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Al-monitor – The signing of a heads of agreement (HOA) between Paris-based Total SA, China National Petroleum Corp. and Iran’s Petropars on the development of phase 11 of the South Pars gas field is an important development in post-sanctions Iran. In fact, the country had been deprived of Western technology in its petroleum sector since the departure of major European …

PayvandNews  – While air pollution in Tehran has reached critical levels for seven days in a row officials keep shifting the blame onto each other. The air quality indices have surged up so much so that all healthy people are likely to experience irritation or discomfort while breathing as well as those with heart and lung condition. Moreover pre-elementary and …

PayvandNews – Donald Trump’s rumored picks for key foreign-policy positions have already set off alarm bells about the future administration’s embrace of war hawks and Islamophobes. Today, Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin pointed out that former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is currently reported to be under consideration for an appointment to secretary of state or attorney general, …

RFL/RE – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said his country is indifferent to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, saying Tehran has witnessed hostility from both Democrats and Republicans. “We don’t mourn or celebrate because [the results] make no difference to us,” Khamenei said in a November 16 speech in the central city of Isfahan. “We are …

RFL/RE – The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation to renew a decades-old Iran sanctions law and impose new sanctions on supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The legislation passed quickly on a 419-1 vote, showing broad support on Capitol Hill for maintaining economic pressure on Tehran and punishing backers of the Syrian government. The bills were sponsored …