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Iran Confiscates Jackson Pollock Painting ... From Itself

The Huffington Post | Sasha von Oldershausen | Posted 05.24.2012

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It’s not your average art heist: One of Iran’s most valuable pieces of art, a painting by U.S. artist Jackson Pollock worth $250 million, has been...

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Iran Delays Testing Long-Range Missiles, Ready For Nuclear Talks

Reuters | Posted 02.29.2012

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TEHRAN, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Iran test-fired long range missiles on Saturday during a naval exercise in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency rep...

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Tehran and the British Embassy -- This Isn't 1979

Maryam Zar | Posted 01.30.2012

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Maryam Zar

This was no display of simultaneous inspiration. This was a government that feels increasingly cornered, attempting to show the world it still has popular support.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Warns U.S. Over Assassination Claims

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 12.16.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader warned the United States on Sunday that any measures taken against Tehran over an alleged plot to assassina...

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Former Secretary Of State Warren Christopher Passes Away

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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March 19, 2011 7:43:00 AM WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, who helped bring peace to Bosnia ...

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Abandoning Friends, Appeasing Foes

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joan Z. Shore

Does America have the guts, and the integrity, to finally help those struggling against Iran's regime? Or are we going to continue to play poker with Ahmadinejad, bluffing our way into a deadly showdown?

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Assad visits Iran to boost ties

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Syrian president arrives in Tehran for talks with Ahmadinejad amid thaw in Damascus-Washington ties....

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Japan approves new Iran sanctions

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tokyo imposes restrictions on Iranian business interests over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme....

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Iranian Woman At Risk Of Stoning For Circulating Banned Book

The Guardian | Alexandra Topping | Posted 05.25.2011

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An Iranian woman accused by the Tehran regime of circulating copies of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses is at risk of being stoned and flogged if h...

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Iran Cranks Up Its Crackdown on Culture

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Virginia M. Moncrieff

The attack on culture in Iran has been steadily growing since last year. Before his jailing, film director Jafar Panahi had given extensive interviews about how he avoided the Culture Ministry.

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The Yellow Dogs: An Illegal Rock Band Breaks Out

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrea Chalupa

The Yellow Dogs are an amazing rock band in Iran, where rock bands are illegal, along with other important things that make life worth living.

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Iran mulls downgrading ties with UK

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tehran reconsidering relations with Britain following recent tensions....

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Mousavi's nephew said among at least 4 killed at Tehran rally

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least four Iranian demonstrators, including the nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, were killed on Sunday in clashers with security fo...

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Jobs and common language lure Afghan migrants to Iran

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bigan Saliani, who was born in Iran, traveled to Tehran for Worldfocus to report on Afghan refugees there. He writes here about why he felt t...

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Police clash with Iran protesters

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Police reportedly fire tear gas and to disperse opposition rally in Tehran....

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House lets states get rid of Iran-linked funds

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday sent a message to Iran that pursuit of nuclear capability will not go unpunished, approving legislation that allows state and local governments to curtail investments in international corporations doing business in Iran's energy sector.

The legislation also protects from shareholder lawsuits those investment managers who divest funds from companies that are involved in Iran's energy sector or have provided equipment for the transport of oil or liquefied natural gas from Iran.

The bill passed the House 414-6 and now goes to the Senate.

The bill does not impose new sanctions, said its author, Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass.

"What it does is to make it very clear that Americans who are deeply concerned about the prospect of Iranian nuclear power, and other aspects of Iranian governance, that they are able to act on those (concerns)," he said.

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US House passes Iran sanctions bill

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Move allows president to penalise firms that help supply Tehran with fuel....

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Analysis / Tehran heard Obama's Nobel speech loud and clear

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tehran apparently heard loud and clear President Barack Obama's hint to Iran in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance Thursday, when he said it is "...

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Deputy FM Ayalon: Sanctions may topple Iran government

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon on Saturday said he believes the international community will impose sanctions against Iran over its nuclear pro...

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Iran MPs urge government to reduce IAEA cooperation

The Independent | Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawmakers urged Iran's government today to submit a plan on reducing cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after the UN bod...

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Iran accuses Britain of meddling

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tehran says UK support for protesters is an interference in country's domestic affairs....

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World powers tame Iran's uranium enrichment program

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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The former U.S. embassy in Tehran. Photo: Flickr user John In the international chess game over Iran’s nuclear program, it was six wor...

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Reports: Iranian opposition activists arrested day after protests turn deadly

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian opposition Web sites say a total of seven anti-government activists have been arrested in a new crackdown on the opp...

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Iran may ship 'part' of its uranium abroad

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's foreign minister said Monday that Tehran may agree to ship part of its stockpile of low enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment, the first official indication that Iran could at least partly sign onto a U.N.-drafted plan aimed at easing nuclear tensions.

The plan is seen by the international community as a way to delay Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon by getting a large part of its enriched uranium stock out of the country, preventing it from being reworked into a warhead. Iran says its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran's final decision over the plan will "will be made in the next few days."

As an alternative to the U.N. plan, Mottaki said Iran was weighing whether to buy enriched uranium abroad and keep its own supply. The fuel is needed for a research reactor that makes medical isotopes.

"To supply fuel, we may purchase it like in the past, or we may deliver part of (the low enriched uranium) fuel which we currently don't need," Mottaki said.

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Iran opposition: 4 demonstrators killed in Teheran clashes

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Four opposition supporters were killed on Sunday during clashes with police in central Tehran, reported the Iranian opposition website, Jaras. ......

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