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California and Iran pistachio producers pitch shells at one another in tariff fight - Sacramento Bee Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:45:47 GMT

California and Iran pistachio producers pitch shells at one another in tariff fight
Sacramento Bee
Pistachios now pose the latest flashpoint between Iran and the United States. As the two countries struggle to redefine their relationship over weighty matters such as nuclear policy, California pistachio producers have another mission. They're ...

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Meet the Iranian tycoon smashing gender stereotypes - Aljazeera.com Fri, 28 Apr 2017 07:52:50 GMT

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Meet the Iranian tycoon smashing gender stereotypes
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She serves on Tehran's city council and the Iranian chamber of commerce, and has authored dozens of reports on the social problems plaguing Iran, from addiction to child labour. She donates one-fourth of her income to her own charity, Mehrafarin, which ...

Israeli Airstrikes Are Turning Syria Into a Proxy War With Iran - TIME Fri, 28 Apr 2017 04:17:54 GMT

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Israeli Airstrikes Are Turning Syria Into a Proxy War With Iran
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"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-Syria-Iran Conflict Would Severely Strain Iran Nuclear AgreementForbes
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Iran's people care about elections. The so-called democratic fringe doesn't - The Guardian Fri, 28 Apr 2017 11:52:00 GMT

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Iran's people care about elections. The so-called democratic fringe doesn't
The Guardian
In Donald Trump, opponents of the Iranian establishment bent on regime change have identified a new hope. The US administration, which often talks tough on Iran, has rejuvenated fringe exiled Iranian opposition groups who are irrelevant to modern Iran ...

Hardliners attack Iran's Rouhani over economy in election debate - Reuters Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:55:00 GMT

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Hardliners attack Iran's Rouhani over economy in election debate
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Rouhani secured Iran's nuclear accord with world powers in 2015, welcomed by many Iranians, but discontent has risen over the lack of broad improvement in living standards despite the lifting of most international sanctions in 2016 under the deal.
Iran presidential candidates square off in first TV debateSBS
The nuclear deal takes center stage as Iran's election campaign gets underwayWashington Post
Iran presidential election: Five things to knowBBC News
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Locked up in Iran: Americans still being held, including former FBI agent missing for 10 years - Fox News Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:39:53 GMT

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Locked up in Iran: Americans still being held, including former FBI agent missing for 10 years
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There is a renewed focus on the handful of American citizens who remain locked up in Iran, after Politico recently reported that the Iranian prisoners released by the Obama administration last year were set free despite being deemed potential threats ...

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Schumer's report card, Obama's Iran trap for Trump, and other comments - New York Post Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:02:00 GMT

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Schumer's report card, Obama's Iran trap for Trump, and other comments
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The recent State Department statement certifying Iran to be compliant with the nuclear deal raises troubling questions, warn John Bolton and Paula DeSutter at The Washington Times. Like “whether the State Department's bureaucracy knows or cares that US ...

UN experts urge Iran to stop executions - Scoop.co.nz (press release) Sat, 29 Apr 2017 00:38:00 GMT

UN experts urge Iran to stop executions
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GENEVA (28 April 2017) – Iran must abide by its obligations under international human rights law and stop carrying out death sentences passed on persons who committed offences when children, say a group of United Nations rights experts* calling for an ...

Iran summons Pak. envoy over killings - The Hindu Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:26:00 GMT

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Iran summons Pak. envoy over killings
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Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned Pakistan's Ambassador in Tehran to protest against the killing of nine Iranian border guards by Sunni militants attacking from neighbouring Pakistan, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported on Friday. The Sunni ...
Iran lodges protest with Pakistan over killing of border guardsPakistan Observer
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Iran summons Pakistan envoy over massacre of border guardsPress TV
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US presses for Americans' release in direct talks with Iran - New Zealand Herald Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:15:00 GMT

US presses for Americans' release in direct talks with Iran
New Zealand Herald
WASHINGTON (AP) " 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 ...

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