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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Dozens of members of Iran's religious Basij militia tried to attack Italy's embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 AP: An Iranian court has convicted another opposition activist on charges related to the country's post-election turmoil and sentenced him to death, the judiciary said Tuesday. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 AFP: Defence Secretary Robert Gates is hoping for a new UN resolution on sanctions against Iran in "a matter of weeks", as world powers raise the heat on Tehran over its nuclear programme, a US defence spokesman said on Tuesday. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Malaysia has fired its ambassador to the U.N. nuclear watchdog for voting against a resolution rebuking Iran and he will be replaced as rotating head of the agency's governing body later this week, officials said. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Western concerns about Iran's nuclear intentions are well-founded, Russia's national security chief said on Tuesday, and suggested that more than diplomacy might be needed to end Tehran's defiance. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Iran began work on Tuesday to make higher-grade nuclear fuel, a senior official said, and the Pentagon said the United States wanted a U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran "within weeks" over its nuclear programme. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 Washington Post: Iran's formal notification Monday to a United Nations nuclear watchdog that it will begin producing higher-grade enriched uranium marks a new and potentially dangerous turn in Tehran's confrontation with the West over its nuclear ambitions. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 Reuters: With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 The Times: Iran has arrested ten more journalists in the past several days, opposition sources reported yesterday, in an apparent crackdown before expected protests this week. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 AFP: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates agreed in talks Monday that "strong" new sanctions must be passed against Iran over its nuclear drive, the French presidency said. |
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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Britain denied interfering in Iran's internal affairs on Monday and said it would be regrettable if Tehran downgraded its relations with London.
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Reuters: International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced more moves to expand nuclear fuel production and enrichment plants, heightening Western fears it wants to make atom bombs.
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 08 - An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale struck the town of Garash in the southern province of Fars, state media reported. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Reuters: The United States and the European Union said on Monday they feared the Iranian government may crack down on opponents during this week's anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 AFP: Britain voiced deep concern Monday over Iran's "contradictory rhetoric" after Tehran confirmed plans to produce higher enriched uranium, days after seeming to accept a UN-drafted nuclear deal. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Reuters: The total number of journalists in detention in Iran has risen to at least 55 after the arrest of 10 in recent days, reformist websites reported on Monday. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 BBC: An Iranian opposition leader has been jailed for six years for his role in the unrest following June's disputed presidential election, reports say. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Iran has rejected Western overtures and the international community has no choice but to move toward imposing new sanctions over its nuclear program, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Bloomberg: Australia and the international community remain deeply concerned about the nature and intent of Iran’s nuclear program, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said in an e-mailed statement today. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Russia on Monday called on Iran to fulfil an agreement to send its uranium abroad for enrichment, Interfax news agency quoted a foreign ministry spokesman as saying. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 BBC: Iran has told the UN's nuclear watchdog it will step up its nuclear programme from Tuesday, raising Western fears that it is planning to make a bomb. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 08 - Iran on Monday announced that its first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr will become fully operational after completing one final test. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Iran will soon unveil a domestically-made air defence system with at least the same capability as Russia's S-300 anti-aircraft hardware, an Iranian air force commander was quoted as saying on Monday. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 AP: Iran's state TV says the country has launched two production lines of unmanned aircraft, or drones. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Washington Post: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered the production of higher-enriched uranium -- significantly beyond the levels of its regular nuclear fuel -- prompting the United States to renew threats of carefully targeted sanctions. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Reuters: Iran plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities during the next Iranian year, its atomic energy chief was quoted as saying, in comments likely to further raise tension with the West. |
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 |
 AFP: Iran said on Sunday its Internet connections will remain slow this week due to technical problems, ahead of anticipated protests by opposition supporters. |
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 |
 AFP: Britain said Sunday that Iran's plans to boost its uranium enrichment were "clearly a matter of serious concern", in a statement issued by the Foreign Office in London. |
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AP: The United States is developing a "significant regime of sanctions" after Iran apparently spurned an offer to negotiate over its suspect nuclear program, President Barack Obama said Tuesday. 
