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Disunity threatens Iran sanctions plan
A strategy to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions is under stress as western states struggle to build a consensus for a fourth round of sanctions at the United Nations
Putin vexes US over Iran nuclear power
Russia’s prime minister promises Moscow will help Iran complete a civil nuclear power station by this summer, drawing criticism from Hillary Clinton
Iran’s regime contains opposition
Tehran seems to have learnt how to curb street protests, but Iranian analysts and western diplomats doubt the regime has suppressed the opposition’s challenge
Iran tightens security amid festival
The government, which aims to prevent the opposition from turning a traditional festival into a protest rally, has deployed police in Tehran’s main squares and forced shops to shut down
Activists target KPMG over Iran ties
A US-based lobby group that pressurises companies to sever ties with Iran has accused KPMG, the professional services company, of ’supporting this brutal regime and its illegal actions’
Iranians switch to informal savings funds
Ordinary Iranians are expanding an informal network of savings funds because established banks are struggling under the impact of international sanctions and bad loans
Shell halts supplies to Iran
The company’s withdrawal is the latest sign that the threat of sanctions and Washington’s behind-the-scenes efforts to convince companies not to sell to Iran are paying off
Iran discloses Afghan role in guerrilla leader’s capture
Iran’s president acknowledges for the first time that Afghan and Pakistani intelligence helped his government to hunt down the leader of an ethnic opposition movement
Iranian Nobel laureate urges focus on rights
Western companies that aid repression by the government of the Islamic Republic should be subject to punitive action, says the human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi
Fuel cut ignites debate on punishing Tehran
The decision by the world’s largest oil traders, to stop supplying Iran with petrol ahead of any tightening of US sanctions will test the arguments of those who disagree about the impact of such punitive measures
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Iran risks overplaying hand
Western powers might run out of patience with Tehran’s negotiating tactics and demand a complete end to the country’s uranium enrichment activities, says Roula Khalaf
Editorial
Iran protests turn into open rebellion
Outside powers cannot lift the yoke of dictatorship off the Iranian people; only they can do that. But what the US and Europe can do is target those who are the target of this courageous new rebellion
Analysis
Man in the News: Mir-Hossein Moussavi
Iran’s radical fundamentalists failed to realise that the man who had overseen the newly formed Islamic system as prime minister could not be dismissed as easily as other critics
