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Iran holds 2 Germans linked to stoning case (AP)

October 12th, 2010

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday July 8, 2010, of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who is facing the punishment of stoning to death in Iran, on charges of adultery. Iran said Monday, Oct. 11, 2010,  that it had arrested two foreigners as they were interviewing the son of a woman whose sentence of death by stoning on an adultery conviction has ignited binternational/b outrage. ran's judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi said the two foreigners arrested had entered the country on tourist visas and did not have documents to prove they were journalists. His comments were carried on the official IRNA news agency. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, ho, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES **AP - Iran confirmed Tuesday that it arrested two German nationals as they approached the home of a woman whose sentence of death-by-stoning on an adultery conviction has drawn international…

Iran: 2 foreigners arrested, tied to stoning case (AP)

October 11th, 2010

An activist with red lipstick on her face to depict blood participates in a demonstration against a stoning sentence in Iran for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, pictured in the background, outside the Italian Parliament, in Rome,Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Iran has faced a growing storm of protest over a stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery that has been temporarily suspended. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Iranian authorities have arrested two foreigners as they were interviewing the son of a woman who could face death by stoning on an adultery conviction, the state news…

Iran ready to hold talks with US in Oct or Nov (AP)

October 9th, 2010

FILE- Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi delivers a speech at the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, in this file photo dated Monday, Sept. 20, 2010.  Quoted Saturday Oct. 9, 2010, by the semiofficial Fars news agency,  Iran's Ali Akbar Salehi seemed to confirm that Iran has been fighting espionage at its nuclear facilities, saying that personnel at the country's nuclear facilities were lured by promises of better pay to pass secrets to the West, but that increased security and worker privileges has put a stop to the spying. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)AP - Iran says it is ready to hold talks over its nuclear program with the United States and other major powers in late October or early November.


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Iran acknowledges espionage at nuclear facilities (AP)

October 9th, 2010

FILE- Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi delivers a speech at the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, in Vienna, Austria, in this file photo dated Monday, Sept. 20, 2010.  Quoted Saturday Oct. 9, 2010, by the semiofficial Fars news agency,  Iran's Ali Akbar Salehi seemed to confirm that Iran has been fighting espionage at its nuclear facilities, saying that personnel at the country's nuclear facilities were lured by promises of better pay to pass secrets to the West, but that increased security and worker privileges has put a stop to the spying. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, file)AP - Iran revealed for the first time Saturday that some personnel at the country’s nuclear facilities were lured by promises of money to pass secrets to the West, but…

Fortified border: Iraq on guard against Iran (AP)

September 26th, 2010

AP - On any map, this castle-like fort is located in Iran. But war, time and drifting desert sands have blurred the border, and for now, Iraqi guards stoutly defend…

Report: Oman talking to Iran on US prisoners (AP)

September 26th, 2010

This photo provided by Sarah Shourd on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, shows her with her two hiking companions Shane Bauer, left, and Josh Fattal after they were detained in Iraq.  Shourd was released from confinement in Iran on Sept. 14, after 13 months inprisonment, most of the time in solitary confinement. Bauer and Fattal remain in Iran.  (AP Photo) **NO SALES**AP - An Iranian newspaper reported that a delegation from nearby Oman will visit Iran Sunday to pursue the release of two American men imprisoned for more than a year.


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Ahmadinejad says Iran may end enrichment (AP)

September 24th, 2010

**CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO IRANIAN AMBASSADOR KHAZAEI** Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, confers with an aide during a press conference in New York, Friday Sept. 24, 2010.  (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - Iran would consider ending higher level uranium enrichment, the most crucial part of its controversial nuclear activities, if world powers send Tehran nuclear fuel for a medical research…

Diplomats: Iran seeks seat on UN nuke agency board (AP)

September 23rd, 2010

The Bushehr nuclear reactor in southern Iran. The US and Iranian leaders have taken their rivalry to the UN General Assembly after six world powers said they were seeking an AP - Diplomats say Iran is seeking a seat on the decision-making board of the same U.N. nuclear agency probing its activities for evidence that Tehran may be interested in…

Bomb attack kills 10 people in western Iran (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

AP - A bomb exploded at a military parade in northwestern Iran on Wednesday, killing 10 spectators in an attack that one official blamed on Kurdish separatists who have fought…

US presses China on Iran, NKorea sanctions (AP)

September 20th, 2010

AP - The Obama administration is pushing China to implement international sanctions against Iran and North Korea as it seeks Chinese advice on how to engage the two countries over their…