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  • Posts Tagged ‘Iran’

    Iran ‘is open to nuclear talks’

    Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

    Iran’s president says he is open to nuclear talks - one day after he said he would not retreat “one iota” on the issue.

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    U.S. wary on Iran outreach

    Monday, July 28th, 2008

    "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Nightly News)U.S. officials reacted warily to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s promise Monday in an interview with NBC News of a “positive” response to Western outreach efforts.

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    U.S. battles arms smuggling into Iraq

    Friday, July 18th, 2008

    U.S. forces in Iraq are launching a new crackdown on weapons smuggling from Iran, in part by tighter monitoring of border crossings, a U.S. commander told The Associated Press on Friday.

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    Top military officer urges Iran diplomacy

    Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

    Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in Washington. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)It could turn out to be one of the significant comments of the 2008 campaign — and due to the July 4 weekend, it isn’t getting much notice. The nation’s highest ranking military officer warned Wednesday upon his return from a visit to Israel that a strike on Iran would be a very bad idea.

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    Oil a shaky crutch for Iran’s Ahmadinejad

    Monday, June 30th, 2008

    epa01389269 (FILE) A file picture dated 03 June 2008 shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during three-day summit on food security at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome, Italy. Ahmadinejad on 19 June 2008 charged the United States with an assassination plot against him, Fars news agency reported. EPA/ANDREW MEDICHINI / POOLIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is relying on huge increases in oil and gas revenue to insulate his government from internal and external pressures. But the increasing gap between the rich and poor is denting his populist appeal.

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    Report: U.S. escalating covert ops against Iran

    Sunday, June 29th, 2008

    US President George W. Bush delivers a speech to the World Economic Forum on the Middle East at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Congress Centre on May 18, 2008. Bush said today that peace in the Middle East was possible by the end of the year but that it needed action on both sides and "tough sacrifices". Bush, on the final leg of a Middle East tour, also took aim at archfoe Iran over its nuclear drive and criticised the nations of the region over the lack of political freedom and human rights. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush’s funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.


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    Iran exiles back armed opposition

    Saturday, June 28th, 2008

    Thousands of supporters of Iran’s outlawed opposition rally in France to end international bans on its armed wing.

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    Iran: Nuclear enrichment continues ‘non-stop’

    Saturday, June 21st, 2008

    Iran is pressing on with uranium enrichment “non-stop,” its envoy to the U.N. nuclear agency was quoted as saying on Saturday, despite a world powers’ offer of economic incentives to coax Tehran into halting such activities.

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    U.N.: Bomb Iran and face Mideast ‘ball of fire’

    Saturday, June 21st, 2008

    The U.S. says an Israeli military exercise appears to be a rehearsal for a potential attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports from the Pentagon.  (Today Show)The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief warned in comments aired Saturday that any military strike on Iran could turn the Mideast to a “ball of fire” and lead Iran to a more-aggressive stance on its controversial nuclear program.

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