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1 Jan 2010

Breaking Down The Azerbaijani-Iranian Border

"The New York Times" yesterday highlighted Tehran's fears of its "increasingly aggressive separatist groups," so a rare video dug up by RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service is an interesting reminder.
"The New York Times" yesterday highlighted Tehran's fears of its "increasingly aggressive separatist groups," so a rare...
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1 Jan 2010

Iran ‘seeks Kazakh uranium’

Iran is attempting to reach a deal to secretly import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press news agency.
Iran is attempting to reach a deal to secretly import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to...
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1 Jan 2010

Iran opposition Denies Leaders Had Fled

TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Iran's state news agency IRNA said today that two leaders of "sedition" in the country have fled to a northern Iranian province, but the opposition said its leaders were still in the capital.
TEHRAN (Reuters) -- Iran's state news agency IRNA said today that two leaders of "sedition" in the country have fled to...
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1 Jan 2010

The Ashura Of My Younger Years

December 27 is Ashura, the 10th day of the month Muharram of the Islamic calendar. It is commemorated to mark the day of martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in the year 61 of Hijra (680 AD).
December 27 is Ashura, the 10th day of the month Muharram of the Islamic calendar. It is commemorated to mark the day of...
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31 Dec 2009

As standoff with Iran continues, U.S. prepares targeted sanctions

The Obama administration is readying sanctions against discrete elements of the Iranian government, including those involved in the deadly crackdown on Iranian protesters, marking a shift to a more aggressive U.S. posture toward the Islamic republic, U.S. officials said.
The Obama administration is readying sanctions against discrete elements of the Iranian government, including those...
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31 Dec 2009

Change Iran at the Top

Nothing could better symbolize Iran s 30-year-old regime at the limit of its contradictions. A supreme leader imagined as the Prophet s representative on earth Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s central revolutionary idea now heads a militarized coterie bent, in the name of money and power, on the bludgeoning of the Iranian people. A false theocracy confronts a society that has seen through it.
Nothing could better symbolize Iran s 30-year-old regime at the limit of its contradictions. A supreme leader imagined...
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31 Dec 2009

Iran’s supreme leader blames opposition for unrest

TEHRAN, Iran Iran's supreme leader acknowledges the country's Islamic rulers have lost some supporters in the turmoil following the disputed June presidential elections. The remarks by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday were his first public comments since street clashes between opposition supporters and security forces on Sunday left at least eight dead.
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's supreme leader acknowledges the country's Islamic rulers have lost some supporters in the turmoil...
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30 Dec 2009

Iran accuses Britain of meddling

Iran has called on the British ambassador to respond to accusations of his government's "interference" in the Islamic Republic, as pro-government rallies continue. Manouchehr Mottaki, the Iranian foreign minister, told a news conference on Tuesday that the ambassador had been summoned over Britain's interference in Iran's domestic affairs.
Iran has called on the British ambassador to respond to accusations of his government's "interference" in the Islamic...
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30 Dec 2009

Iran rejects nuclear trigger claim

Iran has no plans to test a trigger for a nuclear bomb, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the counrty's president, has said. In an interview aired by the US-based ABC News television network on Monday, Ahmadinejad said that documents published in the media earlier this month were forgeries made by Washington.
Iran has no plans to test a trigger for a nuclear bomb, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the counrty's president, has said. In an...
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30 Dec 2009

Mousavi nephew’ among Iran dead

The nephew of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the Iranian opposition leader, has reportedly been killed in violence surrounding street protests in Tehran during the Shia Muslim festival of Ashoura.
The nephew of Mir Hossein Mousavi, the Iranian opposition leader, has reportedly been killed in violence surrounding...
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30 Dec 2009

Timeline Iran after the election

The re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after presidential polls on June 12 was heavily disputed by two defeated candidates, who claimed there had been mass fraud.The dispute of the result brought tens of thousands of supporters of the reformist candidates out onto the streets to demand that the result be annulled and there have been sporadic protests every since.
The re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after presidential polls on June 12 was heavily disputed by two defeated...
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29 Dec 2009

