Economic and Political Discontent in Iran
On October 3, 2012, Iranian citizens took to the streets of Tehran to demonstrate against the rising cost of living, deteriorating living standards, increasing unemployment, and the devaluation of the Iranian currency, the rial. Riot police, however, clashed with the protesters and fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. Iran has been sanctioned over its nuclear program and its systematic abuse of basic human rights. These violations include crackdowns on protests, severe censorship, discrimination against women and minorities, politically motivated sentencing, excessive use of the death penalty, and more. While many of the human rights related sanctions are targeted at individuals complicit in abuses, the broader sanctions have taken a toll on the every day citizen. More
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Iran claims it has circumvented sanctions - Salon.com
27 Dec 15:06Iran’s oil minister claims his country has successfully circumvented sanctions on the sale of its oil. State TV on Sunday broadcast comments by Rostam Ghasemi that the industry was in “bad shape” about two months ago due to the oil embargo...
Iran’s rial tumbles once again | Radio Zamaneh: Independent Media, Debate and E-learning for Iran
27 Dec 15:05The government has blamed international sanctions and “economic saboteurs” for the fluctuations in the currency market, but government critics have also blamed the government for mismanagement of the situation.
Sanctions hurting Iran's movie industry - SFGate
27 Dec 15:03Iran's acclaimed movie industry is the latest sector to suffer the effects of economic sanctions over the country's uranium enrichment program. At the close of a year in which increased ticket prices caused a 40 percent drop in cinema attendance,...
The Year in Review 2012: Sanctions do little to deter Iran - UPI.com
27 Dec 15:03Intimidation is the name of the game in the Middle East, and the game is played on every stage imaginable.
Iranian addicts shift to synthetic drugs - FT.com
26 Dec 08:22Iranian experts are warning of substantial changes in the patterns of substance abuse in the sanctions-hit country, as drug users shift away from smoking opium to the more dangerous injection of crack heroin. The tightening US and European Union
Rial’s woes lead to rise in Iranian crime - FT.com
21 Dec 01:22Street robberies in Iran have risen in recent months, local people say, as US and European sanctions have taken their toll on the economy and purchasing power has fallen. There are no official crime figures but Tehran residents report a rise in
“The Great Surgery” of Iran's economy - Trend.Az
19 Dec 09:26A memorable event took place in Iran’s economy in December of 2010. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the launch of a project on subsidy reform (elimination of targeted subsidies), and called it a ‘great surgery’ on the weakened...
Iran defiant on enrichment ahead of possible nuclear talks| Reuters
18 Dec 05:26DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will not stop higher-grade enrichment of uranium in response to external demands, Tehran's top nuclear official was quoted as saying on Tuesday, signaling a tough bargaining stance
Geopolitical Jitters May Dictate Course of World Economy - Bloomberg
18 Dec 04:252012 was a year when politics at times trumped economic fundamentals, from worries about a break- up of the euro zone to anxiety about U.S. budget policy. In 2013, security concerns may do the same thing.
Robb, Ross and Makovsky: The Economic Cost of a Nuclear Iran - WSJ.com
17 Dec 21:23In The Wall Street Journal, former Senator Charles Robb, Dennis Ross and Michael Makovsky write that sanctions and U.S. military force carry risks, but Tehran with a bomb would wreak havoc on global markets.
«خرخره» اقتصاد ایران در دستان فساد
15 Dec 06:25حالا دیگر کمتر کسی حوصله دارد چند ماهی مانده به پایان دولت دهم، از محمود احمدی نژاد بپرسد، چرا رتبه دولتی که او آن را «پاکترین دولتها»...
Western sanctions hamper Iran's economy - CNN.com Video
14 Dec 06:24The U.S. is using economic pressure in a nuclear standoff with Iran.
Iran bans 'luxury' imports as sanctions bite - World - NZ Herald News
08 Nov 19:19Iran's sanctions-fighting resistance economy suddenly got a lot leaner, less flashy and perhaps a bit more uncomfortable.
افزايش مشکلات معيشتی در ايران و فرايند قطبی شدن جامعه
06 Nov 16:22حسينعلی شهرياری، رييس کميسيون بهداشت مجلس گفته است افزايش مشکلات معيشتی در ايران به فرايند قطبی شدن جامعه کمک کرده ودر جامعه کنونی مردم...
