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Mousavi vows to change Iran's 'extremist' image

... deviate from its nuclear programme if he was elected."It is our right and we have no right to back-pedal or there will be dire consequences," the candidate said, insisting Iran was not aiming to produce nuclear weapons."A right to have technology is different from deviating to weapons building," ...
Iran's inflation falls to 24% low in January

... in October.With the economy expected to be a key battleground in Iran's June presidential election, analysts say the new lower rates will come as good news ... percent since 2005 when Ahmadinejad took office pledging to share out Iran's oil wealth more fairly."Based on the latest report, the inflation ...
Iraq elections see secular parties make gains

... are fed up with the way religious parties have acted because they are disconnected from modern life, especially the Supreme Islamic Council which has strong ties to Iran," said Mohammed Kazim, 38, who works as an odd jobs man in the central shrine city.Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is himself the ...
Iran marks 30th anniversary of revolution

... 's celebrations come barely four months before a presidential election in Iran, with Ahmadinejad seeking re-election for another four-year term.Khomeini backed ... .Khomeini branded the United States as the "Great Satan", and Iran was lumped into an "axis of evil" by former US president George W. Bush. ...
Obama team drafts letter to heal Iran rift

... .The United States broke off diplomatic ties with Iran after students seized the US embassy in Tehran following the 1979 revolution.US suspicions that Iran was trying to develop a nuclear weapon and the presence of thousands of US troops in neighbouring Iraq have been the main hurdles to rebuilding ...
Iran's annual inflation cools nearly 2% in Dec

Iran's annual inflation rate fell nearly two percentage points to 26.4 percent in December, the central bank said on Thursday, in what will be welcome news for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of this year's election.The year-on-year rate also fell in November, to 28.3 percent, ...
Iran budget 'to be based on $37.50 oil' - minister

... Ahmadinejad is expected to run for re-election, unless crude prices rebound to $80 or so.A government official said in October Iran was planning for an oil ... prices have continued to slide since then.The oil price set for Iran's budget indicates government expectations but does not give a full picture ...
Iran president presents economic reforms

... needed more urgently now crude has fallen below $40 a barrel from July's peak of $147, hurting Iran's main source of revenue.However, pushing through reforms may be fraught with challenges for Ahmadinejad, who is expected to run for re- election in June after four years of ...
Iran inflation up 28.3 percent on year

... oil producer are likely to be a major battleground in the June 2009 election when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to run for a new term ... that prevailed when Ahmadinejad came to power in 2005 with his promises to spread out Iran's oil wealth more fairly.The central bank said consumer prices ...
Drop 'carrot and stick' tactics, Iran tells Obama

... for civilian energy purposes, and has continued to enrich uranium in defiance of UN sanctions.Ghashghavi said if the new US administration was to repeat calls for Iran to halt enrichment, "our position is that we will not suspend.""When he talks about change and he says 'we can', he is expected to ...
No sign of US policy shift - Iran

... office in January.Obama has said he would harden sanctions on Iran but also held out the possibility of direct talks. After his election win last month, he called for an international effort to stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb, saying it was "unacceptable".Qashqavi said future relations ...
Iran arrests 'Israel-linked spy network'

... years and warned that its intelligence wars with Israel "have become more serious."Tehran does not recognise Israel and tensions have been exacerbated since the 2005 election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly said the Jewish state is doomed to vanish and branded the Holocaust a " ...
Iran could live with $5 oil - Ahmadinejad

... views of the IMF and economic analysts.Like other major crude exporters, Iran is facing declining revenue as global oil prices ... say Iran will almost certainly have to cut spending in the 2009/10 budget unless the price bounces back to $70 or more, posing a challenge for Ahmadinejad during an election ...
Iran mulls $1bn international bond issue

... facing growing criticism over his economic policies ahead of next year's presidential election, with critics blaming rising inflation on his government's profligate ... agencies, US-based Standard & Poor's and Moody's, do not rate Iran because the sanctions bar US investors from holding Iranian bonds. ...
Iran blocks access to over 5mn websites - report

... networking sites as Facebook and YouTube, as well as news sites.Iran's reformist press was hit by a massive crackdown in 2000, ... which is yet to be launched and warned against interviewing or cooperating with such media.The head of Iran's state-run television recently said that 30 percent of Iranians ...
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