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Threats come with Iran’s attempts to stem currency fall

By Ali Akbar Dareini - Associated Press

Embassy Row: ‘Long overdue’

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Smoke rises in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday. Hezbollah commander Ali Hussein Nassif’ was killed by a roadside blast in Syria and his body was returned to Lebanon on Sunday. The bodies of other militants also have been returned to Lebanon recently. (Associated Press)

Hezbollah commander, fighters killed in Syria

Associated Press

This image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising from buildings after government shelling in Daraa, Syria, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Official: Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Briefly: Saudis say SARS-type virus is no threat to pilgrims

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this photo Sept. 16, 2012, photo, a poster depicting Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, right, and Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr, late father of the radical anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad, Iraq. After years of growing influence, a new sign of Iranís presence in Iraq has hit the streets. Thousands of signs, that is, depicting Iranís supreme leader gently smiling to a population once mobilized against the Islamic Republic in eight years of war. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq seeing signs of Iran’s influence

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Lara Jakes - Associated Press

**FILE** A police colonel (center) talks with a group of Iranian workers Aug. 14, 2012, during their protest in front of the Industrial Ministry building in Tehran to demand their delayed salaries. (Associated Press)

Rare labor petition in Iran shows economic alarm

By Brian Murphy and Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (Associated Press)

Iran’s foreign minister blasts Israel’s ‘war drum beaters’

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2012 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative, in New York. Republicans lashed out at President Barack Obama and senior administration officials over their evolving description of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, a late campaign-season broadside challenging the veracity and leadership of an incumbent on the upswing. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Iranian group is taken off U.S.’s list of terrorists

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A police colonel (center) talks with a group of Iranian workers during their protest for salaries in front of the Industrial Ministry building in Tehran last month. For weeks, a manifesto complaining about Iran’s sinking economy circulated in secret among factories and workshops. (Associated Press)

Iranian workers sign labor petition

By Nasser Karimi and Brian Murphy - Associated Press

World Briefs: Foreign minister foresees new revolution in Iran

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** In this Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of Iranian opposition party National Council of Resistance of Iran, smiles as she attends an international conference on Iran policy in Brussels. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)

Iran opposition chief sees rebirth

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows an illustration as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions during his address to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 27, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

EDITORIAL: Obama’s red line fever

The Washington Times

**FILE** Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets July 29, 2012, with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. (Associated Press)

Obama, Romney discuss Iran with Netanyahu

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (right) welcomes Nabil Elaraby (left), Head of the Arab League, during a Clinton-hosted gathering of Friends of Syria group on Sept. 28, 2012, in New York. (Associated Press)

U.S. aims to rally Syrian opposition with new aid

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

**FILE** Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq organization chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the Iraqi government for foreign diplomats in Baghdad on Sept. 11, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. takes Iranian dissident group MeK off terrorist list

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Abir Sultan, Pool)

Obama ducks meeting with ‘Bibi’; Clinton to meet with Israel’s Netanyahu

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlights an illustration as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions during his address to the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly at the world body's headquarters on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Netanyahu says world must draw ‘red line’ for Iran

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez announces the creation of a development center for the nation's audiovisual industry at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. (Associated Press)

BERMAN: The dangerous Iran flirtation

By Ilan Berman

** FILE ** In this Sept. 11, 2012, photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a joint press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov, not seen, in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the United Nations this week with a single item on his agenda: Iran. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool, File)

Netanyahu to bring his fears about Iran to U.N.

By Aron Heller - Associated Press