Iran Lashes Out at West Over Protests

BEIRUT, Lebanon Iranian authorities continued arresting hundreds of opposition members and accused the United States and Britain on Tuesday of orchestrating the violent demonstrations that rocked the capital and other cities on Sunday.
BEIRUT, Lebanon Iranian authorities continued arresting hundreds of opposition members and accused the United States and...
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29 Dec 2009

Report Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium

VIENNA - Diplomats are concerned about an intelligence report that says Iran is trying to import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan in violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions.
VIENNA - Diplomats are concerned about an intelligence report that says Iran is trying to import 1,350 tons of purified...
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29 Dec 2009

Iran limits movements of an opposition leader

TEHRAN, Iran Iranian security forces have limited the movements of a leading opposition figure by refusing to protect him when he leaves his home, his son said Tuesday as authorities broadened their crackdown with a new wave of arrests that included the sister of Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi.
TEHRAN, Iran Iranian security forces have limited the movements of a leading opposition figure by refusing to protect...
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24 Dec 2009

There’s Only One Way to Stop Iran

PRESIDENT OBAMA should not lament but sigh in relief that Iran has rejected his nuclear deal, which was ill conceived from the start. Under the deal, which was formally offered through the United Nations, Iran was to surrender some 2,600 pounds of lightly enriched uranium (some three-quarters of its known stockpile) to Russia, and the next year get back a supply of uranium fuel sufficient to run its Tehran research reactor for three decades. The proposal did not require Iran to halt its enrichment program, despite several United Nations Security Council resolutions demanding such a moratorium.
PRESIDENT OBAMA should not lament but sigh in relief that Iran has rejected his nuclear deal, which was ill conceived...
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23 Dec 2009

Rethinking preemption

Recent statements by senior US and Israeli officials regarding Iranian intransigence with regard to international calls for negotiation has raised once again the issue of preemptive military action. The international community's most recent analogy vis- -vis preemption is president George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq.
Recent statements by senior US and Israeli officials regarding Iranian intransigence with regard to international calls...
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23 Dec 2009

Clashes reported at Iran protests

Iranian security forces have reportedly clashed with protesters demonstrating in the central city of Isfahan. The reported clashes occured as large crowds gathered at the Sayed mosque on Wednesday to mourn the death of Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, a senior cleric who was critical of the Iranian government.
Iranian security forces have reportedly clashed with protesters demonstrating in the central city of Isfahan. The...
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23 Dec 2009

Bin Laden Children Reportedly Held in Iran

A Saudi-owned newspaper based in London reported on Wednesday that six of Osama bin Laden s children have been under house arrest in Iran since they escaped Afghanistan in late 2001. According to an article posted on the English-language Web site of Asharq Al-Awsat, the Saudi newspaper, Mr. Bin Laden s 17-year-old daughter Iman has sought refuge in the Saudi Embassy in Iran after succeeding in escaping Iranian guards watching over her. The newspaper added: Iman disclosed in a telephone call to her brother Abdullah who lives in Syria that she and five of her brothers and sisters have been detained by the Iranian authorities since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan at the end of 2001.
A Saudi-owned newspaper based in London reported on Wednesday that six of Osama bin Laden s children have been under...
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23 Dec 2009

Clashes With Police Reported in Iran

Security forces fought with demonstrators in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Wednesday and a Web site in Iran reported that many of the protesters had been injured.
Security forces fought with demonstrators in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Wednesday and a Web site in Iran...
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23 Dec 2009

Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline for nuclear deal

TEHRAN, Iran Iran's president on Tuesday dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration and the West for Tehran to accept a U.N.-drafted deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel. The United States warned Iran to take the deadline seriously.
TEHRAN, Iran Iran's president on Tuesday dismissed a year-end deadline set by the Obama administration and the West for...
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22 Dec 2009

