Goverment promises crackdown on those making films without licenses
A Culture Ministry official threatened last Friday to take disciplinary action against cast and crewmembers involved in producing films without ...
Month: December 2009
Economist sees sickly growth of 0.5% in 2009
The Economist magazine of London estimates that Iran’s economic growth in 2009 was a sickly 0.5 percent, down from a ...
2nd gas pipe to Turkmens completed
The second natural gas pipeline linking Turk-menistan and Iran was completed Christmas Day. The short spur line is just 35 ...
Gov’t Talk of tender for 10 nuclear plants “soon”
The Islamic Republic will “soon” issue a tender for bids to build 10 additional nuclear power plants in Iran, Foreign ...
Liquidity up 25% in last year
Iran’s liquidity soared a stunning 25 percent this past year, while its deposits in foreign banks dropped 12 percent.Liquidity surged ...
Chinese said to fund stalled highway to Caspian
Two Chinese banks have agreed to finance construction of the long-stalled superhighway from Tehran to the Caspian.The Mehr news agency ...
Tehran goes into Canada court to stop Kazemi suit
In a surprise development breaking with past practices, the Islamic Republic has hired a lawyer and gone to court to ...
LA shopkeeper shot dead
A 72-year-old Iranian-American was fatally shot in his Los Angeles shop last week by three suspected gang members after they ...