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'Weaponizing' regime? Lawmakers raise red flags on Boeing-Iran jet deal - Fox News Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:24:46 GMT

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'Weaponizing' regime? Lawmakers raise red flags on Boeing-Iran jet deal
Fox News
Top House Republicans are raising red flags about Boeing's potential sale of roughly 100 commercial jets to Iran, warning it could end up benefiting Iran's military, as well as terror groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah. While the talks have not drawn ...
Potential Boeing Iran sale faces opposition in US CongressReuters
Lawmakers concerned about potential sale of Boeing planes to IranThe Hill
Lawmakers Warn Boeing That Selling Jets to Iran Could Further Destabilize Middle EastTheTower.org

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Kurdish Forces Clash with Iran Troops on Iraqi Border - Voice of America Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:50:24 GMT

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Kurdish Forces Clash with Iran Troops on Iraqi Border
Voice of America
Kurdish rebels on Friday clashed with Iran's Revolutionary Guards for a second consecutive day in a border area between Iraq and Iran, Kurdish officials and Iranian state media said. The fighting took place in a number of Kurdish-dominated towns ...
Iran News Round Up - June 17, 2016Critical Threats Project
Iran busting terrorists in northwest region, 12 killedTehran Times
KDPI claims at least 20 Iranian soldiers killed in recent clashes in ShnoRudaw
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Iran shifts on Syria - Al-Monitor Fri, 17 Jun 2016 20:45:25 GMT

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Iran shifts on Syria
Al-Monitor
WASHINGTON — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, at meetings in Oslo, Norway this week, signaled that he has more authority on the Syria file than he has had until now, and that Iran may be prepared to show more flexibility to advance a ...

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Fury erupts in Iran over vast salaries paid to government officials - The Guardian Fri, 17 Jun 2016 06:14:56 GMT

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Fury erupts in Iran over vast salaries paid to government officials
The Guardian
Revelations that senior Iranian government employees were being paid astronomical salaries have rocked the country and threatened popular support for the president, Hassan Rouhani, amid Iran's continued economic stagnation, little improved by the ...

Is One of Iran's Top Diplomats a Member of the Quds Force? - U.S. News & World Report Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:12:18 GMT

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Is One of Iran's Top Diplomats a Member of the Quds Force?
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Abbas Araghchi, whose official title is deputy minister for legal and international affairs at Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is more signficiantly one of Iran's senior nuclear negotiators. While Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif played the ...

Anderson takes USA to a comeback over Iran - FIVB.com (press release) (registration) Fri, 17 Jun 2016 23:23:28 GMT

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Anderson takes USA to a comeback over Iran
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The American's came from behind to earn a deserved victory with Anderson's haul of 23 points crucial, whilst Iran's Shahram Mahmoudi battled in vain with 16 points for his side. Taylor Sander and David Lee's vital haul of four blocks at the net proved ...

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Happiness is still ground for punishment in Iran - The Hill (blog) Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:30:17 GMT

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Happiness is still ground for punishment in Iran
The Hill (blog)
There is never much time that goes by between vivid reminders of the human rights record of the Islamic Republic of Iran, or the radical, theocratic ideology that justifies those abuses. Under the system of clerical leadership, virtually anything can ...
'Iran files complaint with ICJ to recover frozen assets in US'Tehran Times

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Iranian Cleric: 'Improperly' Dressed Iranian Women Cause Climate Change - Breitbart News Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:08:07 GMT

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Iranian Cleric: 'Improperly' Dressed Iranian Women Cause Climate Change
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A senior Iranian cleric from Isfahan, Iran, said “immorality” among young Iranian women, stemming from dressing “improperly,” is resulting in climate change and causing the rivers and dams in Iran to run dry. During his weekly Friday sermon, Imam ...

Revolutionary computer game faces crackdown in Iran - Al-Monitor Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:31:11 GMT

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Revolutionary computer game faces crackdown in Iran
Al-Monitor
There's a tech crackdown going on in Iran right now. It began in May with the arrests of Iranian Instagram models for posting “un-Islamic” photos. Then, the Supreme Council of Cyberspace — the body responsible for overseeing online activities ...

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Iran: UK-Iranian attempted to overthrow government - CNN Thu, 16 Jun 2016 02:00:36 GMT

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Iran: UK-Iranian attempted to overthrow government
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The Thomson Reuters Foundation said Zaghari-Ratcliffe had worked with the organization for the last four years, adding that she had no professional dealings with Iran. Ratcliffe said his wife trains journalists in developing countries such as Morocco ...
Hopes for British-Iranian mother in jail in IranBBC News
Iran Accuses Thomson Reuters Charity Official of SeditionNew York Times
Briton denies wife imprisoned in Iran is a spyThe Guardian
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