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Iranian hard-liners hold pro-government rallies

AP - Fri Dec 11, 10:38 am ET

Thousands of Iranian government supporters staged rallies Friday to denounce opposition students who burned photos of the country's supreme leader in protests this week.

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Iraq should humanely relocate Iranian opposition: US
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 7:05 pm ET
The United States said Friday it expects the Baghdad government to act legally and humanely when it relocates Iranian dissidents from a border camp to southern Iraq before deporting them.
$2B in alleged Iranian assets iced in NYC
UPI - 2 hours 1 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York reportedly issued a sealed order 18 months ago freezing $2 billion in alleged Iranian assets in Citibank.
Iranian exile group under new pressure in Iraq
Washington Post - Fri Dec 11, 12:00 am ET
IRAQ Iraq announced plans Thursday to move members of an Iranian opposition group to a former desert detention camp in a sharp escalation of pressure on a faction that poses complications for both Baghdad and Washington.
Iranian nukes
UPI - Fri Dec 11, 8:44 am ET
By United Press International TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Iran could be slapped with additional sanctions as the international community tries to convince Tehran to rein in its nuclear ambitions.
US turns up heat on Iran over nuclear program, rights
AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 19 minutes ago
The White House turned up the heat on Iran, echoing EU concerns while warning of "credible consequences" if Tehran continues to defy international demands to curb its nuclear ambitions.
Iranian Women Campaign to End Discriminatory Laws against Them
Payvand Iran News - Fri Dec 11, 11:54 am ET
Women are no longer allowed to wear make-up on Iranian television. "It's illegal and against Shari'a law," the head of Iranian state television, Ezatollah Zarghami, was quoted in the Iranian media last week. Although the issue of make-up is surely trivial, it does reveal how the Iranian establishment treats a woman's right to make her own decisions. In fact, the legal rights of women in Iran ...
Clinton slams Iran as major exporter of terror
CNN - Fri Dec 11, 1:25 pm ET
With signs of growing international support for pressure on Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lashed out at Tehran and the Revolutionary Guard military corps Friday, calling the country "the major supporter, promoter and exporter of terrorism in the world today."
U.N. panel voices concern over Iran's apparent violations of arms-export embargo
Washington Post - Fri Dec 11, 12:00 am ET
UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N. sanctions committee expressed "grave concern" Thursday about what it called apparent Iranian violations of a U.N. ban on arms exports, triggering a renewed threat by the United States and its European allies to press for broader sanctions against Tehran if it does not men...
Iran protests: Amnesty International details abuse of protesters
The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Dec 11, 10:16 am ET
A new Amnesty International report offers the most detailed account of Iranian abuse – and official coversups – during postelection protests.
Photos: Christmas Shopping in Tehran
Payvand Iran News - Fri Dec 11, 11:54 am ET
Tehran's Christians residents have embarked on their shopping for the holiday season. While Iran is officially designated the "Islamic Republic," among its more than 66 million people is a small but important Christian minority. Most of Iran's Christians are Armenians and Assyrians, who remain relatively free to follow their faith. -Photos by Raouf Mohseni, MNA
Iraq to transfer Iranian dissident group
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 10:17 am ET
Baghdad is to move exiled Iranian dissidents based at a camp close to the two states' border to south Iraq before deporting them, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in remarks released on Thursday.
Amnesty blasts Iraq over treatment of Iran exiles
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 2:04 pm ET
Amnesty International on Friday warned that Iraq's plans to move an Iranian opposition group to a former desert detention camp in the country's remote south would put them at risk of arbitrary arrest and torture.
LIVESHOTS: Facebook Campaign for Arrested Leader
Fox News - Fri Dec 11, 1:51 pm ET
In a call for solidarity with arrested student leader Majid Tavakoli, hundreds of Iranian men have posted pictures of themselves, wearing the veil, on Facebook.
EU, US back new Iran nuclear sanctions
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 12:59 pm ET
European leaders backed Friday new sanctions against Iran, warning that Tehran's refusal to negotiate over its nuclear programme must be met with a tough response.
Rafsanjani under fire from intel chief
UPI - Fri Dec 11, 6:14 pm ET
TEHRAN, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani came under fire from the Intelligence Ministry for inciting unrest in opposition to the clerical regime.