Ahmadinejad U.S. forged report on Iran nuclear trigger

A reported confidential Iranian technical document describing Tehran's efforts to design an atomic bomb trigger was forged by Washington, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a U.S. news program on Monday.
A reported confidential Iranian technical document describing Tehran's efforts to design an atomic bomb trigger was...
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22 Dec 2009

Throngs of Mourners Attend Funeral of Dissident Cleric in Iran

BEIRUT, Lebanon The funeral of a prominent dissident cleric in the holy Iranian city of Qum turned into a huge and furious antigovernment rally on Monday, raising the possibility that the cleric s death could serve as a catalyst for an opposition movement that has been locked in a stalemate with the authorities.
BEIRUT, Lebanon The funeral of a prominent dissident cleric in the holy Iranian city of Qum turned into a huge and...
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22 Dec 2009

West should allow Iran to solve its own problems, says opposition leader

President Ahmadinejad has betrayed the Iranian Revolution, violated the country s Constitution and may be unable to serve his full term, his most vocal opposition rival has told The Times. In a surprising twist, however, Mehdi Karroubi warned the West against exploiting the regime s weakness to strike a deal to halt a nuclear programme that was, he insisted, for peaceful purposes.
President Ahmadinejad has betrayed the Iranian Revolution, violated the country s Constitution and may be unable to...
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21 Dec 2009

Iran’s Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, prime defender of the protest movement, dies

Reporting from Tehran - Thousands of supporters of Iran's most senior dissident cleric marched through streets in his hometown and descended upon the country's main theological center today to mourn his passing just days before the climax of a politically charged religious commemoration.
Reporting from Tehran - Thousands of supporters of Iran's most senior dissident cleric marched through streets in his...
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21 Dec 2009

Mullen worries about Iran running out clock on U.S.

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT The top U.S. military officer said Sunday he does not assume Iran's brief seizure of an Iraqi oil well is part of an orchestrated plan in Tehran to threaten its neighbors. Adm. Mike Mullen also said he's worried about "the clock now running" on the Obama administration's efforts at trying to keep the lines of communication open with Iran. The administration had given a rough deadline of the end of 2009 for Iran to respond to an offer of engagement and show that it would allay world concerns about its nuclear program.
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT The top U.S. military officer said Sunday he does not assume Iran's brief seizure of an...
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20 Dec 2009

Iraq says Iranian troops left disputed oil well

BAGHDAD Iraqi troops escorted workers back to a remote oil well Sunday after Iranian forces withdrew as a standoff on the two countries' disputed border appeared to wane. Two Iraqi government officials and an employee at the site said about 11 oil workers returned to well No. 4 at the al-Fakkah oil field, seized by Iranian forces on Thursday. Al-Fakkah is one of the largest oil fields in Iraq, and is located in the southern province of Maysan
BAGHDAD Iraqi troops escorted workers back to a remote oil well Sunday after Iranian forces withdrew as a standoff on...
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20 Dec 2009

Top Iranian Dissident Cleric Dies

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, has died, his grandson said Sunday. He was 87. Nasser Montazeri said his grandfather, who was seen as the spiritual father of Iran's reform movement, died in his sleep overnight
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, has died, his grandson...
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20 Dec 2009

Iranian cleric reacts to Khomeini scandal – UPI.com

TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- An opposition cleric in Iran said the government was disrespecting the Islamic republic by exploiting the vandalism of pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini. Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who fell out of favor with Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei following disputes over civil rights, condemned the way the government handled the vandalism of pictures of the founder of the Islamic republic.
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- An opposition cleric in Iran said the government was disrespecting the Islamic republic by...
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20 Dec 2009

Moderate Cleric Montazeri Accuses Iranian Authorities of Defaming Revolution Leader

Ayatollah Montazeri, the most outspoken critic of the Iranian government condemned what he called the "strategic use" of tearing Ayatollah Khomeini's picture by the establishment. "By doing this you are defaming him (Ayatollah Khomeini) and saying that people would tear Imam Khomeini's picture. If anything, you should have kept it silent! "he maintained.
Ayatollah Montazeri, the most outspoken critic of the Iranian government condemned what he called the "strategic use" of...
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20 Dec 2009

