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Iran Conducts Space Launch - Washington Free Beacon Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:19:47 GMT

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Iran Conducts Space Launch
Washington Free Beacon
Iran this week conducted the first launch of a new rocket that the Pentagon views as a key element of Tehran's effort to build long-range missiles. The launch of the Simorgh space launch vehicle on Tuesday was judged by U.S. intelligence agencies to be ...
Iran Tests Space Rocket Amid Long-Range Missile RumorsNewsmax

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Supreme Court rules in favor of terror victims - CNN Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:17:01 GMT

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Supreme Court rules in favor of terror victims
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"(The law) provides a new standard clarifying that, if Iran owns certain assets, the victims of Iran-sponsored terrorist attacks will be permitted to execute against those assets," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing the majority. "Applying laws ...
Supreme Court Rules Iran Bank Must Pay for Terrorist AttacksNew York Times
Supreme Court Rules Iran Must Pay Victims of 1983 AttacksNewsweek
Supreme Court upholds Iran payments for terrorismUSA TODAY
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Iran Not Seeking Entry to US Financial System, Envoy Says - New York Times Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:09:47 GMT

Iran Not Seeking Entry to US Financial System, Envoy Says
New York Times
Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday disputed suggestions that Iran now wanted access to the American financial system as part of the nuclear accord, which has not yet yielded the economic infusion that Iranians foresaw after the deal took effect in ...


Backlash grows over Obama's Iran concession - Washington Post (blog) Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:01:48 GMT

Washington Post (blog)

Backlash grows over Obama's Iran concession
Washington Post (blog)
The Obama administration's hint that it was considering allowing Iran to access directly or indirectly U.S. dollars drew furious, negative reaction from both sides of the aisle. On Monday, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) denounced the effort and called for ...
Iran demands new bribes — and Obama rushes to deliverNew York Post

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Supreme Court Upholds Terrorism Victims' Ability to Collect Frozen Iran Funds - Wall Street Journal Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:27:22 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Supreme Court Upholds Terrorism Victims' Ability to Collect Frozen Iran Funds
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for victims of terrorist attacks to collect about $2 billion in frozen funds tied to Iran's central bank. The court, in a 6-2 decision, ruled Congress acted within its powers when it passed ...

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The US Is Hampering Iran's Return to the World - Newsweek Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:49:59 GMT

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The US Is Hampering Iran's Return to the World
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04_20_ An Iranian woman works on a traditional embroidery at a handicraft exhibition in Tehran on June 13, 2011. The author writs that it isn't known whether Iran's government anticipated how hard it would be to reintegrate into the global economy ...
US and Iran Report Some Progress on Iran Sanctions ComplaintABC News
Sanctions uncertainty hinders investors' return to IranDaily Sabah
Defending military program, Zarif likens Iran-Iraq war to HolocaustThe Times of Israel
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Report: Obama Seeks Meeting With Iranian President - Washington Free Beacon Wed, 20 Apr 2016 20:57:10 GMT

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Report: Obama Seeks Meeting With Iranian President
Washington Free Beacon
President Barack Obama has sent two letters to senior Iranian leaders in recent months requesting a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, according to Persian language reports recently translated by a Middle East research organization.
Zarif: Why Iran is building up its defensesWashington Post
Iran Vows to Defend Mideast from Terrorism, ZionismVoice of America (blog)
Iran to 'Respond Harshly' to Any Delay in Implementation of Nuclear DealSputnik International
Huffington Post -Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists -VICE News
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Will Saudi Arabia and Iran ever get along? - Brookings Institution (blog) Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:44:41 GMT

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Will Saudi Arabia and Iran ever get along?
Brookings Institution (blog)
That was the topic of conversation at a recent Brookings Doha Center (BDC) panel discussion on April 7, featuring Jamal Khashoggi of Alarab News Channel, former Deputy Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations Sayed Kazem Sajjadpour, ...
Jordan becomes latest country to withdraw ambassador from IranInternational Business Times UK
Israel benefits from Iran-Saudi rift: RafsanjaniPress TV

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Where are the censors? Popular TV drama flouts Iran's Islamic taboos - FRANCE 24 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:22:30 GMT

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Where are the censors? Popular TV drama flouts Iran's Islamic taboos
FRANCE 24
The storyline of “Shahrzad”, a new TV series making waves in Iran, is hardly provocative. Shahrzad, a pretty medical student, meets Farhad, a journalist, in Tehran in the early 1950s. The two fall in love. But the historic events shaking the country ...


Iran designs under focus - Arab News Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:21 GMT

Arab News

Iran designs under focus
Arab News
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and US President Barack Obama reviewed bilateral, regional and international issues against the backdrop of differences the Gulf allies have with the US on regional issues, especially Iran and Syria.
How Obama can push the Saudis to talk to IranAl-Monitor
Obama, Saudi king discuss strained alliance, Middle East conflictsReuters
Obama's Mideast Mission: Get Saudis, Iran to Make NiceWall Street Journal
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