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Arash Karami

Arash Karami is a contributor to Al-Monitor.

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Lawmakers attend a parliament session in Tehran January 29, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2X0YQ

Iran’s parliament presents ‘Islamic wiretapping’ bill

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Iranian reformist Ebrahim Asgharzadeh prepares his paperwork to register as a presidential candidate at the Interior Ministry in Tehran. Iranian reformist Ebrahim Asgharzadeh prepares his paperwork to register as a presidential candidate at the Interior Ministry in Tehran May 14,2005. Candidates began registering on May 10 for Iran's June 17 presidential election. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi - RTRB4PM

In Iran, former hostage taker criticized over apology

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Kiss between Rafsanjani, Saudi ambassador stirs controversy

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Iran plans to eliminate free birth control

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(FILES)An Iranian inmate peers from behind a wall as a guard walks by at the female section of the infamous Evin jail, 13 June 2006. From the road it is easy to miss. A small outhouse and a sign saying "Evin House of Detention" give no hint of the huge complex of guard towers and cells that lies behind. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran denies attack on prisoners

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Iraqi women walk past a poster depicting images of Shi'ite Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at al-Firdous Square in Baghdad February 12, 2014. An Iraqi daily newspaper stopped publishing after two bombs were planted in the entrance to its headquarters in Baghdad on Monday and after threats from an Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia. Editors and reporters at Assabah AlJadeed said they had received death threats from the influential Asaib al-Haq militia in response to what it had described as an "insu

Khamenei, Rouhani clash on women’s role in society

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Les monarchistes et l'Armée iranienne fraternisent le 27 août 1953 à Téhéran après la réussite du coup d'Etat. Le Shah d'Iran est rentré d'Italie le 22 août, où il était en exil, après la réussite du coup d'Etat pour restaurer la monarchie. (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images)

Iran's UN envoy pick stirs painful US memories

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Iran, Azerbaijan to expand ties

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Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh talks to journalists before a meeting of OPEC oil ministers at OPEC's headquarters in Vienna December 4, 2013. Zanganeh said on Wednesday he expected Iranian oil output to reach 4 million barrels per day at the end of next year. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - RTX1635R

Iran won’t 'confirm nor deny' Russian oil-for-goods deal

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A customer buys Iranian gold coins at a currency exchange office in Tehran's business district October 24, 2011. Iranian media reported last week that monetary authorities had reversed a six-month-old decision to cut interest on bank deposits, aiming to mop up excess cash in the economy and halt a dangerous rise of inflation. The news made sense to economists,

Iran businessman’s $2 billion never blocked, say investigators

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Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi adjusts his clerical cloak as he speaks with advisors Morteza Alviri (2nd L), Gholamhossein Karbaschi and Jamileh Kadivar (R) before a news conference in Tehran June 9, 2009. Iranians vote in a presidential election on June 12. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR24H26

Former Tehran mayor reveals why Reformists decided to support Rouhani

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Released Iranian border guards could face discipline

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