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Iran's New Gay Executions - Daily Beast Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:48:16 GMT

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Iran's New Gay Executions
Daily Beast
The tragic hanging of two “sodomites” in Iran may seem, in theory, like an obvious cause for U.S. concern and U.S. action. (Sign a petition! Demand human rights!) Yet in practice, those most attentive to LGBT concerns may be the least eager to pick ...

Iran should free my son - Washington Post Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:35:15 GMT

Iran should free my son
Washington Post
From an early age, my son Jason Rezaian has been fascinated by his father's home country, Iran. Despite growing up in the United States, he learned Farsi, enjoyed playing backgammon at warm family gatherings with his Iranian relatives and came to love ...

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Why Iran Fears Iraq's Kurds - Daily Beast Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:40:54 GMT

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Why Iran Fears Iraq's Kurds
Daily Beast
That a top-ranking Iranian official has resorted to sartorial symbolism reflects just how overwhelmed Iran has been by the twin crises of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Malaki's failed leadership and the Kurdish move to hold a referendum on independence.
Iraq Kurds laud Iran support in confronting ISILPress TV

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Iran endorses Haider al-Abadi as Iraq's new prime minister, spurning Nouri al ... - Washington Post Wed, 13 Aug 2014 00:32:35 GMT

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Iran endorses Haider al-Abadi as Iraq's new prime minister, spurning Nouri al ...
Washington Post
BAGHDAD — Iran endorsed Iraq's new prime minister-designate on Tuesday, striking a death blow for incumbent Nouri al-Maliki as a wide spectrum of domestic factions — and even his most loyal militia — also turned their backs on the country's longtime ...
Iran Voices Support for New Iraqi PM DesignateABC News
Iran Backs Iraqi Prime Minister NomineeWall Street Journal
Iran puts support behind Maliki's successor as Iraqi prime ministerThe Guardian
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Iran's Bid for Own Plane to Defy Sanctions Blocked by Crash - Bloomberg Tue, 12 Aug 2014 12:54:26 GMT

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Iran's Bid for Own Plane to Defy Sanctions Blocked by Crash
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Iran's efforts to escape the impact of western sanctions by founding its own aerospace industry are in tatters after four crashes in 12 years involving the aircraft around which the plan is based led the model to be grounded. Iran-140 turboprops like ...
Crash of Iranian built plane leaves 39 deadWashington Post
At least 39 dead as Iran regional passenger plane carrying 40 people crashes ...New York Daily News
Iranian plane crashes after takeoff, killing 39Fox News
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With Natural Gas Byproduct, Iran Sidesteps Sanctions - New York Times Wed, 13 Aug 2014 01:10:34 GMT

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With Natural Gas Byproduct, Iran Sidesteps Sanctions
New York Times
Iran is finding a way around Western sanctions to export increasing amounts of an ultralight oil to China and other Asian markets, expanding the value of its trade by potentially billions of dollars a year. The exports come during a slight thaw in Iran ...

Iran's Christians flee to unlikely sanctuary in Bulgaria - Fox News Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:52:02 GMT

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Iran's Christians flee to unlikely sanctuary in Bulgaria
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“My family changed from Muslim to Christian and when you convert it is so hard to live [in Iran],” said Salehi, who worked in an optics business in Iran and was introduced to Christianity by a friend who had converted from Islam to Christianity and ...

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Iran bans vasectomies, wants more babies - Washington Post (blog) Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:33:18 GMT

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Iran bans vasectomies, wants more babies
Washington Post (blog)
Men in Iran wanting to get vasectomies will soon be out of luck now that the country's parliament has approved a ban on surgical, permanent forms of birth control. Violators will be punished as having committed a crime, the official Islamic Republic ...
Iran bans permanent contraception to boost population growthThe Guardian
Iran bans permanent contraception, birth control adsRT
Iran's Parliament Votes to Make Vasectomies ForbiddenNewsweek
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Senior Iranian official congratulates new Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi - The Guardian Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:12:14 GMT

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Senior Iranian official congratulates new Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi
The Guardian
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's powerful Supreme National Security Council, was quoted by the official IRNA news agency congratulating the Iraqi people and their leaders for choosing Haider al-Abadi as their new prime minister. Abadi, a veteran ...

Iran determined in nuclear talks: President Rouhani - Press TV Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:18:41 GMT

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Iran determined in nuclear talks: President Rouhani
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President Rouhani said in an address to an economic conference in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Tuesday that Iran is serious and determined in the nuclear negotiations, but the world needs to know that the opportunity offered by the Islamic Republic ...
Backlash after Iran's Rouhani calls foes of nuclear deal 'cowards'Los Angeles Times
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Rouhani Report Card: More Prudence Than Hope for Iran's Domestic PolitcsBrookings Institution (blog)
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