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Los Angeles Times - Mon Nov 9, 1:05 pm ET
A prosecutor says the three, who apparently strayed across the border while hiking in Iraq, are charged with espionage. President Ahmadinejad says they must convince a court they had no 'ill intention Iran's president on Monday likened three Americans held in his country on possible espionage charges to drivers violating city traffic rules, saying he hoped they would have a "good response" to ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Tue Nov 10, 2:26 am ET
Three American hikers who were arrested in Iran this summer after straying across its border with Iraq have been accused of spying, an Iranian state news agency reported on Monday.
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New York Post - Mon Nov 9, 10:51 am ET
TEHRAN, Iran — A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage on Monday, the first signal that Tehran intends to put them on trial. The move could set up the Americans — who relatives say were hiking...
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New York Times - Mon Nov 9, 5:24 pm ET
The Obama administration told Iran in back-channel messages that it would allow it to send its enriched uranium to several nations for safekeeping.
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Los Angeles Times - Mon Nov 9, 10:20 pm ET
The deadlock-ending accord divides power between U.S.-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. After a months-long deadlock, Lebanon's rival political camps agreed to a unity government that includes both American-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim political party and militia that the United States considers ...
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 3:45 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish and Iranian officials held talks on a proposal from the chief of the United Nations nuclear agency for Iran’s enriched uranium to be sent to Turkey for processing into reactor fuel, an alternative to a plan for Russia to do the work.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 10:03 am ET
Iran still wants talks with world powers over fuel supplies to a Tehran nuclear reactor — despite the country's apparent rejection of a U.N. plan to curb Iran's enriched uranium stockpile.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Tue Nov 10, 12:27 am ET
WASHINGTON -- Three Americans who were arrested by Iranian border guards in late July after crossing into Iran from neighboring Iraq have been charged with espionage, a top Iranian prosecutor said yesterday.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 3:32 pm ET
Iran has charged three detained U.S. citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a prosecutor as saying on Monday, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was no evidence to back the charges.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 9:47 am ET
The trial of French academic Clothilde Reiss arrested on July 1 and accused of taking part in unauthorised demonstrations is to resume, the Iranian capital's chief prosecutor said on Monday.
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The Vacaville Reporter - Tue Nov 10, 4:07 am ET
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq.The announcement comes as Washington and Tehran are deadlocked in negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, raising concern that the three could be used as
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 2:46 pm ET
Iran charged three Americans it captured in July near the border with Iraq with espionage on Monday, prompting Washington to demand the release of what it says are innocent hikers.
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KDKA Pittsburgh - Mon Nov 9, 4:55 pm ET
A senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage on Monday, the first signal that Tehran intends to put them on trial. Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, all graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. They were arrested July 31 after straying over the Iranian border from northern Iraq. The U.S. government and their ...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 9:05 am ET
The United States wants to give Iran "some space" in negotiations on a key deal on the supply of fuel for a nuclear reactor, amid signs Tehran is set to reject it, a top US official said here Monday.
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Los Angeles Times - Sun Nov 8, 4:20 pm ET
A state-owned station says officials may compromise on a U.N. bid to have uranium refined abroad. Iran may seek a 'simultaneous exchange' of enriched uranium for medical reactor uranium plates. A state-owned Iranian television station quoted unnamed diplomats Sunday as saying Iran, in a possible compromise to a U.N.-backed proposal, is willing to send about 1,800 pounds of its enriched uranium ...