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Recursion

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Mon Nov 23, 2015, 09:21 AM Nov 2015

Khamenei, Putin hold meeting

Source: Trend News Agency

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met Russian President Vladimir Putin, Khamenei's official website reported Nov.23.

Putin has arrived in Tehran to attend the third summit of the leaders the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

The four-day meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum kicked off on Nov.20 in Tehran and the third summit of the leaders of the GECF member states is to be held in the evening of the Nov.23 with participation of nine heads of states.

The presidents of Bolivia, Russia, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Venezuela Iraq andTurkmenistan as well as Algerian prime minister are expected to attend the meeting.

Read more: http://en.trend.az/iran/politics/2459824.html

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uawchild

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2. Ben Carson....
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:09 PM
Nov 2015

Dr. Carson is a prime example of compartmentalized intelligence. How such a distinguished neurosurgeon can't spew such inanities never ceases to amaze me.

bemildred

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3. Iran's leader calls U.S. regional policies a threat to Tehran and Moscow
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 12:24 PM
Nov 2015

Iran's supreme leader, at a meeting with Russian President Putin in Tehran on Monday, said U.S. policies in the region were a threat to both countries and called for closer ties between Tehran and Moscow.

"The Americans have a long-term plot and are trying to dominate Syria and then the whole region...This is a threat to all countries, especially Russia and Iran," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said at the meeting on the sidelines of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit in Tehran, according to the state news agencies.

"The United states is trying to achieve its failed military objectives in Syria now through political means," he added, referring to proposed peace talks to end the civil war in Syria.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/23/us-mideast-crisis-iran-russia-idUSKBN0TC1M520151123

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