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Canada takes hard line against Iranian regime as elections loom

Canada takes hard line against Iranian regime as elections loom

Fox News: The conservative administration of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a hard-line stance against Iran as the Islamic Republic's June elections approach, mounting a social media campaign aimed at toppling Iran's theocratic rulers and leveling unusually harsh rhetoric at Tehran.

US removes Iraqi bank from Iran sanctions list

US removes Iraqi bank from Iran sanctions list

AFP: The United States on Friday removed sanctions on an Iraqi bank that was blacklisted last year for helping Iran skirt international financial controls over its nuclear activities.

France wants 'decisive sanctions' against Iran

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AFP: The United States and European nations should take "decisive sanctions" against Iran over its controversial nuclear program, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Friday.

Iran may ban candidates who seek ties with US

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AP: The head of Iran's constitutional watchdog says it may disqualify candidates in June presidential elections who seek full relations with the United States.

US takes no stand as women barred from Iran vote

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AFP: The United States on Friday steered clear of taking a tough stand on reports that Iran's electoral watchdog appears to have barred women from running in the June 14 presidential elections.

France opposes Syria conference if Iran to attend

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Reuters: France spelled out on Friday that it would oppose a peace conference for Syria if Bashar al-Assad's regional ally Iran is invited, clouding the prospect for a U.S.-Russian initiative to end the two-year-old war.

US removes Iraqi bank from Iran sanctions list

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AFP: The United States on Friday removed sanctions on an Iraqi bank that was blacklisted last year for helping Iran skirt international financial controls over its nuclear activities.

Iran's Ahmadinejad to join Thai 'water summit'

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AFP: Iran's firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will address a forum on water security in Thailand next week, an embassy official said on Friday, just weeks before he stands down from the post.

Iran delays presidential election lineup

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Los Angeles Times: Iranians must wait until next week to find out who will be on the ballot in next month's presidential election, a key electoral panel said Thursday, as it continued to mull the fate of two prospective candidates who have shaken up the race.

Canada takes hard line against Iranian regime as elections loom

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Fox News: The conservative administration of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a hard-line stance against Iran as the Islamic Republic's June elections approach, mounting a social media campaign aimed at toppling Iran's theocratic rulers and leveling unusually harsh rhetoric at Tehran.

Obama and Erdogan demand Assad step down

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AFP: US President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Thursday that Bashar al-Assad must still quit power despite moves to organize peace talks in Syria's bloody civil war.

UN: 14 Iranian exiles moved from Iraq to Albania

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AP: The first group of exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a former U.S. military base near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations mission to Iraq said Thursday.

Russia says Iran must take part in proposed Syria talks

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Reuters: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to end Syria's civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and possibly predetermine the outcome of the talks.

Iran's Jalili says nuclear talks 'long and useful'

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AFP: Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Thursday that nuclear talks with the EU'S foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton were "long and useful" and that both sides have decided to continue the discussions.

U.S. action in Syria could sway Iran on nukes

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Bloomberg: Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad must be pleased at how, within a week, the conversation has shifted from his regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons to an international peace conference on Syria’s civil war.

Iranian cleric: Women can't be president in Iran

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AP: A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog says women cannot be presidential candidates, effectively killing the longshot bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14 election.

Iran says ready for nuclear talks with world powers

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Reuters: Iran is prepared to pursue nuclear diplomacy with world powers before or after next month's presidential election in the Islamic Republic, its chief negotiator said on Thursday.

Senators urge Obama to press Iran by increased sanctions

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Bloomberg: Members of Congress from both parties today urged Obama administration officials to impose greater economic pressure to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions and punish its human-rights violations.

US targets Iran rial, gold imports in sanctions pressure

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AFP: The United States is working to block sales of gold to Iranians in order to undermine their currency the rial and to step up pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program, officials said Wednesday.

US slams 'repression' in run-up to Iran polls

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AFP: US officials Wednesday slammed a campaign of "unrelenting repression" ahead of Iran's presidential elections, and said the outcome would be very hard to predict amid a secret vetting process.

UN fails again to reach nuke probe deal with Iran

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AP: U.N. nuclear agency officials on Wednesday again failed to reach a deal with Iranian counterparts that would allow the agency to relaunch its probe of suspicions that Tehran might have worked on atomic arms.

U.S. State Department: Iran sanctions 'potentially' having impact on nuclear program

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Wall Street Journal: U.S. economic sanctions on Iran are likely changing the thinking of its leadership toward its nuclear program, administration officials told a Senate foreign relations panel Wednesday.

U.N. watchdog, EU's Ashton to press Iran in nuclear dispute

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Reuters: Iran faces international pressure over its nuclear program in two separate meetings on Wednesday, but no breakthrough is expected with the Islamic state focused on next month's presidential election.

Iran hard-liners urge election ban on 2 candidates

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AP: Hard-line Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two contenders - a moderate former president and a protege of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - from running in next month's presidential election.

Iran-based hackers traced to cyber attack on U.S. company

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Bloomberg: A previously unknown hacking group believed to be based in Iran has started cyber attacks inside the U.S., according to Mandiant Corp., a security company that’s linked China’s army to similar activity.

Iran must free the Bahá'í leaders who have been jailed for five years too many

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The Guardian: Today is the fifth anniversary of the unjust imprisonment of seven Bahá'í leaders in Iran. They were jailed for 20 years for no reason other than their beliefs – the longest jail terms handed down against any prisoners of conscience in the country.

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