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New Iran sanctions target industry in bid for deal curbing nuclear program - Washington Post Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:36:06 GMT

Minneapolis Star Tribune

New Iran sanctions target industry in bid for deal curbing nuclear program
Washington Post
New U.S. sanctions have broadened the front in the West's escalating economic conflict with Iran, targeting large swaths of the country's industrial infrastructure even as Iranian leaders are indicating a willingness to resume negotiations on the ...
Two concepts to understand about IranMinneapolis Star Tribune
Obama enacts new Iran sanctions, despite opposing themJewish Telegraphic Agency
Go-it-alone attack on Iran not in cards for Israel: Lebanese diplomatPress TV
UK Progressive Magazine -The National Interest Online (blog)
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Iran develops software to control access to social networks - CNET Sun, 06 Jan 2013 18:07:12 GMT

The Next Web

Iran develops software to control access to social networks
CNET
Iran's government is developing "intelligent software" designed to give citizens controlled and restricted access to banned social-networking sites, the chief of Iran's national police tells the local media. "Smart control of social networks will not ...
Iran reportedly creating software to allow controlled access to social networksThe Verge
Iran's Developing “Intelligent Software” For Censoring Social NetworksGizmodo
Iran developing "intelligent software" to censor social networks instead of ...The Next Web
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Iran Lawmakers Seek Deeper Probe in Blogger Death - ABC News Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:50:42 GMT

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Iran Lawmakers Seek Deeper Probe in Blogger Death
ABC News
A powerful group in Iran's parliament called Sunday for expanded investigations into the death of a jailed blogger in a case that has already brought down the chief of the Internet-monitoring police and opened rare public debates over the growing ...
Iran MPs urge action on blogger deathThe Australian (blog)
Iran MPs Hear Report On Death Of Jailed BloggerEurasia Review
Iran's Parliament released report on Sattar Beheshti DeathPress TV

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Iran still spending to defend its key OPEC role -oil min - Reuters Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:16:22 GMT

Iran still spending to defend its key OPEC role -oil min
Reuters
DUBAI Jan 6 (Reuters) - Iran has spent almost $25 billion on upstream oil and gas projects since last March but needs to keep investing to keep its influence in OPEC, Iran's oil minister said on Sunday. Iranian oil production fell sharply last year, as ...


Iran's parliament panel seeks 'special' investigation into blogger death - Washington Post (blog) Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:52:05 GMT

Washington Post (blog)

Iran's parliament panel seeks 'special' investigation into blogger death
Washington Post (blog)
TEHRAN, Iran — A powerful group in Iran's parliament called Sunday for expanded investigations into the death of a jailed blogger in a case that has already brought down the chief of the Internet-monitoring police and opened rare public debates over ...


Iran says agricultural exports booming despite sanctions - TODAYonline Mon, 07 Jan 2013 03:02:54 GMT

Iran says agricultural exports booming despite sanctions
TODAYonline
DUBAI - Iran's agricultural exports grew last year, with pistachio and saffron sales almost doubling, despite Western sanctions on trade with the country, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted Iran's deputy agriculture minister as saying on Saturday.

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Canadian Who Sheltered Americans During Iran Hostage Crisis Dies - Voice of America Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:42:59 GMT

International Business Times

Canadian Who Sheltered Americans During Iran Hostage Crisis Dies
Voice of America
John Sheardown, a former Canadian diplomat, who sheltered fugitive American Embassy staffers in his Tehran home during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, has died. He was 88 years old. Sheardown had been treated for Alzheimer's disease and other ...
Canadian who sheltered Americans in Iran diesUSA TODAY
John Sheardown, Canadian diplomat who sheltered Americans during Iran ...Fox News
John Sheardown Dies; Canadian Diplomat Who Sheltered Americans In Iran ...International Business Times

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Hagel Means Iran Containment - Commentary Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:24:15 GMT

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Hagel Means Iran Containment
Commentary
The news that President Obama has finally decided to move ahead with the nomination of former Senator Chuck Hagel to be the secretary of defense illustrates the difference between politics and policy. Last year while in the midst of a re-election year ...
Top Pundit: Hagel Means Israel Faces Iran AloneArutz Sheva
Senate GOP leader says Hagel would face question on Israel, Iran if named ...Newser
Report: Iran's Press-TV Praises Pending Hagel PickGestetner Updates

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Foreign investment in Iran's oil sector stands at $20bn: Minister - Press TV Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:57:32 GMT

Press TV

Foreign investment in Iran's oil sector stands at $20bn: Minister
Press TV
Considering the illegal sanctions imposed against Iran, Tehran should increase its oil output to maintain its production position in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Qasemi added. At the beginning of 2012, the United States ...
Iran's non-oil imports decline by over $4.7 billion in 9 monthsTrend.az

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Australia to oversee Taliban, Iran sanctions - ABC Online Sun, 06 Jan 2013 22:34:35 GMT

NEWS.com.au

Australia to oversee Taliban, Iran sanctions
ABC Online
Australia has been appointed to chair the UN Security Council committees overseeing the international sanctions regimes against Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Iran. Foreign Minister Bob Carr says the role, which comes after Australia won a seat on the ...
Australia heads UN sanctions strategyThe Australian

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