Iran cleric Montazeri dies

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Iran's most senior dissident cleric, has died, official media has reported. Montazeri, 87, was an architect of the 1979 Islamic revolution who fell out with the present leadership.
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Iran's most senior dissident cleric, has died, official media has reported....
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20 Dec 2009

Iran to try jail staff over deaths

Iran's military prosecutor has charged three state employees with killing inmates at a prison used to hold demonstrators arrested during protests over the disputed results of the presidential election.
Iran's military prosecutor has charged three state employees with killing inmates at a prison used to hold demonstrators...
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19 Dec 2009

Iran Acknowledges Fatal Beatings

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil were beaten to death by their jailers.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- After months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the...
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18 Dec 2009

Neda Agha-Sultan leaves behind a legacy for 2009

While Obama has undoubtedly made the biggest difference on the global stage this year, the most enduring image may be that of the tragic end of Neda. Iran could be the transcendental force in the Middle East, the country that could be the lynchpin to a new era of understanding and progress. No country in the region seems better suited to democracy or a role on the international stage. But it won't be until the voices of its people are heard.
While Obama has undoubtedly made the biggest difference on the global stage this year, the most enduring image may be...
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18 Dec 2009

The Inertia Option

I hope Iran policy makers in Washington and Europe are reading histories of that world-changing year, 1989. I hope so because the time has come to do nothing in Iran.
I hope Iran policy makers in Washington and Europe are reading histories of that world-changing year, 1989. I hope so...
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16 Dec 2009

Credit Suisse to Pay Fine Over Dealing With Iran

Credit Suisse is expected to pay a fine of $536 million to settle accusations by the United States government and New York State authorities that it violated sanctions by helping Iran and other countries secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through American banks, people involved in the negotiations said Tuesday.
Credit Suisse is expected to pay a fine of $536 million to settle accusations by the United States government and New...
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16 Dec 2009

2 Pages in Persian on Iran Nuclear Work Puzzle Spy Agencies

For many months now, American and European intelligence agencies have been trading theories about a spare, two-page document written in Persian that, if genuine, would strongly suggest that scientists in Iran were planning some of the final experiments needed to perfect an atom bomb.
For many months now, American and European intelligence agencies have been trading theories about a spare, two-page...
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13 Dec 2009

Student protesters deny burning Khomeini photos

TEHRAN, Iran Hundreds of students at Tehran University renewed anti-government protests for a second week on Sunday, accusing authorities of fabricating images of demonstrators burning photos of the Islamic Republic's revered founder.
TEHRAN, Iran Hundreds of students at Tehran University renewed anti-government protests for a second week on Sunday,...
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13 Dec 2009

Iran trying to maintain momentum of dialogue

Tehran apparently heard loud and clear President Barack Obama's hint to Iran in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance Thursday, when he said it is "incumbent upon all of us to insist that nations like Iran and North Korea do not game the system." U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said publicly that he expected the international community to impose significant sanctions against Iran. However, Obama said he does not support isolating countries like Iran, preferring diplomatic solutions instead.
Tehran apparently heard loud and clear President Barack Obama's hint to Iran in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance...
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13 Dec 2009

Iran’s slow revolution

Six months after Iran's disputed presidential election triggered widespread demonstrations, the country's pro-democracy movement is as strong as ever, experts say.
Six months after Iran's disputed presidential election triggered widespread demonstrations, the country's pro-democracy...
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11 Dec 2009

