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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 AP: The U.S. military says a Shiite militiaman believed to have recently returned from Iran has been detained with four other suspects south of Baghdad. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 03 – At least 19 people were killed and 31 others injured when a truck slammed into a passenger bus on a highway between the southern Iranian cities of Bandar Abbas and Sirjan on Sunday.
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 Reuters: Seven detained Baha'i believers have confessed to setting up an illegal organisation in Iran that took orders from Israel and others to undermine the Islamic system, an Iranian newspaper reported on Sunday. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
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 Independent on Sunday: Iran's President has issued a defiant warning to his country's "enemies" as Tehran ignored a deadline from world powers hoping to curb Iranian nuclear ambitions.
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran said on Saturday it would not back down "one iota" in its nuclear row with major powers, voicing defiance on the day of an informal deadline set by the West over Tehran's disputed atomic ambitions. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 AFP: Iran, the number two oil producer in OPEC, expects the cartel to discuss ways of controlling the quotas of member countries at its next meeting in September, the official news agency IRNA said. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 AP: Germany's foreign minister urged Iran to stop playing for time and deliver a "clear answer" to initiatives offered by six world powers in the standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, according to an interview released Saturday. |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 |
 Reuters: The falling value of the dollar is to blame for around a third of the rise in the price of oil, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday. |
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
 Reuters: The clock is ticking for Iran to respond to an offer by major powers on its nuclear programme, but European diplomats say they are ready to wait a few more days beyond Saturday's informal deadline for an answer. |
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
 AFP: The United States on Friday reaffirmed a weekend deadline for Iran to answer an international offer to freeze its nuclear drive and warned of new sanctions if it rejects the package. |
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran's president said on Friday the Islamic Republic would "stand against" its enemies with its "power", speaking just before a deadline set by Western officials in a dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. |
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Saturday, 02 August 2008 |
 AP: Iran sought but failed to win support from nonaligned nations this week for lifting U.N. sanctions and kicking the U.N. Security Council out of the dispute over its nuclear program, U.S. officials said Friday. |
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 01 - Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad will visit Tehran on August 9 to hold talks with senior Iranian officials.
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
 Reuters: Norwegian oil and gas group StatoilHydro will not invest in the planned development of the Azar oil field in Iran, Financial Times reported on Friday, following pressure from the U.S. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 AFP: The United States held back Thursday from insisting on a strict deadline for Iran to give world powers a final answer to their incentives package to defuse a showdown over Tehran's nuclear program. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
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 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 - Iran’s acting Economy Minister said on Thursday that trade between Iran and South Africa could reach an annual level of $10 billion.
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 Reuters: Britain is "100 percent focused" on a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear dispute and does not want an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 Reuters: Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, is in talks to sell at least 850,000 tonnes of rice to Iran and Nigeria after government stocks swelled this summer, helping dispel any lingering concern over world supplies. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 New York Times: Speaking just days before a deadline set by world powers for Iran to reply to proposals to curb its nuclear ambitions, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s supreme leader, said Wednesday that Iran would “continue with its path” of nuclear development, which includes the enrichment of uranium. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 Reuters: The European Union has agreed to go beyond United Nations sanctions on Iran, instructing its financial institutions to exercise "restraint" on export credits and allowing its navies to inspect all Iran-bound cargoes, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 Guardian: Iran will continue its nuclear "path", the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insisted yesterday, just days before a deadline set by world powers for Tehran to accept a deal that could defuse the dispute over its nuclear programme. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 AFP: Iran on Thursday rejected any deadline to give a final response to a package put forward by world powers seeking a breakthrough in the nuclear crisis, and said it had already responded. |
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
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 Guardian: Ehud Olmert's announcement that he will step down from his party's leadership may be hardly surprising given the problems generated by corruption allegations and plummeting poll ratings.
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 |
 Wall Street Journal (Europe) - REVIEW & OUTLOOK: In the first speech by a German chancellor to the Knesset, Angela Merkel earned Israel's respect in March by insisting that Iran's nuclear program must be stopped and that, if necessary, "Germany will push for further sanctions." |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
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 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 30 - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday presented to the country’s Majlis (parliament) his nominations for the vacant cabinet post's of interior, economy and transport ministers. Ali Kordan, earmarked for the key portfolio of Interior Minister, has a long history in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Iran Focus has learnt.
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
 AFP: White House hopeful Barack Obama has told fellow Democratic lawmakers that Israel will launch a military strike on Iran if nuclear sanctions fail, ABC News reported Wednesday. |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
 AFP: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the country will not retreat in the face of demands by world powers for Tehran to halt sensitive nuclear work. |
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Wednesday, 30 July 2008 |
 Reuters: Iran will pursue its nuclear path, the country's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday, speaking just before a deadline set by world powers in a nuclear dispute. |
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AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday told visiting Syrian president and staunch regional ally Bashar al-Assad that Tehran is serious about finding a practical solution to the nuclear crisis. 
