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Iranian women threw off their headscarves this week. Now what? - PBS NewsHour Thu, 08 Feb 2018 23:42:00 GMT

PBS NewsHour

Iranian women threw off their headscarves this week. Now what?
PBS NewsHour
When women in Iran started taking off their headscarves in public several weeks ago to protest the law requiring the covering, the movement went internationally viral. One op-ed in the New York Times called the protests “bold acts of defiance.” Another ...
France and Iran strengthen business tiesAljazeera.com
Iran Says It Can Discuss Other Issues If Nuclear Deal SuccessfulVoice of America
EU threatens to BLOCK sanctions against Iran in USA showdownExpress.co.uk
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Iran's female skier blazes a trail to Winter Olympics - Aljazeera.com Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:13:11 GMT

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Iran's female skier blazes a trail to Winter Olympics
Aljazeera.com
Tehran, Iran - When Samaneh Bayrami Baher marches in Pyeongchang on Friday for the opening of the 2018 Winter Games, she will be one of only four athletes representing Iran's national colours. Getting a spot to compete in the 23rd Olympic Games in ...


Ahead of Olympics, Iran and South Korea spar over Samsung phones and sanctions - Washington Post Thu, 08 Feb 2018 16:54:52 GMT

Washington Post

Ahead of Olympics, Iran and South Korea spar over Samsung phones and sanctions
Washington Post
With the 2018 Winter Olympics due to begin in South Korea, all eyes are on the North Korean delegation to the games. Yet the event has unexpectedly caused problems between the host country and another nation before it has even begun — as Iran summoned ...
Samsung caught in storm over phones for Iran's Olympic teamCNNMoney
Iran furious as athletes miss out on Winter Olympics smartphonesThe Guardian
Charges Reversed: Iran Wins After Olympic Smartphone SnubRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Reuters -PRESSTV (press release) -Business Day
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What Do Iran's People Think? - Forbes Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:15:00 GMT

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What Do Iran's People Think?
Forbes
Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran during a demonstration driven by anger over economic problems, in the capital Tehran on December 30, 2017. / STR/AFP/Getty Images. Following continuing reports of unrest in Iran, a recent opinion ...

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Hijab Protests Expose Iran's Core Divide - The New Yorker Thu, 08 Feb 2018 00:29:43 GMT

The New Yorker

Hijab Protests Expose Iran's Core Divide
The New Yorker
It was the quietest protest Iran has ever witnessed. Vida Movahed, a thirty-one-year-old mother of a toddler, stood atop a large utility box on Tehran's busy Enghelab Street and removed the hijab head covering that all women are required to wear by law ...
'I Have No Fear': Iranian Women Cast Off Islamic Head Scarves in ...Wall Street Journal
Iran's hijab protests cap years of evolutionChannel NewsAsia

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Iran's Uprising Pits the Country's Old Rulers Against Its Young Citizens - The National Interest Online Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:09:25 GMT

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Iran's Uprising Pits the Country's Old Rulers Against Its Young Citizens
The National Interest Online
Iran's most powerful figure, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is seventy-eight years old, and has long been rumored to be battling prostate cancer. Other Iranian leaders are similarly long in the tooth. Ahmad Jannati, the new chairman of Iran's Assembly of ...
Iran: Was America Behind Uprising?American Enterprise Institute
Islamic Republic of Iran turns 39The Herald
Enemies using all means to undermine Iran's Islamic Revolution: LeaderPRESSTV (press release)
Al-Monitor
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Iran is extending its regional power in Syria – this is Israel's worst nightmare - The Independent Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:15:41 GMT

The Independent

Iran is extending its regional power in Syria – this is Israel's worst nightmare
The Independent
Rather than obstructing the Russia and UN-brokered peace efforts and trying to maximise their position on the battlefield – as they appear to be doing – the US and the UK should be encouraging their proteges to sit around the table. Anything else ...
Turkey, Russia and Iran leaders to discuss Syria in Istanbul: Turkish sourceReuters
No country should feel threatened by its neighbors, Rouhani tells Turkish FMPRESSTV (press release)
Istanbul to host Turkey-Russia-Iran summit on SyriaHurriyet Daily News
Haaretz -Channel NewsAsia
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U.S. Secretly Offered Iran a Channel for Talks on Prisoners - WSJ - Wall Street Journal Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:42:39 GMT

Wall Street Journal

U.S. Secretly Offered Iran a Channel for Talks on Prisoners - WSJ
Wall Street Journal
The Trump administration secretly reached out to Iran in December to propose creating a direct channel to negotiate the release of prisoners held by each side, marking the first U.S. diplomatic overture to Iran on the issue under the Republican president.
White House secretly reached out to Iran for talks on prisoners ...The Hill
i24NEWS - Trump's White House made secret overtures to Iran over ...i24NEWS
MSNBC: Trump Is 'A Hypocrite' For Wanting US Prisoners In Iran FreedNewsBusters (press release) (blog)
Sputnik International
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EU could impose blocking regulations if US pulls out of Iran deal - Reuters Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:31:35 GMT

Reuters

EU could impose blocking regulations if US pulls out of Iran deal
Reuters
Denis Chaibi, head of the Iranian taskforce at the EU's external action service, said one of the options would be to restore “blocking regulations”, a system from 1996 that would protect its firms. “We are looking at a number of possibilities. It is ...

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Is the Iran Deal a Dud? - Slate Magazine Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:55:31 GMT

Slate Magazine

Is the Iran Deal a Dud?
Slate Magazine
Slate's Joshua Keating says our focus on Iran kept us from putting out fires across the Middle East. By Mike Pesca. Getty-resized-Iran-soldiers-marching-2 Iranian soldiers march past President Hassan Rowhani and military officials during an annual ...

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