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19 Dec 2011

Iran TV Shows Suspected U.S. Spy ‘Confessing’

Iran's state TV broadcast video of a young man Sunday it claimed was a CIA spy who sought to infiltrate Iran's secret services. The TV identified the man, apparently in his late 20s, as Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an American-Iranian who received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission.
Iran's state TV broadcast video of a young man Sunday it claimed was a CIA spy who sought to infiltrate Iran's secret...
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7 Dec 2011

Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret U.S. Surveillance Bid

The stealth C.I.A. drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory last week was part of a stepped-up surveillance program that has frequently sent the United States' most hard-to-detect drone into the country to map suspected nuclear sites, according to foreign officials and American experts who have been briefed on the effort.
The stealth C.I.A. drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory last week was part of a stepped-up surveillance...
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4 Dec 2011

Iran’s First Great Satan Was England

IF there is one country on earth where the cry Death to England still carries weight - where people still harbor the white-hot hatred of British colonialism that once inflamed millions from South Africa to China - that country would be Iran. And that is what the leaders of Iran must have been counting on when screaming militiamen, unhindered by the police, poured into the British Embassy in Tehran to vandalize it on Tuesday.
IF there is one country on earth where the cry Death to England still carries weight - where people still harbor the...
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27 Nov 2011

Lobbying by Iranian Group M.E.K. Reaches Across Party Lines

At a time of partisan gridlock in the capital, one obscure cause has drawn a stellar list of supporters from both parties and the last two administrations, including a dozen former top national security officials. That alone would be unusual. What makes it astonishing is the object of their attention: a fringe Iranian opposition group, long an ally of Saddam Hussein, that is designated as a terrorist organization under United States law and described by State Department officials as a repressive cult despised by most Iranians and Iraqis.
At a time of partisan gridlock in the capital, one obscure cause has drawn a stellar list of supporters from both...
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21 Nov 2011

Iran Stays Away From Nuclear Talks

The United States and its allies are rolling out a new set of sanctions against Iran on Monday, with the country s central bank and petrochemical industry as targets. The move tightened the vise on Tehran after a United Nations report on its nuclear activities, but demonstrated the continued limitations to international pressure.
The United States and its allies are rolling out a new set of sanctions against Iran on Monday, with the country s...
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16 Nov 2011

Iran Blast’s Origins Remain a Mystery

The explosion last weekend in Iran that killed 17 members of the armed forces, including a founder of the country's missile program, occurred while researchers were working on weapons capable of delivering Israel a "strong punch in the mouth" and disrupted their project by a few days, the Iranian military chief of staff said Wednesday.
The explosion last weekend in Iran that killed 17 members of the armed forces, including a founder of the country's...
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iran military, irgc, israel, munition blast, war mongering
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9 Nov 2011

The Truth About Iran

Tehran was in full dudgeon on Wednesday, denouncing the International Atomic Energy Agency - calling its top inspector a Washington stooge - after it reported that Iran s scientists had pursued secret activities "relevant to the development of a nuclear device." The agency did not back down, and neither should anyone else.
Tehran was in full dudgeon on Wednesday, denouncing the International Atomic Energy Agency - calling its top inspector a...
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7 Nov 2011

U.S. Hangs Back as Inspectors Prepare Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program

An imminent report by United Nations weapons inspectors includes the strongest evidence yet that Iran has worked in recent years on a kind of sophisticated explosives technology that is primarily used to trigger a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials who have been briefed on the intelligence. But the case is hardly conclusive.
An imminent report by United Nations weapons inspectors includes the strongest evidence yet that Iran has worked in...
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nuclear skeptics, nuclear weapon, united nations, us foreign policy, war mongering
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25 Oct 2011

New Arrests and Interrogations in Iran Fraud Case

The Iranian authorities have widened their investigation into what they say is a record $2.6 billion embezzlement uncovered in a network of Iranian banks last month, interrogating at least 67 people and putting 31 of them under arrest, state media reported.
The Iranian authorities have widened their investigation into what they say is a record $2.6 billion embezzlement...
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21 Oct 2011

Iran, the Saudis and the New ‘Great Game’

Whether the Iranian government actually sought to hire Mexican gangsters to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asserted at a dramatic press conference last week, remains uncertain. Conspiracy theories are swirling, but as evidence emerges it may become possible to decipher this bizarre-sounding plot.
Whether the Iranian government actually sought to hire Mexican gangsters to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in...
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14 Oct 2011

