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Sanctions take toll on ordinary Iranians - CNN.com

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Shirzad Bozorgmehr, Moni Basu - Jan. 23 (News Report) - The lives of ordinary Iranians have been deeply touched in recent weeks by the Western sanctions.

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Stop the Madness

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Foreign Policy - By Rebuttal - Jan. 19 (News Analysis) - This isn't the first time that hawks have raised the alarm about Iran's nuclear program, claiming that the sky is falling. Breathless, hypothetical timelines to an Iranian bomb have continued almost unabated since the time of the shah.

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Blaming U.S. and Israel, Iran Reports Killing of Nuclear Scientist

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Alan Cowell, Rick Gladstone - Jan. 11 (News Report) - A bomber on a motorcycle killed a scientist from Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment site and his bodyguard-driver on Wednesday during the morning commute in Tehran, Iranian media reported, in an assassination that could further elevate international tensions over the Iranian nuclear program and stoke the country’s growing anti-Western belligerence.

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Iran sentences American man to death in CIA case

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Associated Press Staff - Jan. 09 (News Report) - An Iranian court has convicted a former U.S. Marine, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday.

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U.S. Navy: Hormuz disruption won't be tolerated

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

CBS News - By CBS News - Dec. 28 (News Report) - The U.S. Navy said any attempts to block the Strait of Hormuz would "not be tolerated," after Iranian officials threatened to choke off the key oil supply route. Iran's navy chief warned Wednesday that his country can easily close the strategic strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows.

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Mysterious explosion rocks Iranian city of Isfahan, home to key nuclear facility

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Haaretz - Nov. 30 (News) - An explosion rocked the western Iranian city of Isfahan on Monday, resonating in several parts of the city, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. It is not clear what caused the blast, which has not been officially confirmed by the authorities. A large uranium conversion plant, located some five kilometers from the center of Isfahan, processes uranium chemically to adapt it to the enrichment process with centrifuges carried out in other sites like Natanz.

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Fact checking the South Carolina debate

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Nov. 14 (Fact Check) - The GOP candidates met for a debate Saturday night sponsored by CBS and the National Journal, with a specific focus on foreign policy and national security. In foreign policy, there is often no right or wrong answer; the results of a policy are often ambiguous and its effectiveness is usually only determined by history. Still, there were a number of statements made by the candidates that were factually challenged, exaggerated or lacking context. Read full article ...

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Alleged Iran plot may have violated U.N. treaty

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Jeremy Pelofsky - Oct. 13 (News Analysis) - An alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States may have violated a U.N. treaty protecting diplomats and could escalate the crisis to an international court.

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Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - Oct. 03 (News) - In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world’s largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly hired compliance officer and ethics manager, to investigate the management of a subsidiary in Arles in southern France. In less than a week, she discovered that the company had paid bribes to win contracts.

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Christian pastor faces execution in Iran for refusing to renounce his faith

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Mail - Sep. 29 (News) - Telegraph.co.ukChristian pastor faces execution in Iran for refusing to renounce his faithDaily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter A man who converted from Islam to Christianity is facing the death penalty in Iran for refusing to return to his former religion. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, 34, of the Church of Iran, faces hanging after refusing a court order to ...Lawyer hopes Iran Christian pastor will be freedTelegraph.co.ukIran: Christian Convert May Still Be HangedSky NewsIran Prepares to Execute Christian PastorHuman EventsWashington Post -CNN (blog)all 274 news articles »

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Analysis: Pakistan's double-game: treachery or strategy?

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Sep. 28 (News Analysis) - "Turns out they are disloyal, deceptive and a danger to the United States," fumed Republican Representative Ted Poe last week. "We pay them to hate us. Now we pay them to bomb us. Let's not pay them at all." For many in America, Islamabad has been nothing short of perfidious since joining a strategic alliance with Washington 10 years ago: selectively cooperating in the war on extremist violence and taking billions of dollars in aid to do the job, while all the time sheltering and supporting Islamist militant groups that fight NATO troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan has angrily denied the charges, but if its critics are right, what could the explanation be for such duplicity? What strategic agendas might be hidden behind this puzzling statecraft?

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Dying Lake Gives New Life To Iran's Antigovernment Protests

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Radio Free Europe - Sep. 01 (News) - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyDying Lake Gives New Life To Iran's Antigovernment ProtestsRadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyIran's largest lake is dying, but it's giving new life to antigovernment protests along its receding shores. Lake Orumieh, one of the world's largest salt-water lakes, has shrunk by some 60 percent in recent years due to drought and misguided ...US Azerbaijanis vow saving Lake UrmiaNews.Azall 4 news articles »

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Panetta Says Iranian Arms in Iraq Are a ‘Concern’

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Elisabeth Bumiller - Jul. 10 (News Report) - Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said on Sunday that weapons he said were supplied by Iran had become a “tremendous concern” for the United States in recent weeks in Iraq, where more American troops died in June than in any month over the three previous years.

