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China is opposed to US sactions against Iran and would not go ahead with the vote, thus emboldeing Turkey, Brazil and Lebanon. US is thinking on a strategy to exempt China but this move will annoy other US allies who have been divesting from Iran in the previous years- to see Chinese firms take up their market share in Iranian market. ››read more

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In a statement at the IAEA Board of Governors' session (Vienna, March 1-5) on Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Soltaniyeh recalled the fact that after the most intrusive verification in the history of the Agency, with over 3000 man-day inspections in Iran, there is no evidence of diversion of nuclear material and activities to prohibited purposes. ››read more

rajavi rigiLast year, the Obama Administration reviewed whether Jundallah should be designated a foreign terrorist organization, but decided not to do so. Why was that? And, even though the Muhahedin-e Khalq (MEK) retains its designation as a foreign terrorist organization, the Obama Administration continues to push the Iraqi government not to consider longstanding a longstanding Iranian request that MEK cadres in Iraq—which were granted special protective status by the George W. Bush Administration—be deported to Iran. Why is the Obama Administration trying to protect members of a U.S. government-designated terrorist group? ››read more