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Rouhani Administration to Punish Its Own Offspring over Pay Slip Scandal
While astronomical pay slips resurface as if to provide Principlists media with a national pretext to attack the administration, Rouhani’s cabinet struggles to find a smart stopgap.
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Challenges in Iran-Canada Relations
An essay by Mohammad Taghi Malboobi, an expert on Canadian affairs
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Clinton, JCPOA and the Region
An essay by Davood Hermidas Bavand, an expert on international affairs, published in Tehran’s Arman daily
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Death of Returned Diaspora Pop Icon and Ex-President Ahmadinejad
Pop favorite Habib Mohebbian’s death is yet another sign as to how Ahmadinejad systematically abuses and victimizes celebrities like a dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants.
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Will Iran Change Weekends to Friday and Saturday?
Iran’s private sector floats the idea of a shift in Iran’s weekend holidays system, aimed at boosting economic opportunities. The talk is now apparently taken to highest decision-making levels.
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Friday Prayers: Culture, economy and astronomical salaries
Friday prayers on June 10, 2016.
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Principlists Put MFA on Defensive over JCPOA’s Assumed Economic Failure
The Iranian Foreign Ministry is bending under the heavy fire load over the implementation of the nuclear deal coming from the principlist sides and is losing it. Who is to blame?
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Saudi Arabia Seeks To Counterattack
An essay by Sabah Zanganeh, an expert on Middle Eastern affairs, published in Tehran’s Arman daily
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