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Iran Envoy Casts Syria as Part of Wider Conflict - New York Times Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:00:20 GMT

Voice of America

Iran Envoy Casts Syria as Part of Wider Conflict
New York Times
BEIRUT — Iran moved on Tuesday to reframe the Syrian conflict as part of a wider battle with the United States and other hostile world powers, dispatching the personal representative of its paramount leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to Damascus for a ...
Iran Sees Syria as Priority IssueVoice of America
Iran reaffirms support for Syria's Assad; US warns of proxy warLos Angeles Times
Assad returns to public eye with ally Iran, makes appearance on state TVFox News
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Iran Inquiry Is Abrupt Reversal for Standard Chartered - New York Times Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:26:32 GMT

New York Times

Iran Inquiry Is Abrupt Reversal for Standard Chartered
New York Times
The bank's investors were rattled by accusations that it had schemed with the Iranian government to hide $250 billion in money transfers over nearly a decade. On Tuesday, shares of Standard Chartered fell as much as 25 percent — their sharpest one-day ...
Iran broadside brings StanChart holiday to a haltReuters
Standard Chartered: how Iran dealings could cost bank a NY license, or worseChristian Science Monitor
Standard Chartered and Iran -- disturbing allegationsNewsday
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Iran closes out Greco-Roman tournament with 3rd Olympic gold; US shut out of ... - Washington Post Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:37:33 GMT

San Francisco Chronicle

Iran closes out Greco-Roman tournament with 3rd Olympic gold; US shut out of ...
Washington Post
Iran had three medals — all gold. The Americans failed to win a medal in Greco-Roman for the first time since the 1976 Montreal Olympics after Justin Lester was knocked out Tuesday. It wasn't a surprising result. But it still stung for the U.S., and ...
Iran wins 3 Greco-Roman gold medals in 3 daysESPN
Iran, South Korea claim greco-roman goldsFox News

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Weightlifting: Iran's Salimi crowned Games' strongest - Reuters Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:52:29 GMT

AFP

Weightlifting: Iran's Salimi crowned Games' strongest
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi won gold in the headline event of the London Olympic weightlifting competition on Tuesday to claim the title of strongest man at the Games. His fellow countryman Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad took the ...
Iran wins gold and silver in weightliftingFox News
Iran take one-two in over-105kg weightliftingAFP
Weightlifting: Iran's Salimi wins super heavyweight goldWKZO

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Iran wins three gold medals, Russia two in Greco-Roman wrestling at Olympics - Examiner.com Wed, 08 Aug 2012 02:50:44 GMT

Examiner.com

Iran wins three gold medals, Russia two in Greco-Roman wrestling at Olympics
Examiner.com
With three days of Greco-Roman competition complete, Iran won three gold medals out of seven weight classes, while Russia claimed two golds, at the 2012 Olympics at ExCel Centre in London Tuesday. The three Iranians who stood atop the podium at the ...
Iran Gets First Golds in Olympic Wrestling Dating From 708 B.C.San Francisco Chronicle
Iran Gets First Golds in Olympic Wrestling Dating From 708 BCBusinessweek
Greco-Roman wrestling gold for Iran, Russia and CubaMiamiHerald.com
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Iran's Big Crisis: The Price of Chicken - Bloomberg Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:46:59 GMT

CNNMoney

Iran's Big Crisis: The Price of Chicken
Bloomberg
The rising price of this food staple is the cause of such anxiety among Iranian officials that last month, Iran's police chief, Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam, urged the country's TV stations not to broadcast images of people eating the birds. He was worried ...
Iran ready to weather economic sanctions to continue its nuclear programLong War Journal
StanChart probe shows US resolve on IranFinancial Times
Tightening Oil Sanctions on IranJournal of Energy Security

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Iran Barters and Bargains to Help Oil Sales - Wall Street Journal Tue, 07 Aug 2012 19:34:48 GMT

Iran Barters and Bargains to Help Oil Sales
Wall Street Journal
By BENOÎT FAUCON. After being hit by European and U.S. sanctions, Iran's oil sales are stabilizing as the country entices buyers with attractive prices and a form of barter. But proposed new U.S. restrictions could further bite into its crude exports ...

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How Iran Is Losing The Shadow War - Daily Beast Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:37:48 GMT

Daily Beast

How Iran Is Losing The Shadow War
Daily Beast
The powerful Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, its infamous expeditionary unit, the Quds Force, and the network of Hezbollah operatives it supports around the world, are starting to look like the proverbial gang that couldn't shoot straight. They're ...
Hush Now, Mitt: A Nuclear Iran Is Not the World's Greatest ThreatThe Atlantic
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Bomb Iran FeverOpEdNews
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Mehdi Khalaji: Iran and the Human Rights Opening - Wall Street Journal Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:56:27 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Mehdi Khalaji: Iran and the Human Rights Opening
Wall Street Journal
With tensions mounting over Iran's nuclear program, the West has dealt the Tehran regime crippling blows on several fronts, including through sanctions, the targeted killing of scientists, and cyber operations such as the Stuxnet virus. Tehran is no ...


Obama Advisor Accepted $100000 From Firm Tied to Iran - The New American Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:23:34 GMT

RT

Obama Advisor Accepted $100000 From Firm Tied to Iran
The New American
Obama Advisor Accepted $100000 From Firm Tied to Iran. A top advisor to President Obama received $100000 in speaking fees in 2010 from a company doing business with Iran, the Washington Post reported earlier this week. David Plouffe, who also served ...
Firm that paid White House adviser accused of securing UN votes, arms on Iran ...Fox News
WH aide spoke to Iran-tied firm affiliateBusinessweek
White House aide took money from Iran-friendly corpCatholic Online
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