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May 23, 2016

How to Promote the Potential of Iran’s Makran Coast

By Fatemeh Aman

Iran is seeking new investment for the Makran coast along the Gulf of Oman to boost development in one of the country’s most deprived regions, fight drug trafficking and expand its naval presence beyond the Persian Gulf.

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May 16, 2016

Five Ways to Make the Nuclear Deal Work for Iran

By Barbara Slavin

Since a landmark nuclear deal went into effect January 16, Iranians are increasingly frustrated that while they have fulfilled their part of the bargain, they have yet to see significant economic benefits.

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May 4, 2016

Iran’s New Parliament: Fewer Clerics, More Women

By Mehrnaz Samimi

The results of this year’s runoff elections for seats in Iran’s tenth parliament have broken two records. The new parliament — which will officially begin work on May 28 — will host the largest number of women and the least number of clerics since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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May 2, 2016

United States and Iran Should Settle, not Escalate Mutual Claims

By Tyler Cullis

The recent decision of the US Supreme Court to uphold the turnover of $2 billion of Iranian assets to US plaintiffs has added one more complication to the nascent relationship between the United States and Iran.  Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called the decision “highway robbery” and sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary […]

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Apr 29, 2016

قاچاقچیان مواد مخدر شیوه های تازه ای برای قاچاق مواد مخدر از افغانستان به ایران می یابند

By فاطمه امان

اندکی قرون وسطایی می نماید، اما این شگرد تازه قاچاقچیان مواد مخدر در مناطق مرزی ایران-افغانستان است.   سردار رهام بخش حبیبی فرمانده مرزبانی سیستان و بلوچستان می گوید قاچاقچیان، با استفاده از نوعی منجیق که از آهن های نبشی و تیوب خودرو ساخته شده و قادر است با هر پرتاب یک بسته 10 کیلویی را […]

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Apr 29, 2016

Traffickers Find Novel Ways of Smuggling Drugs into Iran from Afghanistan

By Fatemeh Aman

It sounds like something from the Middle Ages but it’s the latest method for drug traffickers along the Iran-Afghanistan border. The commander of Sistan and Baluchestan’s border guard, Raham Bakhsh Habibi, says that drug traffickers are smuggling drugs into Iran by using a catapult made of special metal fixtures and tire tubes that can toss packages weighing 10 […]

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Apr 19, 2016

US Can Do More to Help Iran’s Private Sector

By Barbara Slavin

More than 100 days after the Iran nuclear deal was implemented, Iranians are impatient to see more economic results.

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Apr 12, 2016

Is Iran Seeking Regional Hegemony?

By Yasuyuki Matsunaga

During his recent visit to Washington, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon remarked that a “Shiite radical axis” headed by Iran “is exploiting the deal now to gain hegemony” in the region. This has, in fact, become a rallying cry for those countries in the MENA region that are irked by the nuclear deal reached in […]

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Apr 11, 2016

US Should Facilitate Dialogue between Iran and Financial Action Task Force

By Tyler Cullis

With the successful conclusion of the nuclear accord between the United States, other major world powers and Iran, it is worth exploring other areas in which dialogue between the two adversaries can help realize mutual interests and relax ongoing tensions.

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Apr 8, 2016

اتهام جاسوسی، سفر روحانی به پاکستان را در سایه قرار داد

By Fatemeh Aman

دو روز پس از ورود رییس جمهوری روحانی به پاکستان، مقام های پاکستانی مردی را در استان پر تنش بلوچستان به اتهام جاسوسی برای هند بازداشت کردند.   کولبهوشان یاداف مرد بازداشت شده، ظاهرا اعتراف کرده است که به طور غیر قانونی با پاسپورت هندی و ویزای معتبر ایران وارد پاکستان شده است. به گفته […]

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