sign Of Disunity? Iranian Candidates Jockey For Position

Etrat Kazemi registers her candidacy for the upcoming presidential election in Tehran, Iran, last week.

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Tehran Times

Iran expects progress in UN nuclear talks: Soltanieh

TEHRAN Iran expects progress will be made in talks this week with the United Nations' atomic agency, Tehran's nuclear envoy told Reuters on Monday.

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Tehran Times

Iran allocates $450m for oil, gas exploration projects

TEHRAN Iran has allocated 5.5 trillion rials to oil and gas exploration projects in the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21, Hormoz Qalavand the head of exploration at the National Iranian Oil Company announced on Tuesday.

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Tehran Times

Click on the slide

TEHRAN Iran will leave the U.S. behind by the end of the current year to become the world's third largest cement exporter, the Global Cement magazine wrote in its latest edition.

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