وقتی صادرات کالا قحطی می آورد
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Meet America's sanction cops for Iran - Nov. 5, 2012
05 Nov 10:24They're the leaders at the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence shaping U.S.-Iran policy.
In Iran, drug trafficking soars as sanctions take bigger bite - The Washington Post
01 Nov 11:22A booming illicit drug industry in the country is producing record quantities of a powerful synthetic drug, law enforcement officials say.
Richard Javad Heydarian: Iran Sanctions: Collective Punishment
30 Oct 17:20Despite hints at possible one-on-one talks between Iran and the U.S. it is far from clear whether Obama (or Romney) would ever engage Tehran in a substantive and sustained kind of diplomacy that befits the complexity of the ongoing nuclear conundrum.
Iran's Khamenei warns of government divisions after rial plunge| Reuters
30 Oct 09:26DUBAI (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iranian officials on Wednesday to stop bickering over mounting economic woes as Tehran grapples with Western-imposed sanctions, voicing concern
Time for an Iranian Spring? by Behzad Yaghmaian - The Globalist
24 Oct 19:45Iran's middle class is feeling the bite of economic sanctions imposed by Western governments to slow the country's nuclear weapons program. Yet despite signs of growing discontent with the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the middle...
International sanctions mean skyrocketing prices for Iranians - thestar.com
24 Oct 19:44It is hard to know how much money to take to the supermarket in Iran these days. The price of meat or milk, for example, can nearly double in the time between leaving the house and arriving at the store because the value of the rial fluctuates...
Iran's Hyperinflation Economic Death Spiral :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website
24 Oct 19:42Since early September, there has been an accelerated slide in the value of the Iranian rial. This slide has been punctuated by dramatic collapses in the demand for the rial. With each collapse, there has been something akin to a "bank run" on rials...
Grand Ayatollahs Chide Khamenei Over Iran's Faltering Economy - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
24 Oct 19:41Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has yet to acknowledge the extent of Iran’s economic straits, which could undermine the stability of the country and its theocratic regime.
Iran arrests 50 over currency decline | Nation & World | The Seattle Times
24 Oct 19:32Iran's intelligence chief says up to 50 people have been arrested in connection with the decline in the value of the national currency and the chaos that followed the slide.
Iran sanctions 'putting millions of lives at risk' | World news | guardian.co.uk
22 Oct 20:21Western sanctions hitting import of medicines for diseases including multiple sclerosis and cancer, charity warns
Iranian industry group's workers stage protest against Korea's Daewoo Electronics - Trend.Az
22 Oct 02:20A protest has been staged yesterday before the embassy of South Korea in Iran, in connection with Iran's Entikhab Industry Group's frozen assets, the group's website reported.
Police Clash with Currency Protesters... in Iran | Silver Circle Underground
18 Oct 05:23Money Monday Last week hundreds of protesters gathered in Iran’s capital Tehran outraged over the plunging Iranian rial. The State greeted their peaceful demonstration with riot police and tear gas.
For Iranian Regime, Tehran Bazaar Protest Could Be A Game-Changer
17 Oct 15:22Bazaaries, the Farsi name for Iran’s traditional merchants, are typically a conservative, wealthy bunch reluctant to involve themselves in politics.
IRAN 14-08-12 WORKERS PROTEST --- USED 16-10-12.jpg
17 Oct 04:22IRAN 14-08-12 WORKERS PROTEST --- USED 16-10-12.jpg
Iran. 3.Oct 2012. Massive Anti-regime protest in Tehran, streets on fire Part 12
16 Oct 12:21
Iran Human Rights Activists Raped, Tortured: UN
15 Oct 08:22By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Human rights activists in Iran are subjected to beatings with batons, mock hangings, rape, sleep deprivation, and threats that family members will be raped or killed, a U.N....