Militants Aided by Iran Fired at American Forces in Iraq

Militants trained and financed by Iran s Quds Force attacked United States forces in Iraq on Wednesday, American officials said, continuing a role they have played in recent years in a proxy war between the United States and Iran.
Militants trained and financed by Iran s Quds Force attacked United States forces in Iraq on Wednesday, American...
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12 Oct 2011

Iran Sees Terror Plot Accusation as Diversion From Wall Street Protests

Iran s leaders marshaled a furious formal rejection on Wednesday of the United States accusations that the Islamic republic had schemed to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, calling the case a cynical fabrication meant to vilify Iran and distract Americans from their own severe economic problems, highlighted by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Iran s leaders marshaled a furious formal rejection on Wednesday of the United States accusations that the Islamic...
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12 Oct 2011

U.S. Accuses Iranians of Plotting to Kill Saudi Envoy

The United States on Tuesday accused Iranian officials of plotting to murder Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States in a bizarre scheme involving an Iranian-American used-car salesman who believed he was hiring assassins from a Mexican drug cartel for $1.5 million.
The United States on Tuesday accused Iranian officials of plotting to murder Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United...
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26 Sep 2011

Hikers Return to U.S. After Release From Iran

The two American hikers who were held in Iran on espionage charges say they kept their days strictly regimented, running laps, weight-lifting water bottles, discussing literature and quizzing each other, in an effort to stay physically and mentally fit while in captivity. They spent 781 days that way in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran.
The two American hikers who were held in Iran on espionage charges say they kept their days strictly regimented, running...
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14 Sep 2011

Iran’s Judiciary Clouds Fate of American Hikers

The Iranian judiciary on Wednesday contradicted an assurance by Iran's president that two Americans arrested two years ago while hiking the Iran-Iraq frontier and imprisoned on espionage charges would be freed within two days as a humanitarian gesture, state media reported.
The Iranian judiciary on Wednesday contradicted an assurance by Iran's president that two Americans arrested two years...
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13 Sep 2011

Iran Will Reportedly Release 2 Jailed Americans

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has said two American hikers jailed for espionage in his country last month will be freed within two days, NBC reported on Tuesday, citing an exclusive interview with the Iranian leader.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has said two American hikers jailed for espionage in his country last month will...
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9 Sep 2011

Iran’s President, Ahmadinejad, Calls for End to Syrian Crackdown

For years, posters celebrating the decades-old alliance joining Syria and Iran festooned the streets and automobiles of the Syrian capital the images of Presidents Bashar al-Assad and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad embroidered with roses and daffodils.
For years, posters celebrating the decades-old alliance joining Syria and Iran festooned the streets and automobiles of...
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1 Sep 2011

Iran Is Said to Be Trying to Shelter Nuclear Fuel Program

Iran is moving its most critical nuclear fuel production to a heavily defended underground military facility outside the holy city of Qum, where it is less vulnerable to attack from the air and, the Iranians hope, the kind of cyberattack that crippled its nuclear program, according to intelligence officials.
Iran is moving its most critical nuclear fuel production to a heavily defended underground military facility outside the...
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28 Aug 2011

In Times of Unrest, Social Networks Can Be a Distraction

Sophisticated governments will realize that "shutting down the Internet radicalizes things".  What is more useful to governments, is "bandwidth throttling," recognizing that "Internet is something you can meter out." This "metering out" is meant to make the experience less reliable and responsive, so that video streaming is hesitant and Web pages are slow to load.
Sophisticated governments will realize that "shutting down the Internet radicalizes things".  What is more...
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27 Aug 2011

Iran Tells Syria to Bow to ‘Legitimate’ Public Demands

Iran, Syria s closest ally, called on the government in Damascus to recognize its people s "legitimate" demands on Saturday, in the first such remarks to come from the Persian country since the five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad started.
Iran, Syria s closest ally, called on the government in Damascus to recognize its people s "legitimate" demands on...
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24 Aug 2011

Release Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal

The American hikers Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal have spent 755 days in Iran s brutal Evin prison. They never should have been arrested, much less held for so long. With the Muslim world celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, Iranian officials should show compassion, and true respect for justice, and let them return home.
The American hikers Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal have spent 755 days in Iran s brutal Evin prison. They never should...
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19 Aug 2011

‘Circumstance,’ a Film of Underground Life in Iran

In "Circumstance," which opens in New York, Los Angeles on Friday, Ms. Kazemy, 22, plays Shireen, whose friendship with her privileged classmate Atafeh, (Nikohl Boosheri), turns erotic as they navigate a circuit of illicit parties offering drink, drugs, dancing, loud Western music and banned films. The situation becomes even more complicated when Atafeh's troubled older brother, Mehran (Reza Sixo Safai), also falls in love with Shireen.
In "Circumstance," which opens in New York, Los Angeles on Friday, Ms. Kazemy, 22, plays Shireen, whose friendship with...
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12 Aug 2011

