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A picture taken on September 30, 2012 shows an Iranian woman paying with a 20000 rial banknote, bearing a portrait of Iran’s late founder of islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, to a grocer in the Iranian capital Tehran. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

New US penalties will greet Iran’s new leader

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2013 | Business

Washington, AP—As Iran’s new president takes over, new US penalties against the country appear a done deal. In a letter to President Barack Obama, 76 senators are demanding tougher punishment on Iran’s economy until the Islamic republic scales back its...

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Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani (C) attends the weekly Friday prayer with Shiite Muslim worshippers during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on July 12, 2013 at the university of the Iranian capital, Tehran (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)

Iran: Representatives of 40 states to attend Rouhani inauguration

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 29, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Representatives of 40 countries are to attend the inauguration of Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani, while the Iranian government denies it is preparing for bilateral talks with the US. The head of the Iranian parliament’s Department of...

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In this Monday, May 5, 2008 file photo Russian army S-300 air defense missiles move during a final rehearsal of Victory Day parade at Red Square, with St. Basil Cathedral, right in the background, in Moscow. Source: AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev

Russia’s Putin to visit Tehran for nuclear talks—media reports

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 24, 2013 | World

Moscow, Reuters—Russian leader Vladimir Putin will meet Iran’s newly elected president in Tehran next month to discuss restarting talks on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, Russian and Iranian media reports said on Wednesday. The Russian newspaper...

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President Barack Obama meets with Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership members at the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Monday, June 17, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque

After long buildup, US-EU free trade talks finally begin

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 8, 2013 | World

Washington, Reuters—The United States and the European Union, after nearly two years of preparation, start talks on Monday aimed at securing a free-trade agreement to squeeze new economic growth out of the world’s largest trade and investment relationship....

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In this photo made Tuesday, April 2, 2013, shows the construction of the dam in Asosa Region Ethiopia. : AP Photo/Elias Asmare

Conflict on the Nile

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Jun 20, 2013 | Features

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Controversy over the division of the Nile waters is noting new; it goes back to the last century, and saw significant development during the 1950s and 1960s. However, it remained theoretical until 2011, when the crisis exploded between the...