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Iranian MP: Iran has pictures of restricted Israeli areas
Reuters 29 Oct 2012
DUBAI — Iran holds pictures of Israeli bases and other restricted areas obtained from a drone launched into...
A general view shows the reactor building at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran, 1200 kms south of Tehran, on August 20, 2010. After decades of delay and sanctions, Iran will launch on August 21, 2010 its Russian-built first nuclear power plant in the face of Western suspicion that its atomic programme has a covert military agenda.
EU agrees on wider Iran sanctions
Reuters 15 Oct 2012
European Union governments agreed on further sanctions against Iran's banking, shipping and industrial sectors on...
Senior Iranian diplomat plays down trade agreements, highlights industry-specific assistance
Al-Masry Al-Youm 14 Oct 2012
Hassan Kazemi, Iran’s assistant foreign minister for economic affairs, said that his country is open to a free...
File photo shows an Iranian surfing the Internet at a cafe in Tehran. Iran has denied online reports surfacing Tuesday that it plans to cut access to the Internet in August and replace it with a national intranet, according to a statement by the ministry of communication and information technology.
US thinks 'Iran behind cyberattack in Saudi'
AFP 13 Oct 2012
The United States believes Iran was behind a major cyberattack on Saudi Arabia's state oil company and a Qatari gas...
Iran could make the bomb within 10 months: experts
AFP 09 Oct 2012
Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to make an atomic bomb within two to four months and then would need an...
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran pose for the media just before starting his meeting with Turkey`s president Abdullah Gul at Ciragan Palace in Istanbul on June 7, 2010.
Iran imposes currency cap to combat rial's plunge
AFP 06 Oct 2012
TEHRAN — Iran on Saturday sought to reverse a collapse of its currency by imposing a fixed dollar rate, days...
Supporters of presidential candidate of Iran, "Mir-Hossein Mousavi," demonstrating against the election of "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" the country's president in June 2009
Clashes in Iran as police raid money changers
AFP 03 Oct 2012
TEHRAN — A protest and scuffles with police occurred in central Tehran on Wednesday in the first sign of public...
A Syrian protester standing near riot police chants anti-Assad slogans in front of the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, as President Mohamed Morsi delivers his speech during the opening session of  Arab foreign ministers meeting, 5 September 2012.
Saudi misses another regional meeting over Syria
Reuters 03 Oct 2012
Saudi Arabia has stayed away for a second time from a meeting of Egypt, Turkey and Iran to discuss the Syria crisis,...
Iranian technicians are seen at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities (UCF), 420 kms south of Tehran.
Iran rial plunges as Western sanctions bite
Reuters 01 Oct 2012
Iran's rial plunged against the US dollar in open-market trade on Monday, taking its loss in value over the past...
Israeli's Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman stands next to a plate commemorating the Israeli athletes who were killed during attacks during the Munich Olympic Games 1972 at the former Olympic village in Munich, southern Germany, on April 8, 2011. Eleven Isreaeli athletes were killed by Palestinian gunmen during these Olympics.
Israel FM: Iran sanctions could spark uprising
AFP 30 Sep 2012
International sanctions could trigger a popular uprising in Iran like last year's revolt in Egypt that toppled...