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Saudis Face Possible Negative Consequences With Yemen Airstrikes

10:30am April 04, 2015

Saudi Arabia is taking huge risks by staging military operations in Yemen. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Middle East expert Thomas Lippman about the battle over Shiite Iran's power in the region.

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U.S. And Iran Offer Different Narratives On The Same Nuclear Deal

10:30am April 04, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Iran and the West have very different views on the outcome of Iran's nuclear negotiations, which concluded this week. Iran is having a much easier time of selling the deal to audiences back home.

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Iran's President Calls Nuclear Deal An Important Step To Better Ties

8:14pm April 03, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Thomas Erdbrink of The New York Times about Iranian reactions to the nuclear framework reached this week.

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Some Egyptians Question Country's Role In Yemen Conflict

6:42pm April 03, 2015

by Leila Fadel

Egypt lost thousands of troops in Yemen in the 1960s, but now it is taking a prominent role in the new Saudi-led coalition there — even offering up ground troops again. But some in Egypt worry it's going too far.

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Negotiators Work To Sell Skeptics On Iran Nuclear Deal

6:42pm April 03, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

The unexpected detail of the preliminary nuclear deal announced Thursday is rippling through the political world. Now negotiators must sell the deal to skeptics in Congress, Israel and the Arab world.

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Technical Details Of Iran Nuclear Deal Show Evidence Of 'Compromise'

6:42pm April 03, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Gary Samore, executive director for research at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

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U.S. Ends Freeze On Military Aid To Egypt

3:21pm April 03, 2015

Certain U.S. weapons stopped flowing to Egypt in 2013 when a democratically elected president was overthrown. Renee Montagne talks to the Tamara Cofman Wittes of the Brookings Institution.

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Framework Deal Reached On Iran Nuclear Program

3:21pm April 03, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Negotiators came to agreement on a political framework to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. The technical details must be agreed to by June 30, when the current deal with Iran expires.

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Deputy Secretary Of State Blinken Praises Iran Nuclear Agreement

3:21pm April 03, 2015

Negotiators reached agreement on a political framework for preventing Iran's development of a nuclear bomb. Steve Inskeep talks to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken about the nuclear talks.

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Iranians Celebrate Agreement on Nuclear Talks

3:21pm April 03, 2015

Steve Inskeep talks to Nasser Hadian, professor of political science at Tehran University, for a view of the nuclear agreement from Iran.

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