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The Defector Who Returned to Iran - The New Yorker Tue, 09 Aug 2016 16:07:39 GMT

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The Defector Who Returned to Iran
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Depending on whom you listen to, Amiri was either a defecting spy for the United States or a double agent for Iran. The enmity between the two countries briefly played out over this one man. Amiri first vanished during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia's ...
Trump's fake controversy about Clinton's emails getting an Iranian scientist killed, explainedVox
Trump's remarkable suggestion that Clinton's emails led to an Iranian defector's deathWashington Post
Trump's Baseless Claim on Iranian ExecutionFactCheck.org
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Iran's ex-president writes Obama urging return of assets - CNN Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:06:20 GMT

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Iran's ex-president writes Obama urging return of assets
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"It is with great regret that your explicitly announced undertakings ... including your public as well as written announcements to mend ties with the Iranian nation, and to make compensation for about sixty years of oppression and cruelty by different ...
Iran's ex-president Ahmadinejad asks Obama to 'fix' $2B Supreme Court rulingFox News
GOP senators push Kerry on Iran paymentThe Hill (blog)
GOP Senators To Kerry: Taxpayers Deserve The Truth About The Iran Ransom–I Mean, The Cash TransferTownhall
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What does America owe Iran? - Washington Times Wed, 10 Aug 2016 00:29:20 GMT

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What does America owe Iran?
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An unmarked cargo plane filled with $400 million in cash lands in Tehran. Four American hostages held by Iran's rulers are set free. These revelations have sparked two controversies. First: Did the Obama administration pay ransom to the Islamic ...
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Iran Improving Cyber Abilities Since Nuclear Deal, Pentagon SaysBloomberg
Why Was Our Iranian Spy Killed By The Mullahs?Forbes
The National Interest Online (blog) -Philly.com -Sky News
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Theresa May presses Iran over detained British mother - BBC News Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:09:24 GMT

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Theresa May presses Iran over detained British mother
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Theresa May has urged Iran's president to resolve the case of a British mother detained in Tehran since April. The prime minister "raised concerns" about Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a phone call with Hassan Rouhani, Downing Street said.
May presses Iran over detained Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeThe Guardian
PM Raises Case Of Detained Woman With IranSky News
UK PM raises case of aid worker with IranNEWS.com.au
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Iran Bans Pokémon Go - Slate Magazine (blog) Tue, 09 Aug 2016 14:32:27 GMT

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Iran Bans Pokémon Go
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Mahsa Alimardani of Global Voices explains that this isn't the first time Iranian authorities have banned or otherwise censored video games. In the past, however, they've seemingly done so for more explicitly political reasons. Notably, they've ...
Why Iran's Pokemon paranoia isn't entirely crazyNew Zealand Herald
Pokemon Go Banned in Iran Due To “Security Concerns”GameSpot

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Italy Does Iran's Dirty Work by Arresting a Dissident - Bloomberg Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:33:15 GMT

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Italy Does Iran's Dirty Work by Arresting a Dissident
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Since the beginning of his presidency, Barack Obama has expressed his wish for Iran to join the community of nations. Taken in the abstract, this is not objectionable. If Iran changes its behavior, Western countries should try to meet it half way, so ...
Son of Iran's deposed shah appeals to Italy over activist's arrestReuters
Italy Urged Not To Extradite Iranian ActivistRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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Iran Is Leader of Executions 2016: At Least One Execution A Day - Huffington Post Tue, 09 Aug 2016 20:40:31 GMT

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Iran Is Leader of Executions 2016: At Least One Execution A Day
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Since January 2016, Iran has executed at least 230 people, that is at least one person a day on average. The number of executions has recently increased and Iran ranks first in the world, followed by China, when it comes to executions per capita.
Rights group condemns Iran hanging of 20 SunnisAljazeera.com
Iran: Mass Execution on Terrorism ChargesHuman Rights Watch
Protesters mount hunger strike outside Downing Street over Iran regime's executionsEvening Standard

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US Cash Shipment Unrelated to Nuclear-Deal Talks, Senior Iran Official Says - Wall Street Journal Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:23:34 GMT

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US Cash Shipment Unrelated to Nuclear-Deal Talks, Senior Iran Official Says
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A $400 million cash payment by the U.S. to Iran early this year, a step toward resolving a dispute over a decades-old arms deal, wasn't related to nuclear diplomacy occurring around the same time, a senior Iranian official said Monday. The secret cash ...
Iran says it executed a nuclear scientist for spyingWashington Post
Iran executes nuclear scientist who was convicted of spyingCNBC
Shahram Amiri Executed by Iran, Sen. Tom Cotton Cites Clinton E-Mail Leaksnopes.com
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Four more US sailors disciplined in Iran boat seizure incident - NavyTimes.com Tue, 09 Aug 2016 23:56:32 GMT

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Four more US sailors disciplined in Iran boat seizure incident
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More officers and enlisted have been disciplined for their conduct in the January Farsi Island debacle, which lead to the capture of 10 sailors and two riverine command boats by Iranian paramilitaries. Four officers and two enlisted went to mast before ...

Trump attacks Clinton after Iran executes nuclear scientist - CNN Tue, 09 Aug 2016 02:46:07 GMT

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Trump attacks Clinton after Iran executes nuclear scientist
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Amiri was initially greeted as a hero upon returning to Iran six years ago. At the time, he had claimed he was kidnapped by American spies while on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, saying that he had been offered millions of dollars to spy on the US's ...

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