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Iran says communications open with US, Trump weighs response to crackdown on protests

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Iran says communications open with US, Trump weighs response to crackdown on protests

By Jana Choukeir, Nayera Abdallah and Tala Ramadan DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it was keeping communications open with the United States as President Donald Trump weighed responses to a violent crackdown on protests that have posed one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Trump … Read more

In a glimpse of Tehran, an AP reporter sees a changing and challenged Iran

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In a glimpse of Tehran, an AP reporter sees a changing and challenged Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As you enter Iran’s capital, you begin with only the occasional glimpse — a passenger in a speeding car or a pedestrian trying to outrun Tehran’s notorious traffic. But as you reach the cooler heights of Tehran’s northern neighborhoods along the city’s sycamore-lined Vali-e Asr Street, they are almost everywhere, women … Read more