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Iran ready to 'investigate' assassination charges - Washington Post Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:25:48 GMT+00:00

ABC News

Iran ready to 'investigate' assassination charges
Washington Post
TEHRAN — Iran is ready to “investigate” US charges that its elite Quds Force plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Monday, while continuing to deny any Iranian involvement. ...
Iran: US plot allegations resemble Iraq WMD claimsReuters
Iran seeks access to suspect in assassination plot, foreign ministry saysCNN
Ahmadinejad denies Iran plot against Saudi envoyThe Associated Press
ABC News -Jerusalem Post
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Iran's nuclear program suffering new setbacks - Washington Post Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:17:16 GMT+00:00

AFP

Iran's nuclear program suffering new setbacks
Washington Post
Iran's nuclear program, which stumbled badly after a reported cyberattack last year, appears beset by poorly performing equipment, shortages of parts and other woes as global sanctions exert a mounting toll, Western diplomats and ...
Iran-US tension rising ahead of electionsReuters
Iran produces 70 kg high-grade enriched uraniumXinhua
Iran says to make own nuclear fuel plate within 5 monthsAFP
Fars News Agency -Tehran Times
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Freed hikers cheer 'Occupy' movement, plead for prisoners' rights - CNN Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:44:17 GMT+00:00

KGO-TV

Freed hikers cheer 'Occupy' movement, plead for prisoners' rights
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Three Americans freed after being held in Iran lent their support Monday to the now-global Occupy movement, applauding its participants' idealism and activism while making a specific point to protest what they call the ...
Hikers freed from Iran support Occupy Wall StreetNECN
Iran hikers speak at Occupy OaklandKGO-TV
Iran Hikers Show Support for Occupy MovementNBC Bay Area
San Jose Mercury News -FoxReno.com
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On the road, Iran's Khamenei sets stage for a less democratic future - Christian Science Monitor Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:03:11 GMT+00:00

Christian Science Monitor

On the road, Iran's Khamenei sets stage for a less democratic future
Christian Science Monitor
During a nine-day provincial tour, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei pushed for voter participation in upcoming elections, but also suggested that a directly elected president might become a thing of the past. By Scott Peterson, Staff Writer / October 17, ...
Iran warns US of 'response'Sydney Morning Herald
Iran's Khamenei: Presidential elections may become 'thing of past'Alaska Dispatch
Iran Reacts to Pressure From AmericaNew York Times
Tehran Times -The Australian -Press TV
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Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners: United Nations - Times of India Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:28:25 GMT+00:00

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Iran secretly executing hundreds of prisoners: United Nations
Times of India
UNITED NATIONS: Iran's authoritarian regime has been secretly executing hundreds of prisoners, according to a new UN report detailing growing rights abuses in the Islamic republic. The mysterious executions at Vakilabad prison in Mashhad in eastern ...
Reports of human rights abuses in Iran on rise: UNReuters
Iran secretly executed hundreds - UN reportRTE.ie
UN Rips Iran's Human Rights Record in New Report - by Barbara SlavinForeign Policy (blog)
Baha'i World News Service
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US Shouldn't Ignore Iran's Speedboat Threat: Jeffrey Goldberg - Bloomberg Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:18:41 GMT+00:00

US Shouldn't Ignore Iran's Speedboat Threat: Jeffrey Goldberg
Bloomberg
Yes, the Revolutionary Guards have their own navy -- a bigger one, in fact, than Iran's traditional navy. (The traditional navy has 18000 sailors; the IRGC's navy reportedly has 20000 personnel, as well as a large fleet suitable for waging the sort of ...

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No resolution on US troops in Iraq, Iran threat seen - Reuters Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:42:04 GMT+00:00

Reuters

No resolution on US troops in Iraq, Iran threat seen
Reuters
Little said the US desire to keep the trainers in Iraq was based in part on a threat seen emanating from neighboring Iran. "Regardless of the question of troop presence, we are going to be working closely with the government of Iraq because we remain ...
Handing Iraq over to Iran; 160 US troops to remainThe American (blog)
Obama Will Abandon Iraq to IranLubbockOnline.com (blog)
Iraqi Government Balks in Negotiations over Extending US Troop PresenceHeritage.org (blog)

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Iran Rejects Jafar Panahi's Appeal - Hollywood Reporter Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:19:39 GMT+00:00

AFP

Iran Rejects Jafar Panahi's Appeal
Hollywood Reporter
The director's lawyer told Iranian Student News Agency Isna he would appeal the ruling to Iran's supreme court. Panahi is one of Iran's most acclaimed film directors, having won honors in the Berlin, Cannes and Venice Film Festivals. ...
Germany demands Iran revoke jail term for movie directorMonsters and Critics.com
Panahi's socio-political Crimson Gold at Cinema El-FournAhram Online
17/10/2011Berlin sharply condemns Iran filmmaker Panahi's sentenceExpatica Germany
Deadline.com -AFP -Wikinews
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UN slams Iran on women's rights, execution numbers - National Post (blog) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:08:29 GMT+00:00

Bikya Masr

UN slams Iran on women's rights, execution numbers
National Post (blog)
GENEVA — Iran came under fire Monday at the UN Human Rights Committee over its lack of respect for women's rights as well as its failure to provide data on executions. “I don't see any concrete measures taken in Iran to end violence against women,” ...
Iran submits to UN Human Rights Committee review, report reveals arrest ...Windy City Times
ANHRI and Amnesty International condemn Iran over rights abusesBikya Masr
Iran must acknowledge abuses before UN CommitteeAmnesty International
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We probably shouldn't attack Iran, but we shouldn't tell them that - Baltimore Sun Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:01:26 GMT+00:00

Columbus Dispatch

We probably shouldn't attack Iran, but we shouldn't tell them that
Baltimore Sun
Should we bomb Iran for plotting to blow up a Washington, DC, restaurant in order to assassinate the Saudi ambassador? And yet, within hours of the Justice Department charging elements within the Iranian government (the Quds Force of ...
'Reasonable' prez fails to scare IranBoston Herald
Quds Force II – The Storyline Repeats ItselfScoop.co.nz (press release)

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