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Iran attack would see Israel's 'eradication': Ahmadinejad
(AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:48:34 GMT
 AFP - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday during a visit to the Gulf state of Qatar that any attack on the Islamic republic will result in the destruction of Israel.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad visits Qatar
(AFP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:20:49 GMT
 AFP - The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Qatar on Sunday for a brief visit to its Gulf ally, QNA state news agency reported.
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Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal'
(AP)
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:08:28 GMT
AP - The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery.
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Palestinian Authority lashes out at Ahmadinejad over remarks
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:38:39 GMT
 AFP - The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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Iran troops kill four Kurdish rebels: report
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:16:04 GMT
 AFP - Iranian security forces have killed four members of an outlawed Kurdish group in the western province of Kordestan, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Iran 'stoning woman' to be lashed over photo: son
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:08:00 GMT
 AFP - Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has also been sentenced to 99 lashes for a photo published of her without a headscarf, according to her son.
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Top Iran cleric rejects Holocaust as 'superstition'
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:19:27 GMT
 AFP - A senior Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, dismissed the Nazi Holocaust of Jews during World War II as a new "superstition" for the West, media reported on Saturday.
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Iran activist on trial for 'warring against God'
(AFP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:27:18 GMT
 AFP - A vocal female human rights activist and journalist went on trial in Iran Saturday on charges including "warring against God," which is punishable by death, her lawyer was reported as saying.
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US military chief seeks Turkish support over Iran
(AP)
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:50:59 GMT
 AP - The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
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US rights group urges release of Iranian activist
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:17:46 GMT
AP - A U.S. human rights group urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to secure the release of a prominent Iranian journalist and activist who goes on trial Saturday on charges that carry the death penalty.
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Mobs attack home of Iranian opposition leader
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:43:12 GMT
 AP - Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a brazen message of intimidation and pinpoint pressure on dissent.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad calls on Palestinians to fight on
(Reuters)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:08:02 GMT
Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Palestinians to keep up their armed struggle against Israel a day after Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to continue talks on a U.S.-backed peace deal.
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US lauds Japan for new Iran sanctions
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:41:18 GMT
 AFP - The United States praised Japan Friday for imposing new sanctions on Iran that include an asset freeze and tighter restrictions on financial transactions, part of a global response to Tehran's contested nuclear program.
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Japan approves economic sanctions against Iran
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:28:20 GMT
AP - Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said.
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Iran could strike Israeli nuclear site if attacked
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:02:50 GMT
AP - Iran's military chief of staff says Tehran could strike Israel's nuclear facility if the Jewish state were to attack Iran's nuclear sites.
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Egypt protests Iranian comments on peace talks
(AP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:41:08 GMT
AP - Egypt has canceled a visit by Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington.
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Iran Guards stop opposition leader from joining mass rally
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:55:32 GMT
 AFP - Islamist militiamen and elite Revolutionary Guards surrounded the home of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi on Friday to prevent him from joining a government-sponsored rally that last year saw opposition protests, his website said.
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Iran says to strike Israel nuclear site if attacked
(Reuters)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:47:00 GMT
Reuters - Iran would retaliate by striking Israel's nuclear facility if Israel attacked its nuclear activities, armed forces chief of staff Hassan Firouzabadi said on Friday.
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Mideast people 'capable of removing' Israel: Ahmadinejad
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:42:10 GMT
 AFP - Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that the people of the Middle East are "capable of removing the Zionist regime from the world scene" in an annual Palestinian solidarity day address in Tehran.
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Mideast peace talks are 'doomed': Ahmadinejad
(AFP)
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:24:04 GMT
 AFP - Direct peace talks which Israel and the Palestinians relaunched in Washington on Thursday are "stillborn and doomed", hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told an annual Palestinian solidarity rally in Tehran.
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