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World › 6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

Saturday 21st November, 05:46 AM JST BRUSSELS — Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog...

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The Big Picture: Tehran

By NASA Posted: November 20, 2009 Tehran, Iran’s capital, ranks among the world’s fast-growing cities. In the early 1940s, Tehran’s population was about 700,000. By 1966, it had risen to 3 million, and by 1986—during the...

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards to hold military manoeuvres

Tehran - Iran's revolutionary guards plan to hold military manoeuvres soon, official news agency IRNA reported Saturday. The exercises, expected to focus mainly on testing the air force capabilities, would be held either during...

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Iran To Launch Satellite On Its Own By Late 2011

Iran Says It Will Launch Another Communications Satellite Without Outside Help In 2 Years (AP) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said...

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Iran: Why Janus is Not the Answer

"We want to be like Janus, the Greek god because we wish to combine different values. We want to be able to mourn our own Neda Agha-Sultan and be sad about people dying in Gaza." This is how Mir-Hossein

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Iran irked still over Jundallah attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The government of Pakistan is expected to hand the alleged perpetrators of an October bombing in southern Iran over to Tehran, Iranian leaders said. Pakistani ties with Iran soured in the...

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U.N. panel condemns Iran for post-election crackdown (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged.

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Tehran opens laughter workshops

Iranian capital's city council hopes to lighten mood left in city following post-election crackdown by opening laughter classes – despite it being frowned upon in Islamic law Dudi Cohen Five months after the violent on the...

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Iran Arrests Student Activists Ahead Of Student Day

Iran has increased its pressure on student activists ahead of the national Student Day on December 7. Throughout Iran a dozen students are reported to have been jailed this week, including eight student activists arrested in...

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Kabul asks Tehran for more investment

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 -- Afghanistan's commerce minister called on Iranian companies to invest in oil, gas and mining sectors of that country. Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported Wahidullah Shahrani met with Iranian First...

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