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U.S. pursuing more pressure on Iran (Washington Post)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 23:33:23 GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. officials will consult allies in Europe next week on ways to intensify pressure on Iran amid suspicions Tehran is trying to evade sanctions by concealing the origin of financial transactions.


US urges allies to keep pressure on Iran (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:55:28 GMT

U.S. officials, wanting to keep up financial pressure on Iran, plan to meet with European allies next week.


U.S. pursuing increased pressure on Iran (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:37:09 GMT

Senior U.S. officials will consult allies in Europe next week on ways to intensify pressure on Iran amid efforts by Tehran to evade existing sanctions by concealing the origin of financial transactions.


Rice warns of 'increasingly dangerous' Iran (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:18:52 GMT

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described Iran as "increasingly dangerous" and refused to rule out US military action if Tehran refuses to suspend its nuclear program.


Iran expects no new sanctions for now (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:54:23 GMT

Iran expects the United Nations to hold off on new sanctions while Tehran pursues new talks with the UN atomic agency about its disputed nuclear work, a senior Iranian official said Friday.


President says Iran and Syria can help a lot in fighting terrorism in Iraq (International Herald Tribune)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:02:50 GMT

Iraq's president said in remarks aired Friday that the country could have been more successful in ending the insurgency and sectarian violence if it had received full support from Iran and Syria.


Iran ends petrol-only car making (BBC News)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:20:22 GMT

Iran is to stop making purely petrol-driven cars and move to dual-fuel vehicles, in a bid to reduce petrol subsidies.


Would deterrence work against nuclear Iran? (MSNBC)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:38:44 GMT

The presidential contenders’ rhetoric so far has focused on how to dissuade Iran from building nuclear weapons, not on how to deter the regime from using the weapons if it is able to build them. [!]


U.S. urges allies to keep pressure on Iran (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
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Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:46:39 GMT

By JEANNINE AVERSA U.S. officials, wanting to keep up financial pressure on Iran, plan to meet with European allies next week. Although a range of issues related to thwarting terrorist financiers is expected to be discussed, much of the talks with government officials and representatives of financial institutions will center on Iran, said Stuart Levey, Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and ...


Iran to end gasoline-only cars, make them dual fuel (USA Today)
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Fri, 06 Jul 2007 21:33:32 GMT

A week after it began rationing fuel, Iran's government has announced it will stop producing cars that burn only gasoline, outfitting them to also run on liquified petroleum gas, the BBC reports. Existing cars also will be converted to burn...