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Challenging Iran is 'the last thing' Obama wants to do — even as Iran-backed militants fire on US Navy ships - Business Insider Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:56:04 GMT

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Challenging Iran is 'the last thing' Obama wants to do — even as Iran-backed militants fire on US Navy ships
Business Insider
Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, an expert on Iran and Yemen at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that these incidents, by all indications, look "like an Iran-backed harassment strategy that has been carried out with weapons that are almost ...
USS Mason fired three missiles in defense after Pro-Iran rebels fired two at the Navy ship off the coast of YemenDaily Mail
First Iranian-Yemeni missile attack on US flotillaDEBKA file
US Navy destroyer 'targeted by two missiles from Iran-supporting rebels'Mirror.co.uk
Wall Street Journal -The American Conservative -Stars and Stripes
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Iran Is Stuck With China to Finance Its Oil Dreams - Bloomberg Wed, 12 Oct 2016 21:17:15 GMT

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Iran Is Stuck With China to Finance Its Oil Dreams
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“China has done enough investment in Iran,” said Mansour Moazami, who was deputy oil minister until taking over as chairman of the massive Industrial Development & Renovation Organization this year. “We will provide opportunities and chances for others.

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It's Time to Negotiate With Iran Over Syria - Foreign Policy (blog) Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:46:45 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)
It's Time to Negotiate With Iran Over Syria
Foreign Policy (blog)
Russian and Iranian objectives in Syria are not the same, and there's no reason to think Iran's interests are well represented by Russian negotiators. If the United States hopes to achieve any measure of peace in Syria, it can't avoid directly ...
Iran Will Never Abandon Assad's State, Worst Humanitarian TragedyHuffington Post
When will Iran abandon Bashar al-Assad?Aljazeera.com
Fight for the Alawites: The Russia-Iran Rivalry behind the Syrian Civil WarGeopoliticalmonitor.com

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Iran Wins a Big Game, but Cheering Is Out of Bounds - New York Times Wed, 12 Oct 2016 00:34:09 GMT

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Iran Wins a Big Game, but Cheering Is Out of Bounds
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Iranian soccer fans held up a flag before a soccer match between Iran and South Korea in Tehran on Tuesday. Clerics urged fans not to cheer for their team during the match, which coincided with one of the most solemn religious holidays in Iran. Credit ...
Iran beat South Korea as game is played on a holy day in TehranBBC Sport
Iran to Soccer Fans: Dress in Mourning for World Cup …Foreign Policy (blog)
Iranian football fans ordered to mourn at matchAljazeera.com
Iran Sports Press -RFI -Press TV
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US Cash to Iran May Have Funded Attack on American Navy - Washington Free Beacon Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:17:00 GMT

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US Cash to Iran May Have Funded Attack on American Navy
Washington Free Beacon
Leading members of Congress suspect a portion of a recent $1.7 billion cash payment to Iran may have been used to help arm and support Yemeni terrorists who recently fired missiles on a U.S. Navy ship in the Red Sea, according to a new congressional ...
Lawmakers Suspect American Navy Attack Possibly Funded by US Cash to IranNewsmax

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Iran hanging: Fears for child bride Zeinab Sekaanvand - BBC News Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:12:46 GMT

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Iran hanging: Fears for child bride Zeinab Sekaanvand
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Human rights activists say a 22-year-old woman whose execution was delayed while she was pregnant could be hanged within days in Iran. Zeinab Sekaanvand was convicted of killing her husband, whom she says beat her for months. Her execution was ...
Child bride faces execution by hanging in IranAmnesty International UK
Iran: 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman faces imminent execution after grossly unfair trialAmnesty International
Woman convicted as juvenile faces death in IranCNN International
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It's Time to Release the Real History of the 1953 Iran Coup - Politico Wed, 12 Oct 2016 23:29:07 GMT

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It's Time to Release the Real History of the 1953 Iran Coup
Politico
Sixty-three years ago, the CIA and British intelligence fomented a coup d'état that toppled the prime minister of Iran, restored a cooperative shah and strengthened a regional buffer against possible Soviet aggression. It also unwittingly set Iran on a ...

Is Turkey ditching Saudi Arabia for Iran? - Al-Monitor Wed, 12 Oct 2016 22:19:26 GMT

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Is Turkey ditching Saudi Arabia for Iran?
Al-Monitor
TEHRAN, Iran — In recent years, tension between Iran and Turkey has been rooted in differences over regional developments rather than bilateral disagreements. Indeed, if one reviews the exchanges between the two neighbors during the past two decades, ...

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Turks blame US, Iran for encouraging Baghdad against Ankara - Al-Monitor Wed, 12 Oct 2016 16:22:38 GMT

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Turks blame US, Iran for encouraging Baghdad against Ankara
Al-Monitor
According to Abdulkadir Selvi, a columnist for the daily Hurriyet who is known to be close to government circles, it is indicative that Washington prefers to cooperate with Shiite Iran and the Tehran-backed Kurdistan Patriotic Union (PUK) attached to ...

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MTN invests in Iran's own Uber - Independent Online Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:30:06 GMT

MTN invests in Iran's own Uber
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Johannesburg - MTN Group, the South African wireless carrier with $1 billion stuck in Iran, agreed to make an investment of 20 million euros ($22 million) that will support Snapp.ir, the Islamic Republic's first cab-hailing smartphone application. The ...

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