Middle East

President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend

1:58pm January 17, 2016

President Barack Obama addresses the nation, following the lifting of sanctions on Iran. NPR's Scott Horsley and Deb Amos join host Rachel Martin to discuss what the president says.

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Iran Economic Sanctions Lifted: What Critics Are Saying

12:35pm January 17, 2016

Certain economic sanctions will be lifted in Iran, but there are critics of the nuclear deal in surrounding countries and in the U.S. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's Peter Kenyon about their reaction.

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Iranian Reaction To Implementation Day

11:39am January 17, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to the New York Times correspondent in Tehran, Thomas Erdbrink.

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Aid Groups Witness Starving Syrians

8:12am January 17, 2016

UNICEF's Dr. Rajia Sharhan traveled to the Syrian city Madaya with one of the first convoys in months getting to town to deliver food and medicine. She describes the suffering to NPR's Rachel Martin.

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German Attitudes On Border Control In Wake Of Attacks

8:12am January 17, 2016

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Jens Spahn, a member of the German Parliament, about sentiments towards migrants in his country since the terrorist attacks in Paris, and the New Years Eve violence in Cologne.

Detainee's Wife On His Release From Iranian Prison: 'It's Amazing News'

9:19pm January 16, 2016

Pastor Saeed Abedini was among the Americans released from Iranian prisons Saturday. His wife, Naghmeh, tells NPR's Michel Martin about her family's ordeal.

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What It's Like Inside An Iranian Prison

6:27pm January 16, 2016

by Michel Martin

Roxana Saberi, a journalist who was imprisoned in Iran in 2009, discusses the recent release of American prisoners in the country.

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Iran Swaps Prisoners With U.S., Reaches Implementation Day On Nuclear Deal

5:47pm January 16, 2016

On a day that sanctions were lifted on Iran, for its compliance with last July's international nuclear agreement, Iran also released five American prisoners. The U.S. released seven Iranians, as well.

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The View From Tehran

5:32pm January 16, 2016

by Michel Martin

Arthur MacMillan is the Tehran deputy bureau chief at Agence France-Presse. He gives some insight about how the prisoner swap and nuclear deal is being perceived in Iran.

View From The White House On Iran Prisoner Exchange

5:32pm January 16, 2016

The Iran prisoner exchange was not an easy decision at the White House. NPR's Scott Horsley talks about some of the factors at play.