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Iranian diplomat rejected by US implicated in Italian murder
Telegraph
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Hamid Abutalebi was blocked as Iran's ambassador to the United Nations over role in 1979 hostage crisis but the Telegraph can reveal he has also been implicated in death of Iranian dissident...Read On
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Iran's UN ambassador pick accused in political assassination
FOX News
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Aboutalebi has been accused of being an accomplice in a brazen murder plot that killed a prominent Iranian government defector, Mohamed Hossein Naghdi, 42, who was shot dead in Rome as he was being driven to work on March 16, 1993...Read On
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Maryam Rajavi attends int'l conference on Iran at the European Parliament
NCRI
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Brussels- On Wednesday 9 April, a high level conference on Iran was held in the European Parliament. The meeting moderated by Struan Stevenson, chair of the Friends of a Free Iran inter-group, included speeches by Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI... Read On
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House to Vote to Stop UN Iran Envoy From Entering U.S.
Bloomberg
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House leaders will try to pass by unanimous consent the measure that the Senate approved April 7, according to a senior Republican leadership aide who requested anonymity to speak about a vote that hadn't been formally announced...Read On
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U.S. needs to plan for the day after an Iran deal
Washington Post
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By David H. Petraeus and Vance Serchuk - Advocates of the effort to reach a negotiated settlement with Iran over its illicit nuclear activities have emphasized the benefits an agreement.
Largely absent from the debate, however, has been a fuller consideration of the strategic implications a nuclear agreement could have on the U.S. position in the Middle East...Read On
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Kerry Seems to Be Aiming for Bad Iran Deal
Commentary Magazine
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At the beginning of his first term, President Obama gave the impression of having all the time in the world, and he has certainly used enough of it; during the course of which Iran has only lurched increasingly closer to having weapons capabilities...Read On
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Iran, six powers face "significant gaps" in nuclear talks
Reuters
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Iran will never slow down its nuclear research programme, the Islamic Republic's clerical supreme leader said on Wednesday as negotiators from Tehran and six world powers struggled to narrow "significant gaps" blocking the way to a long-term deal...Read On
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Iran nuclear talks hit hurdles, face deep skepticism on Hill
FOX News
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The Obama administration is facing mounting skepticism in Congress about the course of nuclear talks with Iran, as even America's top diplomat says he's "agnostic" on whether the highly touted talks can yield an agreement...Read On
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Senior MEP: Iran's 'hysteria' over EP resolution underlines a continuing firm policy
Press release by Struan Stevenson, MEP
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Mr. Stevenson, MEP said; "The hysterical Reaction of the Iranian Regime to the European Parliament's Resolution, underlines the need for a continuing firm policy against the barbaric violation of human rights, nuclear projects and regional warmongering"...Read On
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Ami Horowitz: Iran got game
FOX News
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The West is involved in a charade that is creating a clear lane for the Iranians to reach nuclear weapon nirvana. The foolish western negotiators seem to have an unceasing worship of paper, particularly any paper signed by Iran proclaiming their willingness to work with the west on issues of nuclear weapons...Read On
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Why Is Iran Shipping Arm to Hamas and Hezbollah?
The Blaze
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With its arms shipments Iran inserted itself into the armed conflict with Israel by transforming Hamas and Hezbollah, bordering Israel's north and south, to its military frontline in the region. Yet, Iranian officials have made ostensibly conciliatory statements...Read On
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