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23 hrs ago | KAAL

Iran clerics start gaining control of schools

TEHRAN, Iran - Islamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools, a report said Wednesday, as hard-liners expand an ideological "soft war" against Western influence.

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Xinhuanet

Iran needs "objective guarantees" to send low-grade uranium abroad

Iranian officials said Tuesday that the country is not opposed to sending its low-grade uranium abroad, but requires "objective guarantees" on nuclear fuel exchange.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Iran stages war games over nuclear interests

Images broadcast Sunday included warplanes dropping bombs on targets in the desert, rockets being launched and paratroopers boarding Chinook troop helicopters.

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Post-gazette.com - News

Defying West, Iran stages war games

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's army and Revolutionary Guard staged large-scale air defense war games yesterday in an effort to show off the country's deterrence capabilities amid rising pressure from the West over its nuclear program, state television reported.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Holder on terror trial...Six-year sentence...Iran rejects UN plan

Even if one of the 9/11 suspects who'll be tried in New York is acquitted, he won't be released in the United States.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

KAAL

Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear sites

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

US News & World Report

The Big Picture: Tehran

Tehran, Iran's capital, ranks among the world's fast-growing cities. In the early 1940s, Tehran's population was about 700,000. By 1966, it had risen to 3 million, and by 1986 - during the Iran-Iraq war - migrants brought the population to 6 million.

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San Diego Union-Tribune

Iran to launch satellite on its own by late ...

Friday, November 20, 2009 at 6:40 a.m. TEHRAN, Iran - Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit.

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The Corner

Iran Sentences More Activists to Death -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez

At least three others caught up in the turmoil have received death sentences previously.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Tehran Times

Charity bazaar for Filipino storm victims held in Iran

MANILA a ' More than a hundred people supported a charity bazaar held in Iran to help Pinoy victims recover from the devastation wrought by several typhoons in the Philippines.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

TheNational

Iran says it will not send uranium abroad

TEHRAN // Iran said yesterday it would not send its enriched uranium abroad for processing, but would consider swapping it for nuclear fuel and keeping it under supervision inside the country, the Isna news agency said.

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WWUP-TV Cadillac

Obama: China helping...Wholesale inflation up...Iran on nuclear tour

President Barack Obama says China has helped the U.S. pull out of the recession.

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WGN-TV Chicago

Mysterious death of Iran doctor who treated torture victims amid crackdown raises suspicion

In this Sunday, June 14, 2009 file photo, Iranian supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi are followed by Iranian riot-police in front of Tehran university during riots in Tehran, Iran.

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NBC 15 Online

Iran sentences five to death in post-election turmoil

People protest in the street in front of burning rubbish on July 9, 2009 in Tehran, Iran.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

KXMA-TV Dickinson

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran state television says five people have been sent...

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WJLA

Ahmadinejad says Western pressure empowers Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - An impasse in nuclear talks between world powers and Iran would only hurt the West by making Tehran push harder to advance its technology, according to the latest remarks by the Iranian president.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

PhillyBurbs.com

Iran media plans stir talk of elite force at helm

In this Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guards members march during a parade ceremony, marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war , in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran.

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Payvand News of Iran

Iran's Parliament Approves Ahmadinejad's New Cabinet Ministers

Iran's state-run media say the country's parliament has approved the remaining three Cabinet nominees proposed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Newswatch 50

Reports: Iran ex-deputy minister jailed in Israel

TEHRAN, Iran a " Several Iranian news Web sites are reporting that a former deputy defense minister who has been missing for more than two years was abducted by Israeli agents.Israel's Foreign Ministry refused to comment.

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KMTR Eugene

Iran condemns US mosque seizure

A car is parked near the Islamic Education Center November 13, 2009 in Potomac, Maryland.

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