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Sermons on Syria fan Mideast sectarian flames
ReutersBy Mariam Karouny and Alastair Macdonald BEIRUT/CAIRO, June 7 (Reuters) - Sunni Muslim preachers condemned Iran and its "Satanic" Shi'ite allies in Friday sermons after a battle in Syria that has inflamed sectarian rhetoric which risks spreading violence...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Religion and Belief, Arab Spring, Lebanon, Bashar Assad
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Obama announces new sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON — President Obama announced new economic sanctions on Iran on Monday in a bid to raise pressure on conservative hard-liners who have vowed not to compromise with the West over Tehran's nuclear development program. Obama, who has faced...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Barack Obama, Iran Presidential Election (2009), Politics, U.S. Congress
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Iranian presidential hopefuls debate over weak economy
TEHRAN -- Two weeks ahead of Iran’s presidential election, the eight officially sanctioned candidates faced off in a nationally televised TV debate which focused mainly on the nation's faltering economy, battered by U.S.-led sanctions tied to...
Tags: Brazil, Politics, Gholamali Haddad-Adel, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Inflation and Deflation
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Iran presidential debate on economy dissolves into chaos
Reuters* Candidates criticise format in first of three debates * Economy will be key election issue * Rare unscripted moment in election campaign By Yeganeh Torbati and Zahra Hosseinian DUBAI, May 31 (Reuters) - Iran's first debate between candidates for the...Tags: Tehran (Iran), Ali Akbar Velayati, Yasmin (drug), Politics, Elections
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT, May 29
ReutersISTANBUL - Opposition groups on the ground in Syria slammed their counterparts in exile for undermining the rebellion and lacking legitimacy, laying bare chronic divisions among the foes of President Bashar al-Assad ahead of a planned peace conference. -...Tags: Liberty Reserve SA, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Religion and Belief, David Cameron, Bashar Assad
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RPT-Iran's presidential candidates clash over nuclear approach
Reuters(Repeats to fix formatting problem in first par, no changes to text) * Moderate cleric Rohani is a former nuclear negotiator * Hardliners criticise deal to suspend some atomic work * Current, more hardline, negotiator also running By Yeganeh...Tags: U.S. Military, Politics, Nuclear Policy, Islam, Religion and Belief
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Trying too hard to deal with Iran
Iran's presidential election is again inviting speculation about which candidate can nudge the Islamic Republic toward moderation and pragmatism. Such conjectural games miss the point that the theocratic state is defined by an ideology that demonizes...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Politics, Islam, Religion and Belief, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Kerry sees no change on Iran no matter who wins election
WASHINGTON -- Although nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili is favored to win the upcoming presidential election in Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Friday that the outcome would have little effect on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program and...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Vladimir Putin, Israel, American Red Cross, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Iran president denounces aide's disqualification from election
TEHRAN — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday denounced as unjust the supervisory electoral body's disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential poll and said he plans to appeal to the nation's supreme leader,...
Tags: Tehran (Iran), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics, Elections, Iran
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Ahmadinejad protests aide's disqualification from Iran election
TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denounced as unjust the disqualification of his top aide from next month’s presidential election and says he plans to appeal to Iran’s supreme ruler. Ahmadinejad spoke a day after the Guardian...
Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics, Feminism, Elections, Iran
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Iran presidential vote: Who's in? Who's out? Who cares?
He’s one of two surviving founders of the Islamic Republic, head of the Expediency Council that supervises all branches of government and has already served two terms as Iranian head of state. But the Islamic conservatives who vet presidential...
Tags: Brookings Institution, Robin Williams, Politics, Elections, Islam
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