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Feb 19 (ANI): A Vienna-based diplomat has warmed that Iran is planning to expand its nuclear programme at a fortified underground plant. The diplomat revealed that the country is apparently ready to install thousands of new-generation centrifuges at the...
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He said he was a part of the country's past while the real crisis today was the delay in the holding of fresh elections. Iran specifies stones for killing women Monthly magazine Naya Zamana reported that in 2002 the chief justice of Iran had banned...
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"This resolution violates our sovereignty and we condemn it," Gilani told reporters in a televised interaction with media in the port city of Karachi. Republican Representative Dana Rohrabacher said that Baluchis -- divided now among Pakistan, Iran and...
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American officials are resigned to the fact that the US will be seen in much of the world as a partner in any Israeli assault on Iran -- whether or not Washington approved of it. The administration will then have to decide whether to, in the parlance...
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In a recent statement, President Asif Ali Zardari said Islamabad was determined to completing the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, Khar told reporters. She made the remarks at the end of the two-day trilateral meeting of the presidents of Iran,...
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Two Iranian warships that passed through the Suez Canal earlier this week docked in Syria on Saturday, Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency reported. The ships from Iran's 18th fleet - which is comprised of a Khark supplier and Shahid Naqdi destroyers...
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The work had been undertaken at the cavernous Fordo uranium enrichment facility , which can house 3,000 centrifuges. Admiral Habibollah Sayari said an unspecified number of Iranian vessels passed through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean. The...
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They have also warned that Israel may attack Iran unilaterally as early as this spring without necessarily consulting the U.S. in advance. Israel also accused Tehran of attempting to carry out a series of bombings this week against Israeli diplomatic...
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Nuland's comments came as the US imposed three new separate sanctions actions against Iran's primary intelligence agency, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security. Iran is under a few sets of UN Security Council sanctions. Western countries led by the...
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The equivalent of $2.6 billion was withdrawn from the country's banking system and deposited in a personal account. An individual opened several front companies and used loopholes in the law on domestic letters of credit to pull off the...
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The actions suggested that sanctions were working, as American and European officials announced negotiations over Iran’s nuclear weapons program may resume soon. National security and foreign policy officials will visit the Sunday shows to weigh in on...
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Indian wrestlers clinched one gold and three bronze medals in the Senior Asian Free Style, Greco Roman Style and Female Wrestling Championship in Korea. Yogeshwar Dutt beat an Iranian wrestler to win gold. Amit Kumar defeated Kazakhstan, Iran & Japan,...
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PHOTO: PID/ FILE Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the Iran gas pipeline, a project that will help the country overcome its energy crisis to a large extent. Pakistan is facing mounting pressure from the US to shelve...
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For that reason, it's no surprise that in January of last year, China ranked first in a Pew Center poll as the country representing the greatest danger to the United States. In the latest one, it finished second only to Iran. The perception of Iran is...
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"I know what abandoned mills look like," he said. Santorum quickly shifted into criticizing Obama on three fronts -- funding entitlement programs, weakening the military and appeasing enemies while not backing allies strongly. He was particularly harsh...
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Iran is OPEC’s second-biggest producer. Iranian officials have threatened to cut off the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of crude oil trade passes. The UN Security Council has passed four sets of sanctions against nuclear officials and...
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A year later, turmoil in the Middle East, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and more debt problems in Europe did the same. Now, rising gasoline prices, concern over tensions with Iran and, once again, European debt are causing worries. On a call with...
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Oil around the world is priced differently. Brent crude from the North Sea is a proxy for the foreign oil that's imported by U.S. refineries and turned into gasoline and other fuels. Its price has risen 11 percent so far this year, to around $119 a...
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...sent two warships to the Mediterranean Sea yesterday as tensions with Israel worsened and a senior American official arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel.Iranian ships passed through the Suez Canal for only the second time since the Islamic revolution in 1979.Reports...
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Iran, (Persian: ايران , Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ايران , transliteration: Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān), and formerly known as Persia in the West, is a large Western Asian country located in the Middle East and Central Asia. Its area equals the size of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany... Full Article
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The Presidents of Afghanistan and Iran convened in Pakistan for a three-way summit that is expected...
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An unidentified defendant, back to camera, stands before the Judge Nasser Seraj, center face to camera, in his trial, at the Revolutionary Court, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. A Tehran court began hearing the trial of 32 defendants Saturday in a $2.6 billion bank fraud...
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Iranian women use computers at an Internet cafe in central Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Many Iranian web users say their access to foreign email services such as Gmail, Yahoo mail and Hotmail appears to have been restored after a four day outage.
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