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Fast Forward Robert Levinson’s ‘Devastated’ Family Demands Answers on Fate
The family of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iran eight years ago, said on Tuesday it was “desperate for answers” on his whereabouts and expressed frustration at the information it had received from the Obama administration. Levinson, who disappeared while visiting Iran’s Kish Island in 2007, was not among the five…
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Opinion Will Iran Really Change After Nuclear Deal? Looming Vote and Economy Will Tell Tale.
When people ask me where U.S.-Iran relations are headed following the initial implementation by both sides of the joint nuclear agreement, my thoughts turn not to big, world-moving possibilities but to something actually quite small: my purchase last July of a plane ticket from Tehran to the provincial city of Shiraz. Thanks to the international…
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Fast Forward Argentina President Meets With Slain AMIA Prosecutor’s Daughters
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentinian President Mauricio Macri met with the daughters of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, a year after the lawman was found dead in his apartment with a gunshot wound to the head. Nisman’s daughters, Iara and Kala, went to Macri’s personal weekend house, called Los Abrojos. Sunday’s meeting with Macri is…
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Fast Forward U.S. Slaps Ballistic Missile Sanctions on Iran After Prisoner Swap
WASHINGTON – The United States imposed sanctions on 11 companies and individuals for supplying Iran’s ballistic missile program in a move delayed by over two weeks so as not to endanger this weekend’s release of U.S. prisoners, sources familiar with the matter said. The U.S. Treasury Department said it had blacklisted the UAE-based Mabrooka Trading,…
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Opinion How Jews Are Reacting to New Era of Ties With Iran
Now that the United States and European Union have lifted economic sanctions on Iran, how are Jewish observers — from America to Israel, and across the political spectrum — reacting? And where do they believe we should go from here? We’ve gathered a few ideas, many excerpted from longer pieces (follow the links to read them…
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Fast Forward Iran Prisoner Exchange Kept on Track by U.S. Patience on Nuclear Deal
The day before the Obama administration was due to slap new sanctions on Iran late last month, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warned U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry the move could derail a prisoner deal the two sides had been negotiating in secret for months. Kerry and other top aides to President Barack Obama,…
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Fast Forward Iran Frees Americans in Swap as World Lifts Nuclear Sanctions
Iran freed four Americans including a Washington Post reporter on Saturday in a prisoner swap, as diplomats gathered to announce the lifting of international sanctions and bring the country of 80 million people back to the global economic stage. The International Atomic Energy Agency was expected to announce in Vienna that Tehran had complied with…
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Fast Forward Argentina Eyes Trial In Absentia for 1994 Jewish Center Bombers
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A trial in absentia could revitalize the AMIA case, the new head of the investigative unit looking into the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish center said. Mario Cimadevilla, a lawyer and former senator, has been tasked with reactivating the investigation into the bombing of the AMIA community centet and…
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