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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif holds a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Lavrov arrived in Tehran late on Tuesday, for meetings with Iranian officials about a nuclear deal, and the ongoing crisis in Syria. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Iran: Nuclear negotiations ongoing despite new US sanctions

by Behrouz Saeidi | Dec 16, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday that Iran would continue with the international negotiations over its nuclear program, despite mounting anger in Tehran over Washington’s decision last week to add 19 Iranian companies and individuals to...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) is surrounded by members of the news media after leaving a closed briefing for US Senators given by himself and US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (not pictured), on the status of nuclear talks with Iran on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2013. (EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS)

US bars more foreign firms linked to Iran sanctions-busting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 12, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The US government today blacklisted several foreign companies and individuals, accusing them of helping Iran circumvent sanctions on its oil exports and assisting its controversial nuclear program. The move, carried out under existing US...

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Flanked by security and staff, Secretary of State John Kerry leaves after testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on December 10, 2013 in Washington, DC (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images/AFP)

Kerry, Congress spar over Iran nuclear deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 11, 2013 | Middle East

Washington, AP—The Obama administration and Congress clashed Tuesday over the historic nuclear deal with Iran, exposing deep rifts over a US pledge to refrain from any new sanctions over the next six months in exchange for concessions on enriching uranium. The...

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In this picture taken on Saturday, May 11, 2013, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani waves to media as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, while his daughter Fatemeh, right, looks on, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Opinion: ‘Akbar Shah’ attempts to repeat history

by Amir Taheri | Dec 6, 2013 | Opinion

Last week, I raised the issue of the identity of the “paper” that President Hassan Rouhani has apparently signed with the P5+1 in Geneva. Claiming to have achieved one of the “greatest diplomatic victories” in Islamic history, Rouhani pretended that the so-called...

Opinion: Tehran should fear the Iranian people, not the West

by Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | Nov 12, 2013 | Opinion

During the week’s slower days in Iran, Thursday and Friday (which are tantamount to the weekend there), the news did not attract much attention. One of the top concerns was preparations to eat chelow kabob—everyone’s favorite meal—as families gather to sit down...