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Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president

Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president

AFP: Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been barred from standing in next month's presidential election, along with a controversial aide of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.

Iran acts to expand sensitive nuclear capacity: diplomats

Iran acts to expand sensitive nuclear capacity: diplomats

Reuters: A U.N. nuclear agency report due this week is expected to show Iran further increasing its capacity to produce material that its adversaries fear could eventually be put to developing atomic bombs, Western diplomats said on Tuesday.