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Iranian President and Moderates Make Strong Gains in Elections - New York Times Tue, 01 Mar 2016 02:02:51 GMT

New York Times
Iranian President and Moderates Make Strong Gains in Elections
New York Times
TEHRAN — Nearly three years after Iran's reform-minded president was elected, the most reactionary voices in Iranian politics are losing ground to moderates buoyed by the sweeping nuclear deal with big powers, including the United States.
Reformists Gain in Iran Vote, Even as Political Picture Turns MurkierWall Street Journal
How Iran's elections marginalized radicals and consolidated a new political centerWashington Post
Once I Saw Light in Iran. Now It's Mostly Shadows.International New York Times
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Iran set to elect record number of women into parliament - The Guardian Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:11:45 GMT

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Iran set to elect record number of women into parliament
The Guardian
Among them is Parvaneh Salahshori, a 51-year-old sociologist and university professor originally from Masjed Soleyman, in the south of Iran. Her husband, Barat Ghobadian, also a university professor, was disqualified from running. As the results were ...
Iran Vote Likely To Usher In Record Number Of WomenRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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Iran After Sanctions: Oil And Gas Opportunities For Foreign Companies - Forbes Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:30:27 GMT

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Iran After Sanctions: Oil And Gas Opportunities For Foreign Companies
Forbes
Iran, a country boasting the fourth largest oil and the second largest gas reserves in the world, has currently become one of the most prominent news topics – for example today's election news affirming the shifting of political power to the moderate ...
Iran pushing forward with plans to ramp up oil outputCNNMoney
Iran to push 1 million barrels of oil into marketWDAM-TV

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Iran reportedly executes every adult man in one village for drug crimes - Fox News Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:09:37 GMT

Iran reportedly executes every adult man in one village for drug crimes
Fox News
The entire adult male population of a village in southern Iran was executed for drug offenses last week as part of a country-wide crackdown on trafficking, state media report. Iran's vice-president for women and family affairs, Shahindokht Molaverdi ...

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Iran's Nobel Peace Laureate Speaks From Exile - Mother Jones Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:10:50 GMT

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Iran's Nobel Peace Laureate Speaks From Exile
Mother Jones
In 2003, Ebadi became the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Despite her international profile, her work defending the rights of women, children, and political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran earned her years ...

What do Iran's elections mean for the country's future? - PBS NewsHour Tue, 01 Mar 2016 01:18:46 GMT

What do Iran's elections mean for the country's future?
PBS NewsHour
Iran's election results show modest gains for reformists and moderates in Parliament, but experts remain cynical about prospects for real change, especially since many conservative and hardline candidates also managed big wins. Judy Woodruff talks to ...

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Zarif: Iran will continue to develop missile program - Jerusalem Post Israel News Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:29:00 GMT

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Zarif: Iran will continue to develop missile program
Jerusalem Post Israel News
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif signaled that warming relations with the West after the nuclear deal would have no impact on Iran developing its missile program. “We will not get permission from anyone for our missile and defense ...
Iran needs no permission to develop its missile program – FMRT

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Pastor freed from Iran describes his harrowing experience as a prisoner - Fox News Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:55:54 GMT

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Pastor freed from Iran describes his harrowing experience as a prisoner
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The Christian pastor from Idaho who was freed from Iran in January after more than three years told Fox News Monday his faith kept him strong in prison, and that he now plans to tour churches across the U.S. and document his harrowing experience in a ...

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9th Circuit Affirms Iran's Terror Victims Can Seize Funds - legal Insurrection (blog) Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:01:40 GMT

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9th Circuit Affirms Iran's Terror Victims Can Seize Funds
legal Insurrection (blog)
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a judgment allowing victims of Iranian terror to attach a judgment owed to Iran. This is separate from the Bank Markazi case argued before the Supreme Court last month. In this case – Ministry Of Defense ...
US appeals court: Terror victims can seize $9.4 million of Iran fundsJerusalem Post Israel News
Iran to compensate victims of 1997 Jerusalem terror attackArutz Sheva

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Iran's elections are mostly just an optical illusion - Chicago Tribune Mon, 29 Feb 2016 14:22:13 GMT

Iran's elections are mostly just an optical illusion
Chicago Tribune
If you are following the Iranian elections, prepare to be dazzled. According to major news outlets from the BBC to the Associated Press, the reformists beat the hardliners. But wait. Didn't Iran's Guardian Council disqualify most of the reformists back ...

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