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# iran - Friday 17 May, 2013
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Women ‘cannot stand for president of Iran’
A prominent cleric has said that the law prohibits women from being president.
# iran - Monday 6 May, 2013
Journalist reports existence of Iran ‘vote-rigging’ tape, gets arrested
A news website editor has been arrested after reporting on tapes where Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ‘discusses vote-rigging’.
# iran - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
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The 5 at 5: Tuesday
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At least 40 killed in 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Iran
The massive earthquake, close to the Pakistani border, was felt as far away as Abu Dhabi and New Delhi.
# iran - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Crises in Syria and Korea to dominate G8 talks in London
Iran’s atomic ambitions, instability in north and west Africa, and climate change will also be up for discussion.
# iran - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Iran: 33 killed in strong earthquake
The earthquake measured 6.3 on the Richter Scale.
# iran - Saturday 6 April, 2013
No understanding reached between Iran and world powers
High-level talks about Tehran’s nuclear programme were held in Almaty, Kazakhstan this weekend.
# iran - Tuesday 2 April, 2013
United Nations adopts global arms trade treaty
The treaty will see states, for the first time ever, prohibited from selling arms to countries when they know they will be used to carry out war crimes or genocide.
# iran - Friday 29 March, 2013
Iran, Syria and North Korea block adoption of global arms treaty
The draft proposals could be put to a vote in the General Assembly as soon as Tuesday, however.
# iran - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Iran repeats offer to help US find missing ex-FBI agent
The former agent disappeared six years ago while reportedly investigating cigarette counterfeiting in the region.
# iran - Saturday 9 March, 2013
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# iran - Saturday 2 March, 2013
Iran: ‘Bashar al-Assad will run for Syrian president again next year’
Iran’s foreign minister says the country officially expects Assad to remain in power for the rest of his mandate, and run again.
# iran - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Timeline: Iran’s controversial nuclear programme
Yesterday Iran and six world powers met for talks on Tehran’s controversial nuclear programme.
# iran - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
World powers begin talks with Iran over nuclear programme
Iran has said that it’s their right to enrich uranium, but experts fear that it could be turned into a nuclear warhead in a matter of months.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
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# iran - Monday 28 January, 2013
Iran’s space monkey doesn’t look happy
This little guy is the Yuri Gagarin of Iran’s monkeys. He looks pretty unhappy about that, though.
# iran - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
North Korea removes rocket from launch pad: report
According to analysis of the latest satellite imagery, the entire three-stage Unha-3 carrier has been removed to a nearby assembly facility.
# iran - Monday 10 December, 2012
Iran says it decoded data from captured CIA drone
Tehran now claiming it will reverse-engineer the drone and build its own version.
# iran - Sunday 9 December, 2012
Write for Rights: The story of Narges Mohammadi
Imprisoned Iranian human rights worker is one of 12 the cases that Amnesty International wants to highlight – and get help with – before 2012 is out.
# iran - Thursday 6 December, 2012
Buried news: what happened yesterday (other than Budget 2013)?
You may have missed these nuggets in the flurry of austerity announcements.
# iran - Wednesday 5 December, 2012
Iran earthquake kills five, destroys villages in rural area
The quake registered 5.5 on the moment magnitude scale and hit at around 5pm GMT.
# iran - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
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Iran ‘captures’ US drone over Gulf waters
The unmanned drone is reported to have been captured after it entered Iranian airspace, the Revolutionary Guards have said. t
# iran - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
Iran: Uranium enrichment to be speeded up
Iran is to step up its uranium enrichment programme by sharply increasing the number of centrifuges used to make nuclear fuel.
# iran - Sunday 21 October, 2012
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US denies agreement to meet Iran, but says it is prepared to do so
The New York Times reported that the US had agreed one-on-one talks with Iran after the November presidential election but the White House has denied this.
# iran - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
Israel set for January election after dissolution of Knesset
A date has been set for an early general election after coalition partners reached a deadlock over of austerity measures for the country’s upcoming budget.
# iran - Thursday 11 October, 2012
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Group to hold anti-war protest outside Dáil
The Irish Anti War Movement is calling for an end to US military flights out of Shannon Airport.
# iran - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
The Evening Fix… now with added emos.
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Iran to lift ban on Irish beef
Irish beef will be back on the menu in Iran shortly, an Oireachtas committee heard today.
# iran - Monday 8 October, 2012
Romney says risk in Middle East has increased under Obama
In a wide-ranging foreign policy speech, Mitt Romney argued the case for supporting countries who would arm Syria’s rebels.
# iran - Sunday 30 September, 2012
Iran’s news agency: Sorry we mistook a story from The Onion for real news
Iran’s state news agency ran a story about an opinion poll which found Mahmoud Ahmadinjad was more popular than Barack Obama. Only problem? It was from The Onion.
# iran - Thursday 27 September, 2012
Video: Israeli PM uses ‘bomb’ diagram to warn of Iran nuclear threat
Benjamin Netanyahu used a white card with a cartoon-style bomb on it to illustrate the threat he says is posed by Iran’s uranium enrichment programme.
# iran - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
Supporting homosexuality is ‘for capitalists’, says Iranian president
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denied that his criticism of homosexuality amounted to a denial of individual freedoms.
# iran - Monday 24 September, 2012
Frustration and turmoil as world leaders meet for UN general assembly
Syria, Palestine, Iran’s nuclear program and protests generated by an anti-Islamic film will top the agenda.
# iran - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Siemens denies selling sabotaged nuclear gear to Iran
An Iran lawmaker had made the claims through State media.
# iran - Thursday 20 September, 2012
VIDEO: Someone in Iran threw a grenade on a football pitch JUST before it blew up
One player bent down to pick up the grenade and throw it off the field and it went off just seconds after he let go.
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