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1 hr ago | Payvand News of Iran

World Heritage Committee removes the Iranian World Heritage site of...

The World Heritage Committee has decided that improvements in the management and conservation of the World Heritage site of Bam and its Cultural Landscape, in the Islamic Republic of Iran, meant the property could be removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger.

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Wed Jun 19, 2013

Globe and Mail

Baird's dismissal of Iranian election as "meaningless" leaves little opportunity for change

Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird waves upon his arrival for a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 17, 2013.

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Tehran Times

France open to Iranian presence at Syria talks: Hollande

Global leaders called for the so-called Geneva 2 talks to be held as soon as possible to end the Syrian civil war but they avoided mentioning the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a final G8 summit communiqu in Northern Ireland.

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Tehran Times

U.S. should change course on Iran: article

TEHRAN The United States must seize the opportunity created by moderate Hassan Rohani's victory in Iran's presidential poll to settle the decade-old dispute over Iran's nuclear program, according to an article published by the Guardian on Sunday.

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International Business Times

Iran: Sixty Years After The 1953 CIA Coup That Toppled Democracy

The election of a moderate new president in Iran, Hassan Rouhani, who has promised to enact reforms, including the release of political prisoners, comes almost exactly sixty years after a cataclysmic episode that continues to define geopolitical relations in the Middle East and profoundly influence the image of the United States in the region.

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SFGate

Turkey's 'standing man' to join ranks of icons?

This is a Saturday, July 25, 2009 file photo of a woman as she protests against the political situation in Iran in Berlin.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Vallejo News

Moderate Iranian leader could hinder Israel The surprising victory of ...

The surprising victory of a reformist candidate in Iran's presidential election has put Israel in a difficult position as it tries to halt the Iranian nuclear program: With Hasan Rowhani likely to enjoy an international honeymoon, Israel could have a hard time rallying support for new sanctions - or possible military action - against its arch foe, ... (more)

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CNN

Opinion: Iran and U.S.: New hope?

Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani waves at a news conference in Tehran on Monday, June 17. Rouhani, a cleric and moderate politician, took more than 50% of the vote after campaigning on a platform of "hope and prudence," appealing to both traditional conservatives and reform-minded voters.

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Mediaite.com

Iran's Supreme Leader Mocks U.S. Electoral College With Hilarious Infographic

After a tempestuous presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran, there has been a lot of Western reporting on how the Iranian political system works.

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Payvand News of Iran

Lavrov Says Iran Ready To Suspend 20-Percent Uranium Enrichment

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Iran is prepared to suspend the production of enriched uranium, adding that the move would justify the easing of economic sanctions against Tehran.

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WATE-TV Knoxville

Lavrov: Iran ready to stop 20-percent enrichment

Federal agents are digging up a field in suburban Detroit in search of the remains of ex-Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, last seen alive when he left for lunch with two mobsters 38 years ago.

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Trend

Tajikistan congratulates Rohani over election victory in Iran

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has congratulated Hassan Rohani over his victory in Iran's June 14 presidential election, Press TV reported.

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Sofia News Agency

Iran's President-Elect Vows Nuclear Transparency

"Our nuclear programs are completely transparent," Rouhani said. "But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks," he added.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Boston Herald

Obama: Iranian people want a 'different direction'

President Barack Obama said Monday that Iran's election of a relative moderate shows that the country's people want to change course.

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The Daily News Journal

Iran president talks moderation, maintains nuclear goal

Western hopes that Iran's newly elected president signals a new moderate shift by the mullahs who run the country may be misplaced, given Hassan Rowhani's support of the leadership's nuclear program, some experts said.

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Tehran Times

Persian Gulf Arab countries congratulate Iran's president-elect

TEHRAN Leaders of Persian Gulf Arab countries have issued separate messages congratulating Hassan Rohani on his election as Iran's next president in Friday's poll.

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KWWL-TV Waterloo

Iran's Rowhani urges 'path of moderation'

The Supreme Court won't reconsider a jury's decision that an off-duty Seattle police officer who was cut off in traffic violated a man's rights by detaining him at gunpoint.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Shiite Iraq militia claims it attacked Iran group

A Shiite militia has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack over the weekend on a sprawling camp near Baghdad that killed two members of an Iranian exile group.

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CNN

Iran's popular new leader is no reformist

Editor's note: Nazila Fathi was The New York Times correspondent in Tehran for 10 years until 2009.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Daily Star

Iranians count on president-elect Rohani to bring change

DUBAI: Iranian president-elect Hassan Rohani, who won a landslide victory promising better relations abroad and more freedom at home, on Sunday paid his first visit since the vote to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who will ultimately decide the pace of any change.

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