What’s making Iran run

By rejecting the P5+1 offer, the regime has placed itself in a difficult position and played into the hands of the American administration. Clearly, Iran's terms leave no room for further negotiations on the deal. The country is perceived as having torpedoed the dialogue initiated by Washington, thereby signaling that reaching an agreement with it on its nuclear program is out of the question. Rejection of the deal by Iran has also made an opponent of Russia, which had previously blocked efforts to impose sanctions on the country, but has now expressed readiness to join those efforts.
By rejecting the P5+1 offer, the regime has placed itself in a difficult position and played into the hands of the...
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10 Dec 2009

Experts say Iran has clear path to nuclear weapons

...Iran will not stop on its path to producing nuclear weapons. The United States will not embark on a military action and will find it difficult to enlist support at the United Nations for imposing more severe sanctions, while relations between Israel and the United States will deteriorate.
...Iran will not stop on its path to producing nuclear weapons. The United States will not embark on a military action...
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10 Dec 2009

US abducted Iran scientist Larijani

TEHRAN (AFP) Parliament speaker Ali Larijani has said that the United States behaved like a "terrorist" by abducting its nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia, state television reported on Wednesday.
TEHRAN (AFP) Parliament speaker Ali Larijani has said that the United States behaved like a "terrorist" by abducting its...
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10 Dec 2009

Amnesty says Iran rights at lowest ebb in 20 years

LONDON (AFP) Human rights violations in Iran are as bad as at any time in 20 years, London-based watchdog Amnesty International said on Thursday in a report on a government crackdown against election protests.
LONDON (AFP) Human rights violations in Iran are as bad as at any time in 20 years, London-based watchdog Amnesty...
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10 Dec 2009

Students, militia clash in 2nd day of Iran protest

TEHRAN, Iran Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months.
TEHRAN, Iran Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university...
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10 Dec 2009

Iran to hit Israeli nuke sites if attacked minister

TEHRAN (Reuters) Iran would strike back at Israeli weapons manufacturing sites and nuclear installations if the Jewish state attacked the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying Wednesday.
TEHRAN (Reuters) Iran would strike back at Israeli weapons manufacturing sites and nuclear installations if the Jewish...
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10 Dec 2009

Iran says UN observatory near border is for spying –

TEHRAN, Iran Iran claimed Wednesday that a newly built U.N. station to detect nuclear explosions was set up near its border so that world powers could spy on the country, an accusation that underscored the growing bitterness in Tehran's relations with the West.
TEHRAN, Iran Iran claimed Wednesday that a newly built U.N. station to detect nuclear explosions was set up near its...
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10 Dec 2009

Iran steps up crackdown, assaults protesters at University of Tehran

TEHRAN -- Iran intensified its crackdown on demonstrators Tuesday as thousands of pro-government militiamen stormed the grounds of the country's most prominent university and assaulted students who had gathered in protest.
TEHRAN -- Iran intensified its crackdown on demonstrators Tuesday as thousands of pro-government militiamen stormed the...
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8 Dec 2009

Iran student protests bring out tens of thousands

TEHRAN, Iran Tens of thousands of students, many shouting "Death to the Dictator!" and burning pictures of Iran's supreme leader, took to the streets on more than a dozen campuses Monday in the biggest anti-government protests in months.
TEHRAN, Iran Tens of thousands of students, many shouting "Death to the Dictator!" and burning pictures of Iran's...
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7 Dec 2009

Iranian Student Protesters Clash With Police

Thousands of student protesters gathered at universities in Tehran and other cities across Iran on Monday, chanting anti-government slogans and fighting with the police in the opposition s first major street protests in weeks.
Thousands of student protesters gathered at universities in Tehran and other cities across Iran on Monday, chanting...
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7 Dec 2009

Mothers Arrested Before Opposition Rally in Iran

"They are asking us to forget about the election results as though people are concerned only about the elections," he said. How can we make them understand that this is not the issue? It is not about who the president is or is not; the issue is that they have sold out a great nation.
"They are asking us to forget about the election results as though people are concerned only about the elections," he...
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2 Dec 2009

