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Amir Havasi
An employee works at the Iran Alloy Steel Company's plant in the central Iranian city of Yazd, on April 6, 2015. (Atta KENARE/ AFP/ File)
May 13, 2019, 7:30 pm
Iran metal exports may be harder to sanction than oil, experts say
Iran’s second-largest source of foreign revenue is largely decentralized and sells mostly to nearby countries, some of which are uncowed by US measures
By Amir Havasi
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland on May 8, 2019 (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
May 9, 2019, 3:45 am
Trump moves to strangle Iran economy as nuclear deal withers
President tightens the screws with sanctions on mining industry, after Tehran suspends part of its obligations under 2015 accord
By Shaun Tandon and Amir Havasi
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at a ceremony commemorating the 'National Day of Nuclear Technology' in Tehran, Iran on, April 9, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
April 18, 2019, 9:27 am
Iran president urges Mideast states to ‘drive back Zionism’
Rouhani says problems of the region ’caused by others,’ calls on Muslims to restore the ‘historical right of Palestine’
By Amir Havasi
Iranians pose for a picture as they assemble with others during a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution held in the capital Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) square, February 11, 2019. (ATTA KENARE/AFP)
February 11, 2019, 12:23 pm
Iran slams US as huge crowds mark 40 years since revolution
Statement read out at main official event in Tehran calls Trump an ‘idiot’; banners declare ‘Death to America,’ ‘Death to Israel’
By Amir Havasi and Kay Amin Serjoie
In this file photo taken on February 7, 2018, Iranian women wearing hijabs walk down a street in the capital Tehran. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
February 4, 2019, 9:21 am
Iranian women see new opportunities alongside old barriers
As the Islamic republic marks its 40th anniversary, few issues are more politically sensitive or full of contradictions than the status of women in the country
By Amir Havasi and Eric RANDOLPH
In this file photo taken on September 21, 2012, Turkmen Basij militiamen take part in an annual military parade marking the Iran-Iraq war, in the Iranian capital Tehran. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
October 17, 2018, 6:33 pm
Iran slams US sanctions on paramilitary group as ‘blind vindictiveness’
Country’s largest steel company, among those sanctioned, calls measures ‘nothing new’ and says they won’t impact its operations
By Amir Havasi
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