Iran Opens New Front in War on Fun

While the young Syrian activists who use the Web to organize and document antiregime demonstrations across the country are once again counting the cost, in lives, of continuing to pour into the streets, their counterparts in Iran, who helped to pave the way for such protests, are living with a form of repression that is less violent but in some ways far more efficient and demoralizing.
While the young Syrian activists who use the Web to organize and document antiregime demonstrations across the country...
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2 Aug 2011

Mullen Claims Success in Curbing Iranian-Backed Attacks in Iraq

Attacks by insurgents using what American analysts say are advanced Iranian weapons have dropped significantly over the last few weeks, senior American military officials said Monday, citing a two-track campaign of allied raids on Iranian-backed militants and official Iraqi protests to Tehran.
Attacks by insurgents using what American analysts say are advanced Iranian weapons have dropped significantly over the...
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28 Jul 2011

Treasury Accuses Iran of Aiding Al Qaeda

The Treasury Department on Thursday accused Iranian authorities of aiding Al Qaeda and said it was imposing financial sanctions on six people believed to be Qaeda operatives in Iran, Kuwait, Qatar and Pakistan.
The Treasury Department on Thursday accused Iranian authorities of aiding Al Qaeda and said it was imposing financial...
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23 Jul 2011

Survivor of Attack Leads Iran’s Nuclear Acceleration

Eight months after he narrowly survived an assassination attempt on the streets of Tehran, Fereydoon Abbasi, the nuclear physicist whom Iran s mullahs have put in charge of the country s Atomic Energy Organization, is presiding over what intelligence officials in several countries describe as an unexpected quickening of Iran s production of nuclear material.
Eight months after he narrowly survived an assassination attempt on the streets of Tehran, Fereydoon Abbasi, the nuclear...
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11 Jul 2011

U.S. Ties Weapons From Iran to Increased Iraqi Combat Deaths

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Sunday that weapons supplied by Iran had become a "tremendous concern" for the United States in recent weeks in Iraq, where more American troops died in June in combat-related episodes than in any month since June 2008.
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Sunday that weapons supplied by Iran had become a "tremendous concern" for the...
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8 Jun 2011

Iran Plans High Level of Uranium Enrichment

Iran declared Wednesday that it aims to triple production of nuclear fuel this year and, at a site that had been secret until 2009, increase enrichment to 20 percent. Enrichment at that level indicates technological progress that experts say would make the weapons-grade level of 90 percent enrichment much closer
Iran declared Wednesday that it aims to triple production of nuclear fuel this year and, at a site that had been secret...
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30 May 2011

Inspectors Pierce Iran’s Cloak of Nuclear Secrecy

The International Atomic Energy Agency last week presented a report to its board that laid out new information on what it calls 'possible military dimensions' of Iran s nuclear program, clarifying the central issue in the long clash between Tehran and the West over nuclear technology.
The International Atomic Energy Agency last week presented a report to its board that laid out new information on what...
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24 May 2011

Watchdog Finds Evidence That Iran Worked on Nuclear Triggers

The world s global nuclear inspection agency, frustrated by Iran s refusal to answer questions, revealed for the first time on Tuesday that it possesses evidence that Tehran has conducted work on a highly sophisticated nuclear triggering technology that experts said could be used for only one purpose: setting off a nuclear weapon.
The world s global nuclear inspection agency, frustrated by Iran s refusal to answer questions, revealed for the first...
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20 May 2011

Court Filings Assert Iran Had Link to 9 11 Attacks

Two defectors from Iran s intelligence service have testified that Iranian officials had "foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks," according to a court filing Thursday in a federal lawsuit in Manhattan that seeks damages for Iran's "direct support for, and sponsorship of, the most deadly act of terrorism in American history."
Two defectors from Iran s intelligence service have testified that Iranian officials had "foreknowledge of the 9/11...
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29 Apr 2011

In Shift, Egypt Warms to Iran and Hamas, Israel’s Foes

Egypt is charting a new course in its foreign policy that has already begun shaking up the established order in the Middle East, planning to open the blockaded border with Gaza and normalizing relations with two of Israel and the West s Islamist foes, Hamas and Iran.
Egypt is charting a new course in its foreign policy that has already begun shaking up the established order in the...
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26 Apr 2011

