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Here's one country where hard-liners might not be poised for election success: Iran - Los Angeles Times Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:11:01 GMT

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Here's one country where hard-liners might not be poised for election success: Iran
Los Angeles Times
Iran's conservatives have been vocal in their criticism of President Hassan Rouhani, dismissing his outreach to the West as naive and the nuclear deal he championed as an economic failure. But when it comes to challenging the moderate Rouhani for ...
Iran: Claims of High Economic Growth by Rouhani's Government, Challenged by Khamenei's FactionNCR-Iran.org

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Iran Challenges Need to Ship Out Excess Material Under Nuclear Deal - U.S. News & World Report Fri, 17 Mar 2017 21:56:11 GMT

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Iran Challenges Need to Ship Out Excess Material Under Nuclear Deal
U.S. News & World Report
The 2015 deal restricts Iran's atomic activities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions against Tehran. One restriction is on its stock of heavy water, a moderator used in a type of reactor that can produce plutonium, like an unfinished one at Arak ...

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Iranian art market branches out - Financial Times Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:11:48 GMT

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Iranian art market branches out
Financial Times
Iranian artists and dealers are making their presence felt at Art Basel Hong Kong and Art Dubai this year against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting mainly Muslim countries — including Iran. Five Tehran-based galleries ...


Iranian Pilgrims Can Participate in Hajj This Year, Saudi Arabia Says - New York Times Fri, 17 Mar 2017 16:17:00 GMT

New York Times

Iranian Pilgrims Can Participate in Hajj This Year, Saudi Arabia Says
New York Times
Saudi Arabia, ruled by a Sunni Muslim monarchy, accuses Iran of weakening Arab states by funding militias. Iran, a revolutionary Shiite state, accuses Saudi Arabia of spreading an intolerant interpretation of Islam that has fed terrorism and endangered ...
Iran pilgrims to join this year's hajj: Saudi ArabiaAljazeera.com
Saudi general says Trump admin vows support against IranWashington Times
Iranian pilgrims 'to attend Hajj again' after Saudi riftBBC News
Khaleej Times -Al-Arabiya
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UN Praises Iran's "Exemplary" Leadership in Hosting Refugees - Common Dreams Fri, 17 Mar 2017 17:04:12 GMT

Common Dreams

UN Praises Iran's "Exemplary" Leadership in Hosting Refugees
Common Dreams
The United Nations praised Iran's "exemplary" refugee resettlement program this week, saying the country's decades-long effort to house approximately 3 million displaced Afghans was "a story that's not told often enough." Sivanka Dhanapala, head of the ...
UN praises Iran's refugee resettlement program, tells US to take noteAMN Al-Masdar News (registration)

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Iran's New Crackdown - Wall Street Journal (subscription) Fri, 17 Mar 2017 22:58:12 GMT

Iran's New Crackdown
Wall Street Journal (subscription)
Iran will hold another Potemkin election in May, and we can already predict the media narrative if one of the so-called hard-liners wins the Iranian Presidency. The blame will lie with the Trump Administration for failing to show sufficient respect for ...


As Mosul Fight Inches Closer to Victory, Iraq Fears Iran-US Clash - Breitbart News Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:17:40 GMT

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As Mosul Fight Inches Closer to Victory, Iraq Fears Iran-US Clash
Breitbart News
His top commander in U.S. Central Command recently called Iran the top threat to stability in the region and said its provocative behavior in the region – harassing U.S. ships and sponsoring terrorism – has not changed since the nuclear deal's signing ...

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Russia, Israel and Iran braced for the endgame in Syria - Aljazeera.com Fri, 17 Mar 2017 07:49:00 GMT

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Russia, Israel and Iran braced for the endgame in Syria
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"This is very much about a political solution now ... and that basically means that Syria can no longer be a safe haven for terrorists. We've got to make sure we get Iran and their proxies out. We've got to make sure that, as we move forward, we're ...
Has Iran's success in Syria made it an arena for longer-term conflict?Christian Science Monitor
Anti-Iran Turkish-Israeli alliance plausible despite multi-faceted regional issuesDaily Sabah
In backing Syria's Assad, Russia looks to outdo IranDaily Mail
Al-Monitor -Haaretz -Sputnik International
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Iran makes first Thai rice buy in 10 years - Bangkok Post Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:33:00 GMT

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Iran makes first Thai rice buy in 10 years
Bangkok Post
HAMBURG: Iran purchased about 40,000 tonnes of rice from Thailand in an international tender this week, a deal which traders say shows Iran's purchasing is returning to more normal patterns now that sanctions have been lifted. Thai authorities ...

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Why Trump Doesn't Have to Do Anything to Stop Iran's Gas Plans ... - Bloomberg Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:42:40 GMT

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Why Trump Doesn't Have to Do Anything to Stop Iran's Gas Plans ...
Bloomberg
Iran is on track to out-produce Qatar, the world's biggest LNG exporter, at the vast natural gas deposit they share in the Persian Gulf. Its officials want to gain ...

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