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Why Is Iran Detaining Jason Rezaian? - The New Yorker Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:57:37 GMT

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Why Is Iran Detaining Jason Rezaian? The New Yorker My first correspondence with Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter who has been detained in Iran, was in 2010, and it was about avocados. They are virtually unheard of in Iran: less than one per cent of the Iranian population has ever tasted one, ... Lanka condoles with Iran over crashColombo Gazette all 15 news articles »

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Iranian president tweets bare-headed photo of Maryam Mirzakhani - The Guardian Fri, 15 Aug 2014 18:30:03 GMT

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Iranian president tweets bare-headed photo of Maryam Mirzakhani The Guardian The news prompted widespread celebration across Iran: President Hassan Rouhani even risked a backlash from hardliners by posting her picture without a hijab on Twitter. "Congrats to #MaryamMirzakhani on becoming the first ever woman to win the ... Amid Iranian 'brain drain,' President Rouhani congratulates Iran-born Fields ...Washington Post (blog) #BBCtrending: The Iranian president's surprising tweetBBC News Iran-born Stanford math professor is first woman to win prestigious Fields MedalFox News Raw Story -The Observers all 659 news articles »

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Iran: Nuclear Deal by November Deadline Unlikely - ABC News Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:01:07 GMT

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Iran: Nuclear Deal by November Deadline Unlikely ABC News Iran and the P5+1 group — the U.S., Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany — in July extended their nuclear talks to November. Western powers have long suspected Iran is secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons capability alongside its civilian ... UN nuclear chief to visit Iran before investigation deadlineReuters UN Atomic Agency Chief to Visit IranWall Street Journal Nuclear deal by November unlikely: IranYahoo!7 News The Daily Star all 144 news articles »

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Iraq Crisis: US and Iran Rush to Aid Kurds - Wall Street Journal Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:33:07 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Iraq Crisis: US and Iran Rush to Aid Kurds Wall Street Journal MAKHMOUR, Iraq—The struggles of the embattled Kurdish Peshmerga to repel Islamist insurgents have put the U.S. and Iran on the same side, with both rushing to reinforce a revered fighting force to defeat a common enemy. U.S. airstrikes this week ... Why Iran Fears Iraq's KurdsDaily Beast Iraq Kurds laud Iran support in confronting ISILPress TV Obama, Iran both throw support to new Iraqi PM-designateWashington Times Washington Post -TheDay.com all 5,936 news articles »

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Iraq Crisis: Effort to Aid Kurdish Forces Puts Iran, US on Same Side - Wall Street Journal Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:05:07 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Iraq Crisis: Effort to Aid Kurdish Forces Puts Iran, US on Same Side Wall Street Journal The parallel tracks demonstrated clearly that the U.S. and Iran, longtime competitors for influence in Iraq, have found common cause in the effort to resuscitate the Peshmerga, long mythologized as Iraq's most capable fighting force. (See Iraq's power ...

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Iran dismisses direct US talks - Aljazeera.com Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:55:40 GMT

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Iran dismisses direct US talks Aljazeera.com Khamenei, who has final say over all state matters in Iran and was addressing foreign ministry officials when the comments were made, criticised the US, saying direct talks with its diplomats did not help reduce sanctions or decrease its animosity ... With Natural Gas Byproduct, Iran Sidesteps SanctionsNew York Times Iran's supreme leader Khamenei: Nuclear talks with US are 'useless'Los Angeles Times Iran's Supreme Leader Dismisses Direct US TalksABC News The Guardian -Press TV -TheTower.org all 427 news articles »

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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 ... and more »

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Don't Blame Iran for Middle East Turmoil - Huffington Post Sat, 16 Aug 2014 00:05:19 GMT

Don't Blame Iran for Middle East Turmoil Huffington Post Some analysts have claimed that the latest war between Israel and the Palestinian people in Gaza should be seen in the context of the Middle East's new landscape -- created by the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran -- that provided the background for the ... and more »

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Iran, US try volleyball diplomacy - Al-Monitor Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:46:02 GMT

Iran, US try volleyball diplomacy Al-Monitor The largely Iranian-American crowd sang a patriotic song that predates the founding of the Islamic Republic but remains popular among Iranians worldwide. Many in the crowd at the Galen Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles also ... US men's volleyball sweeps IranESPN all 22 news articles »

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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 ...