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The joke doing the rounds goes like this: “A miracle is happening: 80% of Iranians remained home to watch the other 70% go to vote.” The reality of Iran’s parliamentary election on 2 March was more prosaic.

Iran
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A British consultant has been studying Iranian bank data and concludes that the 20 state and privately owned banks are rather less solvent than their profits and asset reporting might suggest

Iran
Issue 918 - 23 February 2012

Number of candidates falls

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Just 5,395 candidates registered for the 2 March poll, 33% less than in 2008. There are around 500 female candidates, in line with previous ballots.

Iran
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Parliamentary elections on 2 March will be the first national poll since a 2009 presidential election, in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed 62% of the vote, sparking accusations of rigging and months of protests. With reformists largely sidelined, the March poll is widely viewed as a contest between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ahmadinejad

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A tougher US stance on Hormuz may usher in a period of greater risk – especially if mounting economic pressures make Iran feel it has little to lose by picking a fight at sea. The USS Abraham Lincoln, one of the US Navy’s flagship aircraft carriers, left the Gulf on 14 February following a 20-day “freedom of navigation” exercise.

Iran
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With reformists sidelined, elections for Iran’s parliament look set to be an intra-conservative affair broadly viewed as a jostle between Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran
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Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said gave a rare interview to the western media in late January, choosing Fox News to put forward his message that Iran is far from seeking war with Washington. Qaboos has given occasional interviews to Kuwaiti media in the past decade but, according to Fox News, his four-hour discussion with journalist Judith Miller was the first in-depth interview with a US reporter since 1997.

Iran | Oman
Issue 917 - 09 February 2012

Qatar urges dialogue with Iran

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Ever-prominent in regional diplomacy, Qatar has also encouraged dialogue with Tehran. State minister for foreign affairs Khalid Bin Mohammed Al Attiyah told the Munich Security Conference on 5 February that tightening sanctions would aggravate the situation.

Iran | Qatar
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad garnered moral backing during his mid-January voyage around five of Latin America’s ‘anti-imperialist’ states, but he seems to have come away with little material support to counter Iran’s growing crisis of international isolation – underlined on 23 January, when European Union foreign ministers agreed on the much-anticipated embargo on Iranian oil imports (effective from 1 July).

Iran
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Amid all the talk of war on Iran, it is worth noting that Israeli deputy foreign minister Daniel Ayalon took the time last week to distance his country from any notion of imminent conflict.

Israel | Iran
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The 11 January assassination of nuclear procurement expert Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan is the latest string of killings targeting scientists involved in Iran’s nuclear sector

Iran
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Amid all the talk of war on Iran, it is worth noting that Israeli deputy foreign minister Daniel Ayalon took the time last week to distance his country from any notion of imminent conflict.

Iran
Issue 915 - 12 January 2012

Contingency plans over Strait of Hormuz

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Whether or not Tehran is bluffing, its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has gained enough amplitude for western powers to prepare contingency plans, according to industry sources

Iran
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The Obama administration is cultivating defence ties with GCC states, continuing major arms sales initiated under George W Bush and stepping up military exercises in the region

Iran | Saudi Arabia
Issue 914 - 09 December 2011

The blame game – Iran as usual

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Saudi Arabia frequently blames Iran for unrest in Shia populations in the region.

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