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US threatens Syria over 'obscene' chemical strike 27 Aug 2013 | 12:11 pm
AFP: Washington warned Syria it would face action over the "moral obscenity" of a gruesome chemical weapons attack, as UN inspectors braved sniper fire to gather evidence about the incident.
Hassan Rouhani is not the moderate we thought he was 27 Aug 2013 | 05:23 am
PolicyMic: Ever since the sham presidential elections in Iran, Western media have lost no opportunity to characterize new President Hassan Rouhani, long a senior figure among the regime’s ruling elite...
Wife of pastor jailed in Iran slams Obama silence 27 Aug 2013 | 02:38 am
AFP: The wife of an Iranian-American pastor imprisoned in Iran said Monday she was "extremely disappointed" that US President Barack Obama had remained silent on the case.
Iran's president appoints new head of central bank 27 Aug 2013 | 12:52 am
AP: Iranian state television says that the country's president has appointed a private banker as the head of the country's central bank. Rouhani picked Valiollah Seif to run the country's financial re...
Iranian court rejects American pastor's appeal 26 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm
AP: An Iranian court has rejected an appeal by an American pastor to reduce his eight-year prison sentence, a human-rights group representing his family in the U.S. said Monday.
UN to begin syria probe as U.S. alleges chemical weapons use 26 Aug 2013 | 12:26 pm
Bloomberg: The United Nations will begin investigating allegations of chemical arms use in Syria “within hours,” after the U.S. concluded President Bashar al-Assad’s regime probably used the weaponry ...
Iraq denies halting services to Iranian exile camp 26 Aug 2013 | 06:32 am
AP: An Iranian dissident group has accused the Iraqi authorities of cutting off water and electricity to a contested northern camp used by its members, a charge the Iraqi government denied Sunday.
UN political chief to visit Iran for Syria talks 26 Aug 2013 | 06:10 am
AFP: The political affairs chief of the United Nations Jeffrey Feltman is to visit Iran on Monday to discuss the war in Syria and unrest in Egypt and Lebanon, a report said. Feltman is to hold talks w...
Oman's Qaboos on Tehran visit, U.S.-Iran mediation in focus 26 Aug 2013 | 05:10 am
Reuters: Oman's Sultan Qaboos on Sunday began the first visit to Iran by a foreign leader since moderate President Hassan Rouhani took office and Iranian media said his trip might be an effort to medi...
Iran to stop cash handouts to millions of citizens 25 Aug 2013 | 03:12 pm
Bloomberg: Iran will stop paying monthly cash handouts to citizens who don’t need the aid, Shargh reported today, citing a member of parliament. The change will be implemented in the new Iranian year ...
