article.nationalreview.com - 3/6/2009
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Need an idea on how exert soft power? A shortage of imported gasoline would further weaken Irans already unhealthy economy.
in.reuters.com - 3/8/2009
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has test-fired a new
air-to-surface missile, Iranian media reported on Sunday, in the...
Islamic Republic's latest display of its military capability. The missile test was carried out despite the offer by the administration of ...
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Iran test-fires new missile - media
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jpost.com - 3/8/2009
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In a chilling indication that Iran's arms program
is advancing steadily, Israel acknowledged for the first time...
that Teheran had mastered the technology to make a nuclear bomb on the same day that the Iranians announced they had successfully tested a ...
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'Iran crossed nuclear tech threshold' | Iran news | ...
reuters.com - 3/6/2009
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reuters.com —
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's investigation of Iranian-American freelance
journalist Roxana Saberi has been completed and she will...
be freed soon, a official from the prosecutor's office said on Friday. Saberi, a 31-year-old who was born in the United ...
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Iran says U.S.-Iran journalist to be freed soon: report
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Just how difficult is it to sanction Iran?
Israel Matzav —
... With all of the talk about imposing sanctions on Iran in a bid to discourage their nuclear program, I've wondered just how difficult those sanctions are to impose. According to this article by Cliff May, they're actually fairly easy to impose. But even the United States government - under both Bush and Obama - has failed to get the job done . Iran is one of the world’s leading oil exporters, but it has not invested much in oil refineries — it has spent its money on nuclear development instead. As a result, Iran must import almost half the gasoline it consumes. Just a few ...
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