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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Ever isolated by the United States and its European allies, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is increasingly forging ties in Latin America, and not just with fervently anti-American leaders such as Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
The United Nations watchdog also demanded Iran freeze operations “immediately” at a once-secret uranium plant.
The United States welcomed as "significant" the IAEA's decision Friday to censure Iran over its nuclear program and demand it halt construction at a newly-revealed enrichment plant.
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Thursday said he supports Iran's right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and stressed that those accusing Tehran of other intentions should provide proof.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, her attorney and Norway's government said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps they are taking against any dissent.
VIENNA -- The International Atomic Energy Agency probe of Iran's nuclear program is at a dead end because Tehran is not cooperating, the chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Thursday in an unusually blunt expression of frustration four days before he leaves office.
TEHRAN — Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the human-rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent.
Iran has "illegally" frozen bank accounts belonging to Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, in a bid to step up pressure on the rights advocate and critic of the Islamic regime, her colleagues told AFP on Friday.
Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the Norwegian government said Thursday, accusing Iran of a shocking first in the history of the prize.
World powers united on Friday to seek a new UN censure of Iran's nuclear programme and demand that it halt construction of uranium enrichment site kept secret until recently.
Russia and China joined other world powers Friday in condemning Iran over its nuclear program and demanding that Iran freeze nuclear activities.
Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf won the Freedom to Create Prize on Wednesday, and dedicated his award to leading cleric Hossein Ali Montazeri and the popular opposition movement he supports.
Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, her lawyer and Norway's government said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent. In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded, the government said the confiscation was a shocking first in the history of the 108-year-old prize.
Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, her lawyer and Norway's government said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps they are taking against any dissent.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Caracas for a meeting with President Hugo Chavez, just hours after the Iranian leader stopped in La Paz for a meeting with the Bolivian leader.
Dubai's debt crisis rattled major indexes, but they closed off their lows. The energy- and commodity-heavy NYSE composite fell 2.2%, paring losses...
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