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US administration debates new Iran strategy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:08:25 GMT

An internal debate is reportedly underway in the administration of US President George W. Bush on whether the current diplomatic approach toward Iran has any hope of halting the country's nuclear program.


U.S.-Iran relations sour academic outreach (Knoxville News Sentinel)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:41:46 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran - The American Studies program at the University of Tehran is a bold experiment in a nation locked in bitter confrontation with the United States - at a school where chants of "Death to America!" still punctuate Friday prayers.


Iran Curtails Freedom In Throwback to 1979 (Washington Post)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:38:13 GMT

Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.


Iran debate intensifies within U.S. admin: NYT (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:28:14 GMT

A debate within the U.S. administration over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program has intensified between those favoring a diplomatic solution and those pushing the option of military strikes, the New York Times reported in Saturday editions.


Strategy on Iran Stirs New Debate at White House (New York Times)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:48:08 GMT

The behind-the-scenes debate, over whether diplomacy can rein in Iran?s nuclear program, pits the Secretary of State against hawks in Vice President Dick Cheney?s office.


Iran to privatise telco firm (AME Info)
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Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:24:02 GMT

Iran plans to privatise its government owned telecom company by the end of the Iranian year, March 19 2008, according to Reuters citing state television. The country's previous attempts to stoke up interest in public owned firms from the private sector has generated only a lukewarm response.


US administration debates new Iran strategy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:12:03 GMT

An internal debate is underway in the administration of US President George W. Bush on whether the current diplomatic approach toward Iran has any hope of halting the country's nuclear program, The New York Times reported on its website Friday.


Iran’s long game sets stage for war (Times Online)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 22:31:53 GMT

ISRAEL awoke last Friday to find itself encircled by enemies with its most determined foe, Iran, entrenched on its southern doorstep in Gaza. Hamas’s stunningly swift victory in a brief civil war has left the Jewish state at its must vulnerable for three decades.


White House debates Iran strategy (UPI)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:49:54 GMT

U.S. President George Bush's plan to rein in Iran's nuclear program is pitting White House officials against each other, it was reported Saturday.


Iran strategy stirs debate at White House (Boston Globe)
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Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:22:49 GMT

WASHINGTON -- A year after President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a new strategy toward Iran, a behind-the-scenes debate has broken out within the administration over whether the approach has any hope of reining in Iran's nuclear program, according to senior administration officials.