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Iran: Advanced enrichment centrifuges installed
February 13, 2013 12:35 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran said Wednesday that it has begun installing a new generation of centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment facility, a move that will allow it to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment in defiance of U.N. calls to halt such activities. Vice President Fereidoun Abbasi... more » -
Iran state TV: At least 87 dead in earthquake
August 11, 2012 1:33 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian state television says at least 87 people have been killed in a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran. At least 400 others were injured in Saturday's quake, the channel said, which damaged hundreds of homes when it hit near the town of Ahar in East Azerbaijan... more » -
Iran leader: Stop exporting oil, make new economy
July 29, 2012 5:50 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's supreme leader has outlined a new approach to overcome Western sanctions - stop selling oil and build knowledge-based industries instead. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's says what he calls a "resistant economy" can effectively counter the sanctions. This month the European Union enforced a ban on oil... more » -
GOP leader suggests force vs. Iran
March 5, 2012 8:03 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Republican leader said Monday the United States should use overwhelming military force against Iran if American intelligence shows that Tehran has decided to build a nuclear weapon or it has started to enrich uranium to weapons-grade level, a bold call certain to reverberate in U.S.-Israeli... more » -
Obama: Not hesitant on force to defend interests
March 4, 2012 11:34 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says he prefers to use diplomacy to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, but he is making it clear that he won't "hesitate to use force" when necessary to defend the U.S. and its interests. Obama also says in a speech to a pro-Israel... more » -
Top senators agree on tough penalties for Iran
January 30, 2012 8:06 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A top Senate Democrat and Republican have agreed on a bill to impose sweeping new penalties on Iran. The Banking Committee chairman, Sen. Tim Johnson, and Sen. Richard Shelby announced the legislation late Monday that would target Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and would apply sanctions to more... more » -
Iran warns Arabs not to replace embargoed oil
January 15, 2012 12:14 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian pro-reform newspaper says the country's OPEC governor has warned the country's Arab neighbors that Tehran will view any increase in crude production to counterbalance a potential embargo on Iranian oil as an unfriendly act. A Sunday report by Shargh daily quotes Mohammad Ali Khatibi... more » -
Iran Guard says will close strait if oil blocked
January 8, 2012 11:23 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian newspaper quotes a senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard as saying that Tehran's leadership has decided to order the closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf if the country's oil exports are blocked. Khorasan daily reported Sunday... more » -
Hostages reunite at West Point
January 21, 2011 12:28 PM
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - A reunited group of former Iranian hostages is getting a rousing welcome from West Point cadets 30 years after returning to U.S. soil. Thousands of cadets cheered on more than a dozen former hostages visiting the U.S. Military Academy for a weekend reunion starting... more » -
3 Americans jailed in Iran meet with their mothers
May 20, 2010 8:27 AM
Iran's state-run Press TV says three Americans jailed in Iran are meeting with their mothers. Press TV broadcast footage of Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal hugging and kissing their mothers, who wore long black headscarves and held bouquets of flowers. The trio's mothers arrived in Tehran... more » -
U.S., Iranian diplomats hold rare 1-on-1 talks
October 1, 2009 10:20 AM
U.S. and Iranian delegates met for rare one-on-one talks as world powers began high-stakes discussions Thursday to demand a halt to Iran's nuclear activities, a U.S. official said. Under Secretary of State William Burns met with Saeed Jalili, Tehran's chief negotiator, according to U.S. spokesman Robert Wood. Western... more » -
Iran will allow Swiss access to detained Americans
September 29, 2009 12:19 PM
U.S. officials say Iran has notified the Swiss government that it can have access to three Americans who have been detained in Iran since being arrested for illegal entry in late July. The move could be seen as a conciliatory gesture on Iran's part, coming ahead of a meeting between... more »
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