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Arash Karami

Arash Karami is a contributor to Al-Monitor.

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A currency exchange dealer counts U.S. dollar banknotes for a client at a shop in northern Tehran October 3, 2010. Iran's currency, the rial, defied central bank attempts to revive its value on Sunday, remaining weak after falling 13 percent against the dollar last week. Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTXSZ96

Iran counts $22 billion in forex abuses under Ahmadinejad

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Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (L) speaks during a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in Islamabad on May 6, 2014. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will travel to Iran on May 12 in a visit seen as an attempt to improve relations frayed by the kidnapping of Iranian border guards. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran interior minister says advisers sent to Iraqi Kurdistan

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Media personnel wait to attend a press conference of Argentina's goalkeeper's Agustin Orion and Mariano Andujar at their base camp in Vespasiano, near Belo Horizonte, on June 18, 2014, ahead their 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F football match against Iran, to be held at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte on June 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Juan Mabromata

Fars News proposes joint reporting by Iran, Russia

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Iran's foreign minister offered work on Arak, not Iraq, for lifting sanctions

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Iran parliament attempts to thwart Ahmadinejad's comeback

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Iran cleric: Westernized Iranians no different from IS

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Iranian journalists reject Rouhani’s new guild

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Iran's atomic chief wants detonator issue closed

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Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh talks to journalists as he arrives at his hotel ahead of an OPEC meeting in Vienna December 3, 2013. Iran will take six months after sanctions are lifted to return to full oil output capacity of 4 million barrels per day, Zanganeh said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - RTX1626B

Iran’s oil minister accuses former officials of $2.7 billion oil fraud

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Iran's supreme leader rules out broader engagement with US

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Rouhani criticized in Iran media for saying 'to hell' with critics

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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives at Pudong International Airport, ahead of the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Shanghai May 20, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3Q000

Rouhani says 'to hell' with nuclear critics

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