Iran fears the MEK's influence, as its protests over terror delisting show | Alex Carlile | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
14 Oct 18:21Alex Carlile: Claims that Iran's opposition group MEK is irrelevant is belied by how keen the country's leaders were to suppress it
protest against execution in Iran for one week around Brussels (Belgium) -=- Eteraz be edam dar Iran
14 Oct 17:21
Iranian fugitive: identity mix-up with shot Neda wrecked my life | World news | The Observer
14 Oct 05:20Neda Soltani, a lecturer whose photo wrongly became symbol of protest, tells how regime threatened her life after confusing her with shot protester Neda Agha Soltan
Protest against removal of prisoners to hospital in prison uniforms « Iran Daily Brief
13 Oct 18:19Loading...You are here: Top Stories > Human Rights > Current Article Protest against removal of prisoners to hospital in prison uniforms Fr
Sign at yesterday's protest in Daraya: "From #Syria to #Iran, a revolution for freedom"
13 Oct 10:22Sign at yesterday's protest in Daraya: "From #Syria to #Iran, a revolution for freedom"
IRAN - Tehran - 20121003 - Protest Against Iran's Currency Crash
11 Oct 17:21
Iran, Tehran, Irancrisis
10 Oct 06:21GreenQuran: Picture of the protest if bus drivers in #Tehran #Iran #IranCrisis http://t.co/YmkRcXvB
World Economy: Strict New Procedures for Iran Currency Trading After Protest - Mutiara-Damansara.com
09 Oct 05:21World Economy: Strict New Procedures for Iran Currency Trading After Protest 09/10/2012 0 Comments More On World Economy News HereTEHRAN — Irani
Strict New Procedures for Iran Currency Trading After Protest | Freedom Messenger
09 Oct 02:19By THOMAS ERDBRINK Published: October 8, 2012 TEHRAN — Iranian police officers moved to arrest unlicensed currency dealers and increase patrols in the
Strict New Procedures for Iran Currency Trading After Protest!! - nwoow
09 Oct 01:19Iranian police officers moved to arrest unlicensed--currency dealers and increase patrols in the--center of the capital on Monday to prevent unofficial trading from--disrupting new government-imposed--rates of exchange for the national currency, the...
Iranians 'protest over currency crisis' – video | World news | guardian.co.uk
08 Oct 16:19Unverified amateur footage purports to show demonstrations in Tehran against the Iranian currency crisis
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Iran - "Death To Dictators" Chant Thousands Of Iranians in Demonstrations 3-Oct-12
06 Oct 13:21
FNN Iran a demonstration chanting for leave Syria and care about us 3 10 2012
06 Oct 07:19
Iran
05 Oct 09:21TaraFatehi: Famous Iranian singers take to the streets of the US to protest against Irans dictatorial government http://t.co/JcOEY8ff
Iran. 3.Oct 2012. Massive Anti-regime protest in Tehran CLASHES with PLAIN Cloth forces Part 15
05 Oct 01:20
Iran. 3.Oct.2012. Anti-regime protest in Tehran. "Death to Dictator"
05 Oct 01:20
Protest Across Iran Because Of Currency Devaluation
04 Oct 19:19
TEHRAN: Tazahorat Dar Ferdowsi va Manochehri. October 3, 2012
04 Oct 16:19
We Are the 99%: Iranians protest against Ahmadinejad, clash with police over currency plunge
04 Oct 14:20
Iran traders stay shut in rial protest - FT.com
04 Oct 13:22Iranian riot police were out in force in Tehran’s main squares on Thursday as a number of bazaaris and other merchants kept their shops shut in protest over the falling value of the rial, despite threats they may face prosecution for doing so.
Iran. 3.Oct.2012. No to Syria No to Lebanon, My life only for Iran
04 Oct 12:19
Iranians Protest as Economy Declines, US Judge Rules Iran Contribute 6 Billion to 9/11 Victims | Spread Liberty News
04 Oct 12:19Iranians Protest as Economy Declines, US Judge Rules Iran Contribute 6 Billion to 9/11 Victims Posted by Admin on October 4, 2012 in World Affairs |
Iran Tehran 3 Oct 2012 Anti regime protest people chant "JUSTICE JUSTCIE"
04 Oct 11:21
Iranians 'protest over currency crisis' – video | World news | guardian.co.uk
04 Oct 06:19Unverified amateur footage purports to show demonstrations in Tehran against the Iranian currency crisis
Hyperinflation Has Arrived In Iran | Cato @ Liberty
04 Oct 04:20Next: 2012 Presidential Debate Live Blog Previous: ‘No State Is Going to Be Able to Be Fully Certified on Jan. 1′ Hyperinflation Has Arrived In I
Iran: Mass street protest erupt in Tehran | In Defence of Marxism
04 Oct 03:18Today, October 3, 2012, thousands of people took to the streets in a spontaneous demonstration around the Bazaar of Tehran. The protests spread around the Bazaar, with people shouting slogans and wrecking a bank. The protest was against the massive...