Iran’s Plan to Phase Out Subsidies Carries Risks

BEIRUT, Lebanon The outside world may be focused on Iran s intensifying confrontation with the West over its nuclear program. But at home, Iranians are more concerned with an ambitious and risky new effort to overhaul the country s troubled economy.
BEIRUT, Lebanon The outside world may be focused on Iran s intensifying confrontation with the West over its nuclear...
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30 Nov 2009

Showcase Iran, Beyond Stereotype

Paolo Woods arrived in Tehran in 1999 with a bag full of black-and-white film. Like many photojournalists before him, he headed to the former American embassy, where the hostage crisis had begun 20 years earlier; a landmark of Iran s tumultuous political past.
Paolo Woods arrived in Tehran in 1999 with a bag full of black-and-white film. Like many photojournalists before him, he...
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30 Nov 2009

A Defiant Iran Vows to Build Nuclear Plants

WASHINGTON Iran angrily refused Sunday to comply with a demand by the United Nations nuclear agency to cease work on a once-secret nuclear fuel enrichment plant, and escalated the confrontation by declaring it would construct 10 more such plants.
WASHINGTON Iran angrily refused Sunday to comply with a demand by the United Nations nuclear agency to cease work on a...
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24 Nov 2009

Iran Expanding Effort to Stifle the Opposition

DAMASCUS, Syria After last summer s disputed presidential election, Iran s government relied largely on brute force beatings, arrests and show trials to stifle the country s embattled opposition movement.
DAMASCUS, Syria After last summer s disputed presidential election, Iran s government relied largely on brute force...
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23 Nov 2009

Iran Jails Top Reformer for 6 Years

Iran has sentenced a former vice president who protested Iran's disputed presidential election to six years in jail.
Iran has sentenced a former vice president who protested Iran's disputed presidential election to six years in jail.
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23 Nov 2009

Turkey offers assistance in Iran nuclear issue

Turkey is ready to offer assistance to six world powers negotiating with Iran over its controversial nuclear program to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue, the Turkish foreign minister said on Sunday
Turkey is ready to offer assistance to six world powers negotiating with Iran over its controversial nuclear program to...
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23 Nov 2009

Iran’s Death Penalty Is Seen as a Political Tactic

CAIRO - A flurry of executions and death sentences in Iran has raised concern that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to intimidate the political opposition and quell pockets of ethnic unrest around the nation, human rights groups and Iran experts said.
CAIRO - A flurry of executions and death sentences in Iran has raised concern that the government is using judicially...
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20 Nov 2009

IAEA chief Time is running out for Iran nuclear deal

International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday that he believes that Iran has not totally rejected his agency's nuclear fuel plan, but that time was running out.
International Atomic Energy Agency Chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Friday that he believes that Iran has not totally...
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16 Nov 2009

Nuclear Report on Iran Arouses New Suspicions

WASHINGTON International inspectors who gained access to Iran s newly revealed underground nuclear enrichment plant raised questions in a report released on Monday about whether the country may have also concealed other nuclear factories
WASHINGTON International inspectors who gained access to Iran s newly revealed underground nuclear enrichment plant...
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16 Nov 2009

Test of wills over Iran plan

The fuel-for-fuel plan under which Iran would send the bulk of its low-enriched uranium to Russia and France to be further processed for use in a medical reactor in Tehran is still on the table. It is likely to remain there unless its main backers, including the United States, introduce some compromises. -
The fuel-for-fuel plan under which Iran would send the bulk of its low-enriched uranium to Russia and France to be...
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13 Nov 2009

The ‘myth’ of a counter-revolution in Iran

But it is the street protesters who have hammered the last proverbial nail into the coffin of the reform movement. The deeply subversive slogans of the protesters - such as "freedom, Independence, Iranian Republic", which perverts the standard revolutionary slogan of "Freedom, Independence, Islamic Republic" - highlight a considerable gap between the aspirations of an embryonic grassroots movement and the reformists.
But it is the street protesters who have hammered the last proverbial nail into the coffin of the reform movement. The...
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9 Nov 2009

Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage

TEHRAN, Iran A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage on Monday, the first signal that Tehran intends to put them on trial.
TEHRAN, Iran A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage on...
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6 Nov 2009

Bunkers or Breakthrough

NEW YORK In his last month as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei finds himself at the explosive crux of the world s nuclear politics, ferrying messages between the Obama administration and Tehran. They are talking through me, he says.
NEW YORK In his last month as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei finds himself at the...
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4 Nov 2009

Clashes in Iran on Embassy Takeover Anniversary

BEIRUT, Lebanon Iran s beleaguered opposition movement struggled to reassert itself on Wednesday, as tens of thousands of protesters braved police beatings and clouds of tear gas on the sidelines of a major, government-sponsored anti-American rally.
BEIRUT, Lebanon Iran s beleaguered opposition movement struggled to reassert itself on Wednesday, as tens of thousands...
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4 Nov 2009

Iran Clashes on Anniversary of Embassy Takeover

BEIRUT, Lebanon Police firing tear gas and wielding batons clashed Wednesday with anti-government demonstrators in Tehran who sought to turn a rally commemorating the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the American Embassy into a renewed protest against the disputed June 30 election, news reports said.
BEIRUT, Lebanon Police firing tear gas and wielding batons clashed Wednesday with anti-government demonstrators in...
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4 Nov 2009

Iran police clash with thousands of anti-Ahmadinejad protesters

Iranian police clashed on Wednesday with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi who had gathered in a Tehran street as the country marks the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy. Thousands of Iranian security forces had assembled on the streets of Tehran to prevent any gathering by the opposition.
Iranian police clashed on Wednesday with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi who had gathered in a...
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4 Nov 2009

Israeli commandos storm arms ship from Iran bound for Hezbollah

Navy special forces on Wednesday took control of an Iranian vessel carrying arms intended for Hezbollah in a daring pre-dawn raid not far from Cyprus. The ship was believed to have set out from Iran and later docked in Yemen and Sudan before sailing through the Suez Canal. Its final destination was believed to be either Syria or Lebanon.
Navy special forces on Wednesday took control of an Iranian vessel carrying arms intended for Hezbollah in a daring...
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4 Nov 2009

Khamenei And The Student

Several Iranian websites, including the official site of Iran s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have published details of an unusual encounter between Khamenei and a student who publicly criticized the Iranian establishment. The encounter took place in an October 28 meeting between Khamenei and students in Tehran, during which the supreme leader said that questioning the disputed June 12 vote was the "biggest crime."
Several Iranian websites, including the official site of Iran s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have published...
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4 Nov 2009

IRAN Concern over fate of star student who spoke out to Khamenei

It was near the end of a meeting Wednesday between Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a group of university students when the man who is Iran's highest political and spiritual authority asked if there were any other questions.  He spotted a young man in the corner with his hand raised and called on him, asking him to go to the podium to speak through the public address system.  What followed was an extraordinarily candid 20-minute speech by the student, later identified as national math Olympiad winner Mahmoud Vahidnia, in which he publicly and explicitly criticized Khamenei for the government's conduct in the unrest that followed Iran's June 12 elections.
It was near the end of a meeting Wednesday between Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and a group of university students when...
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3 Nov 2009

The Hinge of History

What if the vast protesting crowd of perhaps three million people had turned from Azadi (Freedom) Square toward the presidential complex? What if Mir Hussein Moussavi, the opposition leader, had stood before the throng and said, Here I stand with you and here I will fall? What, in short, if Azadi had been Prague s Wenceslas Square of 20 years ago and Moussavi had been Vaclav Havel?
What if the vast protesting crowd of perhaps three million people had turned from Azadi (Freedom) Square toward the...
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31 Oct 2009

‘Iran should be confronted on human rights, not nukes’ – Haaretz – Israel News

A prominent Islamic scholar and Iranian dissident said on Friday the United States was missing an opportunity by negotiating with Iran solely over its nuclear capability and not the country's nascent democracy movement. Mohsen Kadivar, once an active participant in Iran's Islamic revolution who has become a critic of its theocracy, told students at Chicago's DePaul University he was pessimistic about U.S.-Iranian relations but suggested patience with President Barack Obama's 10-month-old administration.
A prominent Islamic scholar and Iranian dissident said on Friday the United States was missing an opportunity by...
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30 Oct 2009

Iran proposes big changes to draft atom deal report

TEHRAN (Reuters) Iran proposed changes to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal on Thursday, Iranian media said, making demands that appeared to challenge the basis of the agreement with the United States, France and Russia.
TEHRAN (Reuters) Iran proposed changes to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal on Thursday, Iranian media said, making...
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30 Oct 2009

Iran Rejects Deal to Ship Out Uranium, Officials Report

WASHINGTON Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out of the country, according to diplomats in Europe and American officials briefed on Iran s response
WASHINGTON Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators...
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29 Oct 2009

Iran Leader Speaks Ahead of Decision on Nuclear Dossier

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not retreat "one iota" on its nuclear rights but is ready to cooperate on issues regarding atomic fuel, power plants and technology, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not retreat "one iota" on its nuclear rights but is ready to cooperate on issues regarding...
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27 Oct 2009

Iran Hints at Changes to Uranium Plan Backed by U.N.

BEIRUT, Lebanon A high-ranking Iranian official said that even if the country agreed to a United Nations-sponsored plan to ship its enriched uranium abroad for further processing, it would not send it all at once, Iranian news media reported Tuesday.
BEIRUT, Lebanon A high-ranking Iranian official said that even if the country agreed to a United Nations-sponsored plan...
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27 Oct 2009

Iran hints at acceptance of atom deal with powers – Yahoo! News

TEHRAN (Reuters) Iran said on Monday it could endorse a U.N. deal for it to send potential nuclear fuel abroad for processing, the first official indication that Tehran could respond positively to the outline agreement.
TEHRAN (Reuters) Iran said on Monday it could endorse a U.N. deal for it to send potential nuclear fuel abroad for...
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26 Oct 2009

Both Iran and West Fear a Trap on Uranium Deal

Just before international inspectors on Sunday were guided for the first time into an Iranian nuclear enrichment plant whose existence was a state secret until recently, the speaker of Iran s Parliament warned his countrymen to beware of American efforts to cheat Iran out of the nuclear fuel that has become the country s currency in reasserting its power.
Just before international inspectors on Sunday were guided for the first time into an Iranian nuclear enrichment plant...
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25 Oct 2009

Top Iran official says West’s nuclear plan a coverup for theft

Reporting from Beirut - The powerful speaker of Iran's parliament Saturday derided a Western-backed proposal to transfer the bulk of the country's enriched-uranium stockpile abroad as a trick meant to rob Iran of its nuclear fuel.
Reporting from Beirut - The powerful speaker of Iran's parliament Saturday derided a Western-backed proposal to transfer...
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24 Oct 2009

Maziar Bahari

Maziar Bahari is a prominent journalist and documentarian. He holds both Canadian and Iranian citizenship and has written for Newsweek since 1998. He was detained in Tehran on June 21, Newsweek said, as part of a crackdown after the re-election of President Mahmoud Admadinejad. Mr. Bahari was picked up at his mother's home in Tehran by government security officials who seized videotapes and a laptop computer.
Maziar Bahari is a prominent journalist and documentarian. He holds both Canadian and Iranian citizenship and has...
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24 Oct 2009

More Iranian Injustice

The journalist Maziar Bahari joined his pregnant wife in London this week after being freed from an Iranian prison where he had been held for five months. That is welcome news, but it would be a mistake to think that the mullahs who run the government had been seized with humanitarian spirit. If anything, they seem more determined to shift the blame for the unrest that followed the fraudulent June 12 election to America and other foreigners.
The journalist Maziar Bahari joined his pregnant wife in London this week after being freed from an Iranian prison where...
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