Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 01 Irans Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi defended threats by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against the state of Israel as the policy of the Islamic Republic, state-run dailies reported on Tuesday.
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The Guardian: Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has embarked on a purge of senior Iranian diplomats, with the ambassador to London among his first victims. The sackings will create further alarm in western capitals over Mr Ahmadinejad, who has made a series of hardline pronouncements since becoming president in the summer.
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Reuters: Romania will not take part in a four-nation soccer tournament in Iran because of the tense political situation there, the Romania Soccer Federation (FRF) said on Tuesday.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 01 Over 290 recorded demonstrations, sit-ins, and strikes took place in various towns and cities across Iran over the past month.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 01 The editor of a local Iranian daily was kidnapped and had his ear cut off in the northern town of Sari, state television reported on Monday.
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DPA: The Central Council of Muslims in Germany has condemned the call by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the destruction of Israel.
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AFP: Italian political leaders from both left and right will take part in a rally outside Tehran's embassy in Rome on Thursday to protest against calls by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Israel to be "wiped off the map."
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AFP: Two thirds of Iranian women have suffered domestic violence and a quarter are unhappy with their gender, a social welfare official said Monday.
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Iran Focus: London, Oct. 31 Iranian exiles from nearly 40 states in the United States condemned threats last week by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - who called for the destruction of the state of Israel - and demanded that that West end its policy of appeasement and formulate a decisive policy against Irans theocratic regime.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 A day after Iran Focus first broke the news that Iran had fired its ambassadors to Berlin, London, and Paris, a state-run news agency close to the office of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed the report.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander as the new intelligence chief for the countrys Defence Ministry, state-run dailies reported on Monday.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 Police in the north-eastern town of Bojnourd have launched a new crackdown on alluring mannequins in clothes stores and the main bazaar, the towns prosecutor-general told the state-run news agency, IRNA on Monday.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the countrys officials to be united in one front against the common enemy as he reaffirmed that the state of Israel would eventually be toppled, state-run dailies reported on Monday.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 The Commandant of Irans elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) told a gathering of the organisations para-military Bassij force that the Islamic Republic was the regions central power and wielded influence over political decisions in the Middle East.
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Azzaman: Local security forces are reported to have taken unspecified measures to check Iranian influence in southern Iraq, particularly in Basra.
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Washington Post: Most Valuable Politician of the year? How about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who has surged ahead for the 2005 MVP award in the few months he has been in office? He reminds a distracted world at crucial moments of the true nature of Iran's regime, of the abiding source of conflict in the Middle East and of the deeper meaning of global terrorism.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 30 Irans hard-line media launched a virulent attack on opposition leader Maryam Rajavi for her statement condemning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads speech earlier this week.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Candidates for the four remaining portfolios in the government of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be presented shortly to the countrys Majlis, or Parliament, an informed source said on Sunday.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Irans Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel defended on Sunday remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for Israel to be wiped off the map and rejecting the Middle East peace process.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 The editor-in-chief of Irans most influential daily lambasted the United States and European governments for criticising hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads diatribe against Israel and the West, while reaffirming that the need to wipe off Israel from the map has been the defined policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran from the very beginning.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Irans Ministry of Education announced on Sunday that 20 million students in primary and secondary schools across the country will chant Death to America on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Sunday that Tehran would move forward with its controversial nuclear fuel cycle, and accused the United States and Europe of lying about the Islamic Republics nuclear program.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that he stood by his defiant comments earlier this week, which drew worldwide criticism, and said what he said has always been the policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Press Association: The United Nations is holding talks on dealing with Iran after the country's president called for Israel to be "wiped off the map".
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 30 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the latest cabinet meeting in the Iranian capital that if we were permitted to hang two or three persons, the problems with the stock exchange would be solved for ever, according to a Tehran-based newspaper.
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What now?
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A facelift
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An Act of Cowardice
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A new Iran policy
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Murder overlooked
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Standing up to Iran's executioners
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 01 Irans Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi defended threats by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against the state of Israel as the policy of the Islamic Republic, state-run dailies reported on Tuesday. 
The Guardian: Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has embarked on a purge of senior Iranian diplomats, with the ambassador to London among his first victims. The sackings will create further alarm in western capitals over Mr Ahmadinejad, who has made a series of hardline pronouncements since becoming president in the summer. 
Reuters: Romania will not take part in a four-nation soccer tournament in Iran because of the tense political situation there, the Romania Soccer Federation (FRF) said on Tuesday. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 01 Over 290 recorded demonstrations, sit-ins, and strikes took place in various 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 01 The editor of a local Iranian daily was kidnapped and had his ear cut off in the northern town of Sari, state television reported on Monday. 
DPA: The Central Council of Muslims in Germany has condemned the call by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the destruction of Israel. 
AFP: Italian political leaders from both left and right will take part in a rally outside Tehran's embassy in Rome on Thursday to protest against calls by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Israel to be "wiped off the map." 
AFP: Two thirds of Iranian women have suffered domestic violence and a quarter are unhappy with their gender, a social welfare official said Monday. 
Iran Focus: London, Oct. 31 Iranian exiles from nearly 40 states in the United States condemned threats last week by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - who called for the destruction of the state of Israel - and demanded that that West end its policy of appeasement and formulate a decisive policy against Irans theocratic regime. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 A day after Iran Focus first broke the news that Iran had fired its ambassadors to Berlin, London, and Paris, a state-run news agency close to the office of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander as the new intelligence chief for the countrys Defence Ministry, state-run dailies reported on Monday. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 Police in the north-eastern town of Bojnourd have launched a new crackdown on alluring mannequins in clothes stores and the main bazaar, the towns prosecutor-general told the state-run news agency, IRNA on Monday. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the countrys officials to be united in one front against the common enemy as he reaffirmed that the state of Israel would eventually be toppled, state-run dailies reported on Monday. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 31 The Commandant of Irans elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) told a gathering of the organisations para-military Bassij force that the Islamic Republic was the regions central power and wielded influence over political decisions in the Middle East. 
Azzaman: Local security forces are reported to have taken unspecified measures to check Iranian influence in southern Iraq, particularly in Basra. 
Washington Post: Most Valuable Politician of the year? How about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, who has surged ahead for the 2005 MVP award in the few months he has been in office? He reminds a distracted world at crucial moments of the true nature of Iran's regime, of the abiding source of conflict in the Middle East and of the deeper meaning of global terrorism. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 30 Irans hard-line media launched a virulent attack on opposition leader Maryam Rajavi for her statement condemning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads speech earlier this week. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Candidates for the four remaining portfolios in the government of hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be presented shortly to the countrys Majlis, or Parliament, an informed source said on Sunday. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Irans Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel defended on Sunday remarks by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for Israel to be wiped off the map and rejecting the Middle East peace process. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 The editor-in-chief of Irans most influential daily lambasted the United States and European governments for criticising hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads diatribe against Israel and the West, while reaffirming that the need to wipe off Israel from the map has been the defined policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran from the very beginning. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Irans Ministry of Education announced on Sunday that 20 million students in primary and secondary schools across the country will chant Death to America on Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Sunday that Tehran would move forward with its controversial nuclear fuel cycle, and accused the United States and Europe of lying about the Islamic Republics nuclear program. 
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 30 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that he stood by his defiant comments earlier this week, which drew worldwide criticism, and said what he said has always been the policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 
Press Association: The United Nations is holding talks on
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 30 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the latest cabinet meeting in the Iranian capital that if we were permitted to hang two or three persons, the problems with the stock exchange would be solved for ever, according to a Tehran-based newspaper. 
