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Budget pressure unlikely to deflect Iran from nuclear goals - Reuters Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:16:09 GMT

Reuters

Budget pressure unlikely to deflect Iran from nuclear goals
Reuters
Economic misery due to sanctions and mismanagement has been a reality for years, and while social strains in the 76 million population are deep, the clerics will seek to contain them, say experts examining Iran's budget plans for 2015. The largest drop ...
Oil Price Drop, Nuclear Deal Delay Unsettle Iran's EconomyWall Street Journal
Iran's Economic NightmareThe National Interest Online
Iran's Budget Woes Unlikely to Derail Nuclear GoalsVoice of America
The National -Jerusalem Post (blog)
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Family of US reporter jailed in Iran tells of 'inconceivable' five-month ordeal - The Guardian Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:00:06 GMT

The Guardian

Family of US reporter jailed in Iran tells of 'inconceivable' five-month ordeal
The Guardian
Rezaian, an Iranian-American who holds dual citizenship, was arrested under dubious circumstances in July and jailed at Evin prison in Tehran, where he has been held for the past 153 days – the longest any western journalist has been detained in Iran.

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Iran warns extra-regional recon aircraft near borders - Press TV Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:34:41 GMT

Fars News Agency

Iran warns extra-regional recon aircraft near borders
Press TV
Iranian armed forces have in the past issued warnings to the aircraft flying close to Iranian borders and intercepted those that had intruded into the Islamic Republic's airspace. In August, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) shot down an ...
Iran warns spy planes, ahead of its large-scale military drillTrend.az
Iran fends off foreign spy aircraft with stern warningShanghai Daily (subscription)
Iran Shooes Away Several U-2 Spy PlanesFars News Agency

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Ali Shamkhani: Iran will not seek to resume diplomatic ties with US - Financial Times Mon, 22 Dec 2014 11:58:49 GMT

Town Hall

Ali Shamkhani: Iran will not seek to resume diplomatic ties with US
Financial Times
Tehran will not seek a resumption of diplomatic ties with Washington even if a comprehensive nuclear deal helps to defuse tensions between the two, Iran's top security official has said. In his first interview to the international media, Ali Shamkhani ...
From Syria and Iraq to Iran: Kurdish minorities push for autonomyDaily News Egypt
Free Kurdistan and Destabilize Iran (Part VI)Town Hall
Istanbul protest condemns Kurdish executions in IranRudaw

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Iran's IRGC 'Massacring' Iraqi Sunnis It 'Saves' from ISIS - Arutz Sheva Tue, 23 Dec 2014 00:15:26 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 ...

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A vanishing paradise: along Iran's Khalkhal-Asalem Road - The Guardian (blog) Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:20:00 GMT

The Guardian (blog)

A vanishing paradise: along Iran's Khalkhal-Asalem Road
The Guardian (blog)
On a recent day in Loomavesht, a village up the Asalem-Khalkal road in north Iran's Gilan province, the men shear sheep, and the women clean the wool. A cool mist fills the air, and soon the cold weather will drive most of the villagers and their ...


Obama: Israel knows Iran's nuclear program halted - The Times of Israel Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:07:30 GMT

Jerusalem Post

Obama: Israel knows Iran's nuclear program halted
The Times of Israel
Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criticism of Washington's handling of negotiations with Iran, Israeli intelligence acknowledges that Tehran has made no advancements during the past year and a half of talks, US President Barack Obama said ...
Israel acknowledges upside of diplomacy with Iran, Obama saysJerusalem Post
Breaking News: Change is going to come to Cuba, 'it has to': ObamaReuters
How the Iran-Nuke Crisis Was HypedConsortium News
Huffington Post -U.S. News & World Report (blog) -OilPrice.com
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US-Iran Normalization? Don't Hold Your Breath. - Wall Street Journal (blog) Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:00:13 GMT

Wall Street Journal (blog)

US-Iran Normalization? Don't Hold Your Breath.
Wall Street Journal (blog)
True, Iran has cautiously welcomed the U.S.-Cuba rapprochement; and the Obama administration would welcome a similar rapprochement with Iran. But Iran is not Cuba; and unlike Cuban President Raul Castro, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...
Obama: Iran has not advanced nuclear ambitions since U.S. negotiations startedPolitiFact
Obama defends foreign policy decisions on Cuba, Russia, IranLos Angeles Times
Obama: diplomacy with Iran has restrained nuclear programAl-Monitor
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Iran wary of regional oil conspiracies - UPI.com Tue, 23 Dec 2014 03:36:03 GMT

UPI.com

Iran wary of regional oil conspiracies
UPI.com
Iran is trying to retool an economy stifled by Western economic sanctions and now the low price of oil, off about 45 percent from its June value. The price of oil Monday was around $61 per barrel. Iranian officials have said they are drafting a budget ...
Defected Syrian Gen. Tlass says Assad 'sold Syria to Iran'Al-Arabiya
Palestinian issue remains priority for Iran: LarijaniPress TV
Iran's Larijani Criticizes US Approach To IS, Reaffirms Support For DamascusRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Xinhua -Zee News
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No new bans on accommodation for Afghan immigrants: Iran official - Press TV Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:33:50 GMT

Press TV

No new bans on accommodation for Afghan immigrants: Iran official
Press TV
Aziz Kazemi, who serves as head of the Department for Foreign Nationals and Immigrants at Iran's Interior Ministry, said Monday that the body will not introduce new bans on Afghans seeking to reside in Iran. Kazemi said plans for imposing more ...
Iran Considering New Restrictions For Afghan RefugeesRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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