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Sexual mores in Iran - The Economist Sat, 09 Aug 2014 01:22:59 GMT

The Economist
Sexual mores in Iran
The Economist
IT IS the last thing Iran's religious rulers want to talk about, but they may just have to. An official report has documented the nation's worst-kept secret: sex of every kind is taking place outside the marital bed in the Islamic Republic. Something ...

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Iran Gives Russia Its Best Chance to Hit Back Against Western Sanctions - TIME Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:44:04 GMT

Economic Times
Iran Gives Russia Its Best Chance to Hit Back Against Western Sanctions
TIME
But the more telling piece of revenge, and in many ways the more problematic for the West, came in the form of a Russian oil deal with Iran. Signed at a ceremony in Moscow on August 5, the agreement could allow Iran to sell its crude to Russia and use ...
India takes in 46% more Iran oil in January-July tradeEconomic Times
India's oil imports from Iran rise 46 percent in Jan-JulyPress TV
India takes in 46 pct more Iran oil in Jan-July - tradeReuters India
Tehran Times
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Iran's foreign policy A debate at home - The Economist (blog) Thu, 07 Aug 2014 18:52:09 GMT

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Iran's foreign policy A debate at home
The Economist (blog)
RECENT efforts by Iran's rulers to define—or to redefine—their foreign policy are puzzling foreign analysts seeking to fathom whether a new direction is being taken. The foreign minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, recently went on YouTube to stress his ...
To Stop Iran Gaining Nukes, Stop Rewarding It for LyingNewsweek
Iran's inflation rate below 25 percent: RouhaniCihan News Agency
Iran's War, and Ours, From Gaza to CaracasPJ Media
Payvand -Tasnim News Agency
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US, Iran Negotiators Resume Nuclear Talks - Wall Street Journal Thu, 07 Aug 2014 20:16:32 GMT

The Daily Star
US, Iran Negotiators Resume Nuclear Talks
Wall Street Journal
Talks on Iran's nuclear program resumed Thursday in Geneva, with senior U.S. diplomats meeting their Iranian counterparts amid a growing range of disputes between the two sides. The talks were the first since Iran and the six-power bloc it negotiates ...
Iran, US officials hold fresh nuclear talks in GenevaThe Daily Star
The Path Ahead for a Nuclear IranNational Review Online (blog)
US, Iran Hold 'Constructive' TalksRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Al-Monitor -The Times of Israel -Reuters
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A US Journalist's Arrest Points to a Power Struggle in the Leadership of Iran - New York Times Fri, 08 Aug 2014 00:38:25 GMT

New York Times
A US Journalist's Arrest Points to a Power Struggle in the Leadership of Iran
New York Times
Then on July 22, plainclothes men waving an arrest warrant signed by Iran's judiciary forced their way into Mr. Rezaian's apartment, taking him and his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, a journalist for a newspaper in the United Arab Emirates, to an unknown location.
Iran detains Washington Post reporter, others without explanationLos Angeles Times
Ominous reports on Jason Rezaian, former Chronicle contributor jailed in IranSFGate (blog)
Iran Official: No New Details on Detained ReporterABC News
Washington Post -The Braiser -Huffington Post
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Russia And Iran Reportedly Signed A Huge Oil Deal - But No One Knows The ... - Business Insider Thu, 07 Aug 2014 21:20:04 GMT

Business Insider
Russia And Iran Reportedly Signed A Huge Oil Deal - But No One Knows The ...
Business Insider
The deal would allow Iran to circumvent western and international sanctions aimed at curtailing the country's nuclear program. And it would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to play the spoiler for the centerpiece of the Obama administration's ...
Russia and Iran strike oil agreement; but both mum on detailsCNBC
Russia, Iran set oil-for-goods contractSky News Australia
Sanctioned Russia and Iran sign 5-yr deal to ease Western pressureRT (blog)
Telegraph.co.uk -ITAR-TASS
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Iran to unveil new defense system similar to Iron Dome – military commander - RT Thu, 07 Aug 2014 19:22:24 GMT

RT
Iran to unveil new defense system similar to Iron Dome – military commander
RT
The commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base, Brigadier Farzad Esmayeeli, announced Wednesday that Iran is preparing to roll out a number of advanced defense systems on September 22, the country's semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
Iran to Debut Iron Dome System in Case it Starts Shelling ItselfFrontPage Magazine

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Iran journalist arrests 'unacceptable': UN rights experts - Yahoo News Fri, 08 Aug 2014 21:40:36 GMT

Yahoo News
Iran journalist arrests 'unacceptable': UN rights experts
Yahoo News
"Convicting individuals for expressing their opinion is absolutely unacceptable," the UN's rights monitor on Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, said in a joint statement with five other UN rights experts. Since May 22, at least 36 people, including journalists ...
UN: Condemn Wave of Arrest, Sentencing of Activists in IranScoop.co.nz (press release)
Iran: UN rights experts condemn the recent wave of arrest and sentencing of ...NCR-Iran.org

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Iran Policeman Gets 3 Years Over Death of Blogger - ABC News Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:51:06 GMT

Iran Policeman Gets 3 Years Over Death of Blogger
ABC News
3 and had "signs of wounds" on his body, according to an official report released by Iran's judiciary in 2012. ISNA said the policeman was sentenced to three years in jail, 74 lashes and two years of internal exile in the remote southern town of Borazjan.

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These people I interviewed in Iran clearly loved the country. So why did it ... - Washington Post Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:08:47 GMT

These people I interviewed in Iran clearly loved the country. So why did it ...
Washington Post
I desperately wanted to film in Iran. My show, “Parts Unknown,” examines cuisines and cultures around the world, and I've found that if I merely show up and ask simple questions — “What's for dinner? What do you like to eat? Do you like to cook? Where ...