Americans Held in Tehran Get Court Date

Two American citizens who have spent 19 months in detention in Iran, accused of espionage and illegal entry, will appear in court for a third time in May, according to their lawyer.
Two American citizens who have spent 19 months in detention in Iran, accused of espionage and illegal entry, will appear...
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8 Mar 2011

Rafsanjani Loses Key Post in Iranian Religious Assembly

A powerful Iranian clerical body appointed a candidate backed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as its new chairman on Tuesday to replace the former president, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, state media reported, strengthening the hand of hardliners seeking to silence dissent.
A powerful Iranian clerical body appointed a candidate backed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as its new chairman on...
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26 Feb 2011

Iran Reports a Major Setback at a Nuclear Power Plant

Iran told atomic inspectors this week that it had run into a serious problem at a newly completed nuclear reactor that was supposed to start feeding electricity into the national grid this month, raising questions about whether the trouble was sabotage, a startup problem, or possibly the beginning of the project s end
Iran told atomic inspectors this week that it had run into a serious problem at a newly completed nuclear reactor that...
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21 Feb 2011

Iran Squelches Protest Attempt in Capital

Anti-government protesters gathered throughout Tehran, Iran, for demonstrations on Sunday to mark the deaths of two men killed during protests last Monday. But the government mounted a stultifying security presence in the city, with the police arresting protesters and using tear gas in an attempt to prevent the unrest from escalating.
Anti-government protesters gathered throughout Tehran, Iran, for demonstrations on Sunday to mark the deaths of two men...
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15 Feb 2011

Iranian Lawmakers Call for Death of Opposition Leaders

A day after the most significant street protests in Iran since the end of the 2009 uprising there, members of the Iranian Parliament called on Tuesday for the two most prominent opposition leaders to be prosecuted and sentenced to death for stirring unrest.
A day after the most significant street protests in Iran since the end of the 2009 uprising there, members of the...
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14 Feb 2011

Iranian Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters

Hundreds of black-clad riot police officers, some in bullet-proof vests, deployed in key locations in central Tehran on Monday and fired tear gas to thwart an Iranian opposition march in solidarity with the uprising in Egypt, news reports and witnesses accounts from Iran said.
Hundreds of black-clad riot police officers, some in bullet-proof vests, deployed in key locations in central Tehran on...
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14 Feb 2011

Iranian Leaders Vow to Crush Pro-Egypt March

The Iranian leaders who cheered the popular overthrow of an Egyptian strongman last week have promised to crush an opposition march planned for Monday in solidarity with the Egyptian people.
The Iranian leaders who cheered the popular overthrow of an Egyptian strongman last week have promised to crush an...
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24 Jan 2011

Iran Rules Out Fuel Swap Plan

At the talks between Iran and six major powers in Istanbul over the weekend, Iran said it was no longer interested in a fuel-swap deal proposed to it by Washington and the others, a senior Western diplomat said on Monday.
At the talks between Iran and six major powers in Istanbul over the weekend, Iran said it was no longer interested in a...
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22 Jan 2011

Iran Nuclear Talks Close With No Progress

Two days of talks between Iran and six world powers ended in failure on Saturday, with Iran refusing to engage on any concrete proposals to build confidence that its nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes and with no date set for another meeting.
Two days of talks between Iran and six world powers ended in failure on Saturday, with Iran refusing to engage on any...
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21 Jan 2011

Iran Nuclear Talks Resume in Istanbul

The United States and other world powers went into another round of talks with Iran here on Friday with low expectations, but with Iran indicating that it would like to make progress on a fuel-swap arrangement originally designed by Washington as a confidence-building measure.
The United States and other world powers went into another round of talks with Iran here on Friday with low...
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17 Jan 2011

Iran Cuts Subsidies on Fuel and Other Consumer Goods

After months of false starts, dire warnings and political wrangling, Iran has embarked on a sweeping program of cuts in its costly and inefficient system of subsidies on fuel and other essential goods that has put a strain on state finances and held back economic progress for years.
After months of false starts, dire warnings and political wrangling, Iran has embarked on a sweeping program of cuts in...
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16 Jan 2011

Stuxnet Worm Used Against Iran Was Tested in Israel

The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel s never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where neat rows of factories make atomic fuel for the arsenal. Over the past two years, according to intelligence and military experts familiar with its operations, Dimona has taken on a new, equally secret role as a critical testing ground in a joint American and Israeli effort to undermine Iran s efforts to make a bomb of its own.
The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel s never-acknowledged nuclear...
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