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1 hr ago | Groong

US Think Tank: Iran Will Balance Middle East If Ever Moves towards Military N. Capability

Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations.

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5 hrs ago | KLFY-TV Lafayette

Iran's Guard warns against post-election turmoil

President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr.

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Related Topix: World News, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Morehouse College, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sat May 18, 2013

Tehran Times

Iran supports Turkey's actions to maintain its unity'

TEHRAN Iran supports any action that Turkey takes to protect its unity and solidarity, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said at a press conference in the Iranian consulate in Istanbul on Friday.

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Tehran Times

Iraqi merchants buying Iranian wheat at a higher price

TEHRAN On Saturday, a number of Iranian MPs criticized the government for buying wheat from farmers at a low price, saying it has encouraged Iraqi merchants to buy wheat from Iranian farmers at a higher price.

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Tehran Times

Red line over Iran's nuclear program is set by NPT not Israel: nuclear negotiator

TEHRAN In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and presidential candidate has said that Iran does not give any credibility to Israel, noting the red line over Tehran's nuclear program is set not by Israel but by the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty regulations.

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Jerusalem Post

Erdan appeals gov't approval of gas plant

The approval of a Be'er Tuviya natural gas plant was not on the meeting's schedule, the residents complained.

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Trend

Iranian Presidential hopeful Qalibaf vows to return calm, stability in 2 years

Azerbaijan, Baku, May.18/ Trend R.Zamanov Tehran's Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who is also a presidential candidate, said that he can return calm and stability to the people's minds, Entekhab reported.

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Globe and Mail

The Iranian threat isn't nuclear - it's political

Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders. RANDY QUAN FOR THE GlOBE AND MAIL Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Prison, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Fri May 17, 2013

Hudson Institute

Turkey and the Dream of Ottoman Revival

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu recently visited Diyarbakir, the most important Kurdish city in Turkey's troubled Southeast.

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Related Topix: Turkey, World News, Middle East, History in the News, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Religion, Islam

Jerusalem Post

France: West should place 'decisive sanctions' against Iran

Iranian stalling tactics at IAEA talks, unresolved agreement for UN investigation into nuclear program justify increased pressure by US, Europe, according to French defense minister.

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WLNE-TV Providence

Iran may ban candidates who seek ties with US

An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has been arrested on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack.

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Globe and Mail

Iran's election has suddenly become interesting - and uncertain

Former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani waves to reporters as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2013.

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Weekday Magazine

Iranian Candidate Appears To Offer Starkly Contrasting Accounts Of Crackdown

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has entered the race for the country's presidency.

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KMIZ

Live large, pay small in Panama City

When the Economist Intelligence Unit released its most recent Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, the spotlight, as ever, fell on the world's most expensive cities.

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The Age

Conservatives split on Iran's next leader

Conservatives aligned with Iran's supreme leader may enjoy his support, but their inability to rally behind one candidate could hurt their chances of replacing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president.

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Earthweek

Iran Quake

Iran was struck with the third deadly earthquake within a month when a 6.0 magnitude temblor killed a child and injured 20 others.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Energy Tribune

US Seeking Total Ban on Iran's Oil

After failing to halt Iran's peaceful nuclear program with harsh economic sanctions, a group of U.S. lawmakers are proposing a measure to cut off Iran entirely from world oil markets.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, Robert Menendez, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Senator Mark Kirk, Republican

CBS 47

Women can't be president in Iran, cleric says

A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog said Thursday that women cannot be presidential candidates, effectively killing the longshot bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14 election.

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Real Clear Politics

A Strong Iran Is Good for U.S.

Don't defeat Iran. Shi'ism is not America's enemy. It is not in the long-term interest of the United States to side with the Sunni Arab states against Iran or vice versa.

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Jerusalem Post

KFC chicken smuggled through Gaza tunnels

A local Egyptian delivery company has been smuggling KFC meals through the underground tunnels across the Egypt-Gaza border, the , the company gets tens of orders a week for KFC meals.

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