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Iran hails US-Cuba thaw as proof sanctions don't work - Yahoo News Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:54:28 GMT

Yahoo News

Iran hails US-Cuba thaw as proof sanctions don't work Yahoo News The statement, released late Saturday, was Iran's first official reaction to the rapprochement announced by the two governments on Wednesday. Washington and Havana said they would launch measures to ease a five-decade US trade embargo as well as a ... Israel acknowledges upside of diplomacy with Iran, Obama saysJerusalem Post Iran calls US-Cuba rapprochement evidence that sanctions, isolation don't workRaw Story Iran Says U.S.-Cuba Thaw Proves Sanctions Are UselessBloomberg all 35 news articles »

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Obama: Iran has not advanced nuclear ambitions since U.S. negotiations started - PolitiFact Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:46:25 GMT

PolitiFact

Obama: Iran has not advanced nuclear ambitions since U.S. negotiations started PolitiFact We found general agreement that in terms of curtailing the means to produce enriched uranium and plutonium, the essential fuels needed for an atomic bomb, negotiations between the United States, Iran and other United Nations countries contributed to ... PolitiFact: Fact-checking Barack Obama on Guantanamo, IranTampabay.com (blog) Iran has know-how to build nukes, senior cleric claimsThe Times of Israel Breaking News: Change is going to come to Cuba, 'it has to': ObamaReuters Huffington Post -OilPrice.com all 114 news articles »

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Obama defends foreign policy decisions on Cuba, Russia, Iran - Los Angeles Times Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:31:15 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Obama defends foreign policy decisions on Cuba, Russia, Iran Los Angeles Times In a spirited defense of his foreign policy, President Obama said in an interview aired Sunday that normalizing relations with Cuba would bolster American influence there and that his diplomatic strategies to contain Russia and Iran are working. The ... Castro, Cuba, Obama—and IranThe Weekly Standard (blog) Obama goes alone with foreign policy on Cuba, Iran and climateThe Australian (blog) How Obama's Undercover Statecraft Secured Three Major AccordsNew York Times Power Line (blog) -Al-Arabiya -ABC News all 15,418 news articles »

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Defected Syrian Gen. Tlass says Assad 'sold Syria to Iran' - Al-Arabiya Mon, 22 Dec 2014 02:57:07 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Defected Syrian Gen. Tlass says Assad 'sold Syria to Iran' Al-Arabiya A senior Syrian army general who defected in 2012 said in a recent interview that President Bashar al-Assad had sold out Syria to Iran and opted to use repression and violence as a means of snuffing out dissent right from the start of the uprising ... Exclusive: Iran's support for Syria tested by oil price dropReuters Iran will keep supporting Syria's anti-terror fight: LarijaniPress TV all 151 news articles »

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Former Marine Held in Iran Protests to Tehran Officials - New York Times Sat, 20 Dec 2014 02:28:57 GMT

Daily Beast

Former Marine Held in Iran Protests to Tehran Officials New York Times Amir Hekmati, a former Marine who began a hunger strike and wrote to President Obama this week in despair over his prolonged incarceration in Iran, also has protested to Iranian officials over the apparent paralysis of his case, untreated lung ... Marine held in Iran writes open letter to Obama pleading: 'Don't forget me'BizPac Review An American Marine in Irans Prisons Goes on Hunger StrikeDaily Beast Marines join Amir Hekmati in hunger strike as Flint veteran protests Iran ...MLive.com all 5 news articles »

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Iran unveils a memorial honoring Jewish heroes - Washington Post (blog) Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:50:39 GMT

The Times of Israel

Iran unveils a memorial honoring Jewish heroes Washington Post (blog) Earlier this week, authorities in Tehran unveiled a monument to slain Iranian Jewish soldiers who died during the country's long and bitter war with Iraq between 1980 and 1988. Death tolls for the hideous conflict differ, but casualty counts usually ... Iran unveils monument for fallen Jewish-Iranian soldiersThe Times of Israel Iran unveils monument to Jewish soldiers killed in war with IraqHaaretz Iran Unveils Memorial to Fallen Jewish SoldiersSlate Magazine (blog) The Guardian (blog) -Jewish Telegraphic Agency -Press TV all 23 news articles »

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Iran's IRGC 'Massacring' Iraqi Sunnis It 'Saves' from ISIS - Arutz Sheva Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:18:36 GMT

Arutz Sheva

Iran's IRGC 'Massacring' Iraqi Sunnis It 'Saves' from ISIS Arutz Sheva In an explosive TV interview aired last week, Iraq's Grand Mufti Rafi Al-Rifa'i, the highest Sunni authority in the country, accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Iraqi government, and Iraqi Shiite militias of mass genocidal ... and more »

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Iran warns its 'supersonic' missiles can reach 'hostile' aircraft carriers - Al-Arabiya Sat, 20 Dec 2014 15:55:33 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Iran warns its 'supersonic' missiles can reach 'hostile' aircraft carriers Al-Arabiya A senior member of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) warned on Friday that the Iranian military had the ability to target aircraft carriers using supersonic missiles. “We can easily target hostile aircraft carriers with our ... and more »

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Saudis Slash Oil Prices to 'Block' Iranian Nuclear Weapon - Arutz Sheva Mon, 22 Dec 2014 02:31:26 GMT

Arutz Sheva

Saudis Slash Oil Prices to 'Block' Iranian Nuclear Weapon Arutz Sheva This isn't even the first time the Saudis have crashed the market to get at Iran according to the paper, which notes in 1977 Saudi Arabia flooded the markets by boosting production from 8 million to 11.8 million barrels a day and cutting crude prices ... Conrad Black: The Saudis believe the West is about to give in to Iranian ...National Post Iran projected to maintain oil output at 2.8 mbpd in Dec.: EIATehran Times Saudi Arabia is using oil as a weapon to punish Russia and IranHurriyet Daily News Telegraph.co.uk all 1,288 news articles »

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Iran Suddenly Fighting Sunni Groups Along Two of Its Borders - TheTower.org Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:59:41 GMT

Iran Suddenly Fighting Sunni Groups Along Two of Its Borders TheTower.org Iran is confronting a nightmare scenario with Islamic State militants just kilometers from the country's western border and increasingly radical anti-Shia militants to the east in Pakistan. A new militant Sunni terror group has recently been stepping ...