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Airbus bests Boeing in orders
Airbus is beating Boeing in terms of orders but lags it in deliveries of aircraft. The European planemaker announced it delivered 688 aircraft compared with 748 by its bigger US rival. In the race for new orders Airbus posting 731 to...
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Airbus seals deal to sell 100 aircraft to Iran
Airbus has signed a firm agreement on the sale of 100 aircraft to Iran Air, almost a year after international sanctions on Iran were lifted. The aircraft, the first of which may be delivered as soon as January, will not include any A380s...
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Russia signs oil development deals with Iran
Russia is moving forward with its plans to become a major investor in Iran. On Tuesday the two countries signed a series of initial agreements covering various industries, particularly oil. With the memorandum of understanding Gazprom...
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Where is the price of oil headed?
Bessma Momani, senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, on a new deal to cut production between OPEC and non-OPEC producers
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Ashgar Farhadi on shooting ‘The Salesman’
Picking up two awards at the Cannes film festival, for Best Screenplay and Best Actor (for Shahab Hosseini), Ashgar Farhadi’s latest movie ‘The Salesman’ tells the story of a middle-class couple who move into a new apartment. What they...
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‘The Salesman’: a masterwork of neorealism
With ‘The Salesman’, Iran’s Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi offers once again a multi-layered masterwork of neorealism. Emad and Rana are a happily married couple who live in Tehran. They are members of an amateur theatre group...
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OPEC deal optimism pushes up oil prices
The oil world is optimistic, which means Brent crude has enjoyed a weekly rise in prices, the first time that has happened in five weeks. The optimism is centred on renewed hopes that the producer group OPEC might agree to limit the...
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UK selects Iranian horror movie as Oscar entry
Set in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, horror movie ‘Under the Shadow’ is the feature debut of Iranian director Babak Anvari. Iranian-German actress Narges Rashidi stars as a mother, who struggles with her daughter to cope with the...
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Meet Parissa – the “angel of Iranian music”
One of Iran’s most revered classical singers, Parissa, recently performed at London’s Barbican, which was celebrating the anniversary of the birth of iconic Persian poet Rumi. A star in the male-dominated world of Iranian classical...
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Vodafone partners with Iranian internet firm HiWEB
Britain’s Vodafone is going into partnership with the Iranian internet service provider HiWEB to help modernise its network and IT infrastructure. It is the latest Western firm to enter the country after sanctions were lifted after Iran...
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Oil output freeze deal now seen more likely in November
Major oil producers have again been discussing freezing output to push up prices. They are using the occasion of the International Energy Forum in Algeria – which brings together producers and consumers – for informal talks about the...
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Oil prices rise after OPEC announces first output cut since 2008
OPEC has agreed to cut its oil output for the first time since 2008. The major oil producing nations struck a preliminary deal at talks in Algeria to address the vastly oversupplied market and prop up prices. Brent crude, the...
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Pushing boundries in Iran ‘Insolents de Téhéran’ by Jérémy Suyker
Jérémy Suyker is a young French photographer.One can find examples of his work in National Geographic and Time. His latest collection of work focuses on Tehran:“My job is to present a different perspective of a country, situation, a...
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Hoodfar wasn't sure she'd be released
She only knew she was being freed when she was on the jet
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Homa Hoodfar: 'It's wonderful to be home'
Thanks supporters after release from Iran jail
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‘Soy Nero’: to the frontier of the American dream
‘Soy Nero’ is the story of a young Mexican, who dreams of becoming American. After being deported several times, he finally manages to make his way to Los Angeles, where his brother Jesus lives comfortably with his family. In an ultimate...
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WATCH: Susan Ormiston's exclusive interview with Homa Hoodfar
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Sima Bina: a life devoted to Iranian folk music
Banned from performing in public in her home country, like every other female singer, legendary Iranian folk musician Sima Bina was recently on stage in the German city of Cologne. As a specialist of Iranian folk music, she says she...
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Ken Taylor dead at 81
Former Canadian ambassador to Iran, most famous for his role in the 'Canadian Caper' during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, died Thursday after a battle with cancer
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Oil production freeze speculation increases
A freeze of oil output by major producers is looking more likely as Saudi Arabia signals a change in approach. Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are due to meet informally in Algeria at the end of...
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British Airways resumes flights from London to Tehran
British Airways is resuming direct flights from London to Tehran which the airline has called “an important destination”. They were suspended four years ago because of western sanctions against Iran. The service will consist of six...
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Saudi Arabia and Russia signed an oil deal – but what does it mean?
Saudi Arabia and Russia have signed an agreement to cooperate over oil – setting up a task force to review market fundamentals and recommend measures and actions. But Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy, Industry and Natural Resources...