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EU freezes accounts of top Iranian bank

23/06/2008

New sanctions against Iran, including an assets freeze of its biggest bank, were agreed by the EU today. Iran's Bank of Melli has been blacklisted by the decision, which implements…Read more

Shell pulls out of Iran gas agreement

12/05/2008

Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has pulled out of a planned gas project in Iran, after coming under pressure not to participate from US lawmakers who were concerned about Iran's…Read more

New offer to Iran over nuclear enrichment programme

02/05/2008

Leading international powers are to make a new offer to Iran to end its controversial nuclear enrichment programme, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said today.
Mr Miliband said that the new approach…Read more

'Diplomatic Strategies for Dealing with Iran' by Dennis Ross

29/04/2008

Executive Summary
Since the Iranian revolution in 1979, American administrations have struggled to find the right diplomatic strategy for affecting Iran's leadership and the choices it makes. The Carter administration tried…Read more

Iranian Parliamentary Elections and Ahmadinezhad's Discontents by Mehdi Khaliji

22/04/2008

On April 25, a second round of voting will determine the remaining eighty-eight seats of the Iranian Majlis. The first round, held on March 14, decided 202 seats and was…Read more

Iran’s Deceptive Commercial Practices by Emanuele Ottolenghi

18/04/2008

Executive Summary: Sanctions against Iran focus on nuclear and ballistic missile technology, drawing a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate trade. But a closer look at Iran's commercial practices proves that…Read more

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