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Jailed Iran hunger striker 'dies'

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 12 (News Report) - Jailed Iranian journalist and veteran activist Hoda Saber has died of a heart attack after going on hunger strike. Mr Saber, who was in his 50s, began his strike on 2 June to protest about the death of fellow opposition figure Haleh Sahabi, during an incident at the funeral of her activist father. Mr Saber was jailed after the disputed 2009 elections that saw President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected.

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Times Reporter Served With Subpoena in Leak Case - New York Times

Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Charlie Savage - May. 25 (News) - CBS NewsTimes Reporter Served With Subpoena in Leak CaseNew York TimesWASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors, with the approval of Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., are trying to force a New York Times reporter and author to testify at a criminal trial about who leaked information to him about a CIA effort ...Obama Justice Department Subpoenas New York Times Reporter In CIA Leak CaseTPMMuckrakerJustice Dept. Subpoenas NY Times Pulizter Prize Winner James Risenticklethewire.comDOJ Subpoenas New York Times ReporterMain JusticeNPR (blog) -TheNewsTribune.com -Newserall 216 news articles »

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Al Jazeera Says Syria Sent Missing Journalist to Iran

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By J. David Goodman - May. 11 (Breaking News) - A reporter for Al Jazeera’s English-language news channel who disappeared while covering the uprising in Syria almost two weeks ago has been transferred to Iran, the network said Wednesday. Al Jazeera has sought information from the Syrian government on the whereabouts and condition of the reporter, Dorothy Parvaz, since losing contact with her on April 29, shortly after she arrived in the Syrian capital, Damascus, from Qatar. It was five days before Syrian officials confirmed she was being held in the capital. The network said the officials told them that she would be released.

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Iran's Ahmadinejad affirms Khamenei decision, tensions remain

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Thomas Erdbrink - May. 09 (News Report) - Apparently bowing to unprecedented pressure from Iran's clerical establishment, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomed an intelligence minister he had ousted in April back into his cabinet meeting on Sunday.

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Iran helping Syrian regime crack down on protesters, say diplomats

Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Simon Tisdall - May. 08 (News Report) - Iran is playing an increasingly active role in helping the Syrian regime crack down on pro-democracy protesters, according to western diplomatic sources in Damascus.

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How Haystack Risked Exposing Iranian Dissidents

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Fast Company - By Neal Ungerleider - Mar. 12 (News) - In Sept. 2010, security experts discovered a problem: Iranian authorities, the very ones Haystack was supposed to circumvent and shield against, were exploiting massive holes in the encryption scheme to snoop on dissidents.

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Iran nuclear plans: Bushehr fuel to be unloaded

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - Feb. 26 (News Report) - Iran confirms it is having to remove nuclear fuel from the Bushehr reactor, in what is seen as a setback for its nuclear ambitions. On Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it had new information on "possible military dimensions" to Iran's nuclear plans, which Iran says are purely peaceful. The IAEA will supervise the unloading of fuel from Bushehr, Iran's nuclear envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh said. Iran began the Bushehr project in 1976. Iran's Fars news agency says the fuel is being removed for "technical reasons". The fuel at Bushehr is being provided by Russia, which built the plant and whose engineers will carry out the unloading, under the supervision of the IAEA.

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Excite News - AP Exclusive: Iran hunts for uranium

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By George Jahn - Feb. 24 (Investigative Report) - Iran is expanding its covert global search for the uranium it needs for its nuclear activities and a key focus is Zimbabwe, says a new intelligence report acquired by The Associated Press.

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Ahmadinejad: Mideast leaders should heed demands for regime change

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

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Reports of new protests in Iran

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - By D. Parvaz - Feb. 20 (News Report) - Security forces clashed with anti-government protesters and briefly detained the daughter of Iran's former president.

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Iranian Opposition Leader Missing as Tensions Rise

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - Feb. 18 (News) - A main leader of Iran’s opposition was reported missing on Thursday and both the opposition “green movement” and Iran’s hardliners issued calls for street rallies, escalating tensions after the reemergence of street protests and their brutal suppression on Monday.

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Iran confirms deaths in protest - Aljazeera.net

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - Feb. 15 (News Report) - The HinduIran confirms deaths in protestAljazeera.netIran's MPs call for the execution of the opposition leaders who called for demonstrations in several cities. One day after protests took place in several Iranian cities, the online world is buzzing with reports of those who died, were injured or ...Iran Cracks Down on Spiraling ProtestsVoice of AmericaFresh Iran Protests Highlight Dormant OppositionNewsHourIran blames West for provoking unrestXinhuaChristian Science Monitor -Bloomberg -Financial Timesall 1,998 news articles »

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