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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 11:41 am ET
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is driving worried Gulf countries into US arms with his threats to expand Tehran's suspect nuclear program, the top American general in the region said Sunday.
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Payvand Iran News - Mon Dec 7, 11:54 am ET
Iranian police have fired tear gas and used batons to disperse opposition protesters chanting antigovernment slogans in central Tehran, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. Critics of the country's disputed presidential election had vowed to use today's commemoration of Students Day, when officials traditionally stage anti-Western public displays, to show that Iran's reform movement is still strong.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 4:16 pm ET
Tehran - The reformist Tehran daily, Hayat'e No (New Life), closed down on Monday, Fars news agency reported. The Iranian press watchdog banned the daily for working outside the regulations of press law, Fars said without giving further details. ...
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Tue Dec 8, 2:11 pm ET
Opinion: Obama’s Nobel Prize should benefit 2003 Iranian laureate
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UPI - Tue Dec 8, 6:18 pm ET
TEHRAN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The United States and Israel kidnapped an Iranian atomic scientist and a senior Defense Ministry official, Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki charged Tuesday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 3:10 am ET
Hundreds of policemen were deployed around Tehran University on Monday as defiant Iranian students called for mass protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to mark Students Day.
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NPR - Mon Dec 7, 8:03 am ET
The first major protest in more than a month turns violent as security forces and pro-government militiamen confront thousands of opposition supporters demonstrating outside Tehran University and chanting "death to the dictator."
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Space War - Tue Dec 8, 11:34 pm ET
Tehran (AFP) Dec 8, 2009 - Tehran Tuesday accused the United States of abducting an Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia during a minor Muslim pilgrimage, and said Riyadh must also be held accountable.
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CNN - Mon Dec 7, 6:07 pm ET
Iran is calling for the release of an Iranian arms dealer who U.S. authorities say tried to illegally buy U.S. weapons for the Tehran government and was secretly charged, arrested and extradited, state-run media reported Monday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:04 am ET
Iran said Tuesday it has no faith in world powers, calling on them to earn Tehran's trust before the Islamic republic could agree to enter into a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal.
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Time Magazine - Mon Dec 7, 5:48 pm ET
Street clashes in Iranian cities reflect a resilient opposition movement that sustains itself through its diverse forms
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Free Internet Press - Mon Dec 7, 6:11 pm ET
Thousands of student protesters gathered at universities in Tehran and other cities across Iran on Monday, chanting anti-government slogans and fighting with security forces in what appeared to be the most violent street protests since the summer.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 5:02 am ET
Tehran - The office of Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi was surrounded Monday by supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government, Moussavi's website said. About 40 government supporters on motorbikes gathered in front of Moussa...
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Deseret News - Tue Dec 8, 11:52 pm ET
TEHRAN, Iran — Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 4:41 pm ET
Security forces and militiamen clashed with thousands of protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on Monday, beating them with batons and firing tear gas on a day of nationwide student demonstrations, witnesses said.