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Iranian woman to be hanged Wednesday: rights group (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

A demonstrator holds a picture of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, in front of the Iranian Embassy in Rome September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Stefano RellandiniReuters - An Iranian woman whose sentence of execution by stoning for adultery provoked a worldwide outcry will instead be hanged for murder on Wednesday, a human rights group said.


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Iranian FM: Ready to resume nuclear talks soon (AP)

October 15th, 2010

Iran's Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, talks with journalists, prior to the start of a 'Friends of Democratic Pakistan' meeting, at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, Oct. 15, 2010. A group of 26 countries and binternational/b organizations called 'Friends of Democratic Pakistan' gathers in Brussels, to discuss the urgent need for reforms in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Pool)AP - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Friday that Tehran was ready to resume talks about its nuclear program with the international community within a matter of weeks.


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Iranian president stops in Syria on way to UN (AP)

September 18th, 2010

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad , right, welcoming his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Damascus airport on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at the start of the latter's three-nation trip which includes Algeria and the United States where he is to attend next week's UN General Assembly meeting.(AP Photo/ Sana-HO).AP - On his way to the U.N. General Assembly, Iran’s president stopped in Syria Saturday for talks with an important ally in Tehran’s confrontation with the West.


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3rd Iranian diplomat defects in Europe, group says (AP)

September 13th, 2010

Iranian diplomat Hossein Alizadeh poses in Helsinki , Finland Saturday Sept 11, 2010. The ranking diplomat at the Iranian Embassy in Finland said he has quit his job to protest the Islamic Republic's treatment of its citizens. Alizadeh said he had held the No. 2 post at the embassy in Helsinki as deputy head of mission and that he informed the embassy four days ago of his decision to quit after staying off the job for nearly a month. ** FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. ***AP - A third Iranian diplomat upset with Tehran’s post-election crackdown on dissidents has defected in Europe — this time in Belgium, an opposition group said Monday. The announcement came…

Iranian prosecutor ready to release American woman (AP)

September 12th, 2010

An undated family handout picture posted on the website www.freethehikers.org shows US hiker Sarah Shourd in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Iran has cancelled planned release of Shourd, accused of spying and illegally entering the Islamic republic, because of unresolved legal issues, officials said(AFP/HO/File)AP - A senior Iranian prosecutor said Sunday that authorities will release a jailed American woman on $500,000 bail because of health problems, another sudden about-face by Iran in a…

EU decries ‘barbaric’ plans to stone Iranian woman (AP)

September 7th, 2010

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. Ashtiani is now facing a new punishment of 99 lashes because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her, the woman's son said Monday. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File)** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - The international crossfire over Iran’s stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it “barbaric” and an Iranian spokesman saying…

Mobs attack home of Iranian opposition leader (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

** CORRECTS DATE OF