Changes in Lebanese Hezbollah’s Top Leadership

For the first time in 13 years, Lebanese Hezbollah has changed some of its top leadership. The new leaders are:

  • Beirut Chief: Sayyed Hussein Fadlallah
  • Chief of First Southern Lebanon Region: Sayyed Ahmad Saffieddine (formerly Beirut Chief)
  • Chief of Second Southern Lebanon Region: Ali Da’oon
  • Bekaa Valley Chief: Mohammad Yaqhi
  • Chief of Northern Lebanon: Sheikh Hussein Zu’aiter

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Khorasan-e Razavi Governor: Plan to Undo Sanctions to be Implemented with Help of Neighboring Countries

Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony in Mashhad to commend Khorasan-e Razavi’s exemplary exporters, Governor Mohammad Salahi said, “We have submitted a text, for the approval of the President’s First Deputy, which seeks to obtain special authority for the border provinces to circumvent sanctions through the special cooperation of neighboring countries and the countries bordering them.” The governor stated that, with this plan, Iran can solve its exporting problems, and “within the next...

President No Longer Has Authority to Select Head of Central Bank

In the process of reviewing the future Five-Year Economic Plan, members of the Majlis decided to change the composition of the Central Bank’s General Assembly and remove the president from its ranks, as well as to forbid him from nominating future heads of the Bank. According to the legislation, the General Assembly will elect future Bank heads for seven-year terms. For the original article in Persian, click here...

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"Although we do not welcome sanctions and are not happy with the resolution issued, we will not sacrifice the country's future."
 
— Economics Minister, Shamseddin Hosseini, claiming that Western isolation will not bring a shift in Iran’s nuclear policy

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While New Sanctions Add to Iran’s Economic Troubles, Political Impact Remains Uncertain

Five months after the UN Security Council, United States, and European Union passed their latest round of sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Iran continues to escape complete economic isolation due to its ability to leverage economic relations with Asian energy firms, medium-sized European companies, and Turkish financial institutions. The extent to which economic hardship can influence Iranian officials’ foreign policy decision-making—the objective behind the sanctions—remains unclear...

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Week in Review

Value of Iranian Rial under Review
Nov 1
President Ahmadinejad created a committee to review the Rial- US dollar exchange rate. During Iran’s currency crisis, which began at the end of September and continued into...
New Decentralization Program Sees 10,000 Government Jobs Relocated
Nov 1
10,000 government employees have been moved from Tehran in the first phase of the Ahmadinejad administration’s decentralization program. A government official said that the...
Chile Looks to Strengthen Relationship with Iran
Oct 29
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera stated that he is seeking to expand Chilean-Iranian economic and cultural ties.
Nigeria Nabs Iranian Weapons
Oct 28
Nigerian secret service agents intercepted 13 containers of arms, including grenades and explosives, from an Iranian ship. Nigerian officials claim that the shipment was...
Iran-linked Companies Blacklisted by US
Oct 28
The US Treasury Department blacklisted 5 individuals and 37 shipping companies, asserting that they are front companies supplying Iran’s nuclear and weapons programs. The...
Iranian MPs Grill Foreign Minister
Oct 27
News of Iranian payments to Afghanistan was met with surprise in Iran, as seven reformist member of Parliament demanded that Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki reveal who...
Bolivian President Travels to Iran
Oct 27
President Ahmadinejad and his Bolivian counterpart, Evo Morales, bolstered ties during the latter’s official three-day state visit to Iran. The two presidents discussed...
Fuel Loading Begins in Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
Oct 26
The Bushehr nuclear plant has slowly come to life as Iran begins loading fuel into its core. Iranian officials hope that Iran’s first nuclear power plant will improve the...
Iran Supplying Bags of Cash to Karzai
Oct 26
Both Iran and Afghan President Karzai admitted the Iranian government gave Karzai “bags of cash”—possibly as much as $6 million in a single payment—in an effort to exert...
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