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State Department comes under fire with new questions about Iran payment - Washington Post Sat, 20 Aug 2016 01:21:49 GMT

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State Department comes under fire with new questions about Iran payment
Washington Post
Critics of the Obama administration's dealings with Iran on Friday accused the White House and the State Department of lying about a $400 million cash payment to Iran in January in what officials now acknowledge was conditioned on freedom for American ...
U.S. Admits Payment To Iran Used As Leverage For Prisoners' ReleaseHuffington Post
Obama administration defends $400 million payment to Iran, says it wasn't ransomChicago Tribune
Obama's Cash Deal Encourages Iran to Take More HostagesDaily Signal
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Why Russia has advanced strike fighters at an air base in Iran - Washington Post Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:59:34 GMT

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Why Russia has advanced strike fighters at an air base in Iran
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Three days after Russian long-range bombers struck targets in Syria after launching from an air base in Iran, new satellite imagery of the base suggests that Russia could maintain a small presence there for the near future. [Despite denial, 'growing ...
What Russia's new closeness with Iran meansUPI.com
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Iran, Russia's New Staging PostSTRATFOR
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Rio 2016: Iran hails first woman medallist as Kimia Alizadeh wins taekwondo bronze - ABC Online Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:32:34 GMT

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Rio 2016: Iran hails first woman medallist as Kimia Alizadeh wins taekwondo bronze
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Kimia Alizadeh has become the first Iranian woman ever to win an Olympic medal with president Hassan Rouhani leading the praise over her taekwondo bronze. "My daughter Kimia, you have triggered the happiness of all the Iranians, and particularly of the ...
An Iranian woman won an Olympic medal for the first time in historyQuartz
Zenoorin wins landmark bronze for IranBBC Sport
Teenager Alizadeh wins first women's Olympic medal for IranYahoo Sports
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US strategies in Mideast have failed, Iran defense minister says - Press TV Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:01:44 GMT

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US strategies in Mideast have failed, Iran defense minister says
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Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says the Middle East and the entire world are grappling with the consequences of the US interventionist policies, stressing that Washington's strategies have failed in the region. Speaking in ...

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Iran's language watchdog targets Nutella Bars in fight against Westernisation - ABC Online Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:15:00 GMT

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Iran's language watchdog targets Nutella Bars in fight against Westernisation
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It is Iran's answer to the Academie Francaise, keeping the Farsi language safe from the corrupting influence of foreign words. Its latest, unlikely target: something called "Nutella Bars". The state-run Academy of Persian Language and Literature has ...

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Russia defends using Iran base for Syria air raids - Aljazeera.com Thu, 18 Aug 2016 05:06:46 GMT

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Russia defends using Iran base for Syria air raids
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Russia has said its use of an Iranian airbase to carry out bombing missions in Syria does not violate a UN resolution that forbids supplying fighter jets to Tehran. "There has been no supply, sale or transfer of combat jets to Iran," Russian Foreign ...
Iran Acknowledges Russia Using Its Air Base to Strike SyriaNew York Times
Russia and Iran Fly Across a Key Threshold in the Middle EastTIME
Iran confirms Russia using its air base for Syria missionsCBS News
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British mum undergoes trial in Iran after being labelled 'Western spy' - Metro Fri, 19 Aug 2016 19:17:04 GMT

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British mum undergoes trial in Iran after being labelled 'Western spy'
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Iran has until August 22 to respond to a working group petition stating the prisoner's detention has been in breach of Iranian law and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Meanwhile, her daughter Gabriella, a British national ...

Pat McCrory Has Some Dumb Thoughts About Iran - The Independent Weekly Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:15:00 GMT

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Pat McCrory Has Some Dumb Thoughts About Iran
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McCrory has been spending a lot of time with Donald Trump, so that could be why he's spouting off the Iran deal without anyone asking for his opinion. Trump repeatedly told audiences at his rallies that he saw a video—a video, with his own two eyes ...

Secretary of State Joh Kerry (State Department/Flickr) - National Review Online Fri, 19 Aug 2016 18:08:51 GMT

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Secretary of State Joh Kerry (State Department/Flickr)
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It's time to update all those liberal “explainers” — you know, the pieces that patiently instructed conservative rubes that the pallets of cash we shipped to Iran on the exact day they released American hostages were not a “ransom.” The negotiations ...

State Department: Iran Payment Used As 'Leverage' In Prisoner Swap - NPR Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:18:12 GMT

State Department: Iran Payment Used As 'Leverage' In Prisoner Swap
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State Department officials say a $400 million cash payment to Iran was contingent on its release of U.S. prisoners. The revelation is fueling critics who say the White House paid ransom to Iran. DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Obama administration has ...