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Iran's inflation tops 27%
7 Sep '08 | Politics & Economics / News
Iran's inflation hit 27.6 percent in the calendar month of Mordad that ended August 21, the central bank said Sunday, as Iranians were again battered by rising prices of basic foodstuffs and goods.The consumer price index (CPI) in urban areas increased by 27.6 percent compared to the same month in ...
Iran, on deadline day, vows no nuclear retreat
3 Aug '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... Ahmadinejad told his visiting Syrian counterpart on Saturday that although Iran welcomes talks on its controversial nuclear programme it will not budge ... has to do it," he said, alluding to November's presidential election there.Local media reported that Al-Assad would also meet Iran's Supreme Leader ...
Iran may hike power price by 500% - reports
22 Jul '08 | Energy / News
Iran is considering proposals to increase electricity prices by nearly five times to encourage savings in a country facing daily power cuts at ... -term inflationary impact makes it a sensitive issue ahead of next year's presidential election. Inflation has already hit 26 percent.Deputy Energy Minister ...
Iran orders paper director's arrest for 'insulting' president
2 Jul '08 | Media & Marketing / News
... of the Mahdi, and he has already come under fire by clerics over his remarks.Earlier this year, Iran's former top nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani complained ... Mehdi Karroubi, who was Iran's parliament speaker from 2000 to 2004 and a rival of Ahmadinejad in the 2005 presidential election.Haghshenas ...
Israel has 1 year to destroy Iran's nukes - ex-spy chief
29 Jun '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... American presidential race between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama, saying that the latter was less likely to approve an Israeli military strike against Iran. "If McCain gets elected, he could really easily make a decision to go for it," Shavit was quoted as saying. "If it's Obama: ...
Sanctions threatens nuclear talks - Iran
24 Jun '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... limited UN sanctions since 2006 and Western powers have warned of more such measures if Iran rejects the latest offer. The Islamic republic has put ... impact. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, widely expected to stand for re-election in 2009, is also under increased political pressure at home for failing ...
US, EU turn up heat on Iran
10 Jun '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... after Bush took a more cooperative approach in his second term.Now many Europeans are looking increasingly past Bush to his successor who will be chosen in the November election.Bush acknowledges he is unpopular in Europe, as well as at home. "A lot of people like America. They may not sometimes ...
Obama pledges to 'eliminate' Iran threat
4 Jun '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... 's security," Obama said, in a speech which lacerated the Iran and Iraq policies of his Republican general election foe Senator John ... the Holocaust and threatens to wipe Israel off the map. The danger from Iran is grave, it is real, and my goal will be to eliminate this threat," he said.But Obama ...
Lebanon elects president after months of turmoil
25 May '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... has endured civil conflict, political crises and a string of assassinations of anti-Syrian figures. "I have a lot of hope in this election," said Aida Aoun. "But then again we have seen so many others get elected and then deceive us." In nearly 10 years at the helm of the army, Sleiman managed to ...
Bush rules out Iran invasion
12 Apr '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... advice to his successor on how to deal with the Islamic republic.Questioned during an interview with ABC television whether his intention was to not attack Iran, Bush replied: "Exactly" - although he refused to rule out the use of force altogether."I have always said all options need to be on the ...
Iran's inflation skyrockets
8 Apr '08 | Politics & Economics / News
Iran's annual inflation rate rose by more than two percentage points to 22.5% in March compared with the previous month, the central ... retained their clear majority in the Iranian parliament in a March 14 election but analysts expect the assembly to become more vocal in its criticism of Ahmadinejad's ...
Cheney urges Arabs to counter Iran in Iraq
18 Mar '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... have not yet formally appointed and sent ambassadors to Baghdad.Cheney was to push Saudi King Abdullah on the issue later this week.A visit to Baghdad by Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad two weeks ago was seen as a sign of Tehran's rising sway over Iraq's Shi'ite-led government at a ...
Oil to decline ahead of US election - Iran
9 Mar '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... of the National Iranian Oil Company, said.He said this trend would continue until after the election, without elaborating on how the US could try to drive crude prices lower.Ghanimifard last month ... in the face of record-high crude oil prices. Iran is Opec's second-largest producer.Oil ended slightly ...
First Qatari elections unlikely in '08
25 Feb '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... prime minister of Qatar, which missed a 2007 target for its first parliamentary election, said he did not expect Qataris to cast ballots this year as the Gulf state ... Opec-member has the world's third largest gas reserves after Russia and Iran and has a booming economy fuelled by high energy prices. ...
Iran still building warheads, say dissidents
21 Feb '08 | Politics & Economics / News
... . Iran is dangerous. And Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon," he said at the time. Mohadessin said Tuesday that for a while Iran had slowed down its weapons programme.It had erased all traces of its earlier research centre in 2003 and moved over to ...
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