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The nuclear deal takes center stage as Iran's election campaign gets underway - Washington Post Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:28:49 GMT

Washington Post
The nuclear deal takes center stage as Iran's election campaign gets underway
Washington Post
Iran's short, intense presidential campaign kicks off Friday with the first televised debate featuring six candidates in a race widely seen as a referendum on whether Iranians feel they have benefited from the nuclear deal that took effect last year ...
Iran's Presidential Election And The Raisi TwistForbes
Iran's Rouhani defends his economic record before May electionReuters
Conservative presidential candidate paints bleak picture of IranAl-Monitor
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Israel stepping up airstrikes in Syria in proxy war with Iran - Chicago Tribune Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:57:00 GMT

Chicago Tribune
Israel stepping up airstrikes in Syria in proxy war with Iran
Chicago Tribune
"Iran and Hezbollah are overstretched, and it's not clear they can afford to gamble with a direct showdown with Israel now," said Maha Yahya, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center. "Iran knows no matter how powerful they've become, they can't be ...
Israel strikes Iran-supplied arms depot near Damascus airportCNBC
Israel strikes arms depot near Damascus airport: sourcesReuters
Israel Steps Up Pressure on Iran's Ally With Suspected StrikeBloomberg
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Gulf Arab royals meet in Saudi capital to unify Iran stance - WBT Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:32:15 GMT

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Gulf Arab royals meet in Saudi capital to unify Iran stance
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Royals from Gulf Arab countries met on Thursday in Saudi Arabia to discuss regional security and try and formulate a unified voice on rival Iran. The meeting in Riyadh included the defense, interior and foreign ministers of ...
Iran, Iraq boost oil market share at Saudi Arabia's expense | afr.comThe Australian Financial Review
ADIA: Saudi Arabia losing market share to Iran, IraqThe New Arab

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Iran bans female footballer for ditching hijab on holiday - Daily Mail Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:41:06 GMT

Daily Mail
Iran bans female footballer for ditching hijab on holiday
Daily Mail
A female Iranian football has been kicked out of the national team for playing without a hijab while on a personal trip to Switzerland. Shiva Amini was on holiday when she took part in a kick-about with a group of men and officials from the Iranian ...
Former member of Iranian women's football team 'banned from sport' after being photographed without veilThe Independent
Iranian soccer star banned for not wearing hijab in exhibition gameRT
A Female Iranian Soccer Player Was Booted From The National Team For Not Wearing A HijabBustle

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US Presses for Americans' Release in Direct Talks With Iran - New York Times Thu, 27 Apr 2017 21:37:39 GMT

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US Presses for Americans' Release in Direct Talks With Iran
New York Times
WASHINGTON — U.S. diplomats used a meeting with their Iranian counterparts to press the release of Americans being detained in Iran, the Trump administration said Thursday. It is the first public acknowledgment of direct U.S.-Iranian discussions since ...
State Dept. Urges Iran to Release Two Detained Americans on Humanitarian GroundsSputnik International

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Kredo: Russia's Alliance With Iran Is a 'Partnership of Convenience' - Washington Free Beacon Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:46:02 GMT

Kredo: Russia's Alliance With Iran Is a 'Partnership of Convenience'
Washington Free Beacon
Washington Free Beacon senior writer Adam Kredo joined Liz Wheeler of One America News Network on Wednesday night to discuss the growing partnership between Iran and Russia. "The Iranians and the Russians have been growing closer for quite some ...

The Other Green Movement - Foreign Affairs (subscription) Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:38:29 GMT

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The Other Green Movement
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After years of exclusion from the global financial system, Iran is pushing foreign firms to invest in its massive oil and gas holdings. But there's another part of Iran's energy economy that's opening up: its renewables sector. Iran has good reasons to ...

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Iran says potential deal for early jet delivery falls through - Reuters Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:44:28 GMT

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Iran says potential deal for early jet delivery falls through
Reuters
Iran had been expected to receive the first of 80 aircraft ordered from the U.S. planemaker in April or May 2018, but Iranian media and industry sources said this month it might get the first Boeing jet a year earlier than expected under a proposal to ...

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Hard-line Iranian candidate says US should fear Iran - Fox News Wed, 26 Apr 2017 20:44:00 GMT

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Hard-line Iranian candidate says US should fear Iran
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TEHRAN, Iran – A hard-line candidate in Iran's upcoming presidential election says the United States should be made to fear Iran so that it will back off on sanctions and threats. Ebrahim Raisi told a state TV talk show Wednesday that "today Americans ...
Iran's Khamenei says next president should be less engaged with WestReuters

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Trump must challenge Iran's ongoing human rights abuses - The Hill (blog) Thu, 27 Apr 2017 22:19:37 GMT

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Trump must challenge Iran's ongoing human rights abuses
The Hill (blog)
“The real war” with the West, Iran's supreme leader declared in a recent speech, “is a cultural war.” It unfolds not on Middle East battlefields, but on the “many television and internet networks which are busy diverting the hearts and minds of our ...

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