Hard Times Help Iranâs Leaders Tighten Their Grip
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Iranâs increasing economic and political isolation is helping leaders to hold back what they see as corrupting foreign influences.
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QOM, Iran -- These are pilgrims of a different kind. Several times a week, Shi'ite Muslim clerics and community leaders from neighboring Iraq climb stairs to a little office in this Iranian city of shrines and Islamic seminaries. There, an aged and hunched figure sits on a swivel chair fitted with an electric blanket.
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TEHRAN, Iran  - As Iran hurtles toward a confrontation with the United States over its nuclear program, the nation's economy remains a dysfunctional wreck. Neither wholly free nor entirely socialist, the Iranian market is a ramshackle hybrid buttressed by lofty oil prices.
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Iran's leaders apparently believe that the benefits of obtaining a nuclear bomb now outweigh the drawbacks.
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The international community is once more contemplating what to do about Iran&#39;s quest for nuclear weapons. As often with the Islamic Republic of Iran, there are no easy options, but a series of
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TEHRAN, Dec 17 -- Allies of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad failed to dominate elections for a powerful Iranian clerical body and local councils, according to early results Sunday, in what analysts said was a setback to the hard-line leader's standing.
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Whatâs really driving the Iranian presidentâs Western charm offensive?
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Iran and its European partners struggled to salvage their agreement committing Tehran to freeze an important part of its nuclear program.
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PALESTINIAN leaders stepping into the power vacuum left by the death of Yasser Arafat face one of the most daunting challenges in their people&#39;s troubled history.
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Iran celebrated the 29th anniversary of its Islamic revolution as the government appeared to be taking steps to bury the chances of Parliamentary reform.
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BAGHDAD -- When US and Iranian officials meet here today in search of ways to bring stability to Iraq, both sides will have much to ask for, much they could offer -- and only limited expectations for quick progress.
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Iran stressed on Monday its decision to  freeze sensitive nuclear work was a voluntary move to dispel  concerns it was secretly building atomic arms and would last  only for a short time.
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Iran's decision to raise gasoline prices has thrown new light on one of its most entrenched problems &#151; the danger a vulnerable, subsidized economy poses for a country under international pressure over its nuclear program.
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Partial results from key polls in Iran suggest a setback for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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With prices rising and the economy stagnating, Iranians view their President as less a national hero than the latest in a long line of ineffectual bureaucrats
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Pragmatists in Iran's clerical regime were under pressure from hardliners who lined up to condemn an agreement to suspend sensitive nuclear activities in line with international demands.
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Iran is sending mixed messages on enrichment, and international powers have been slow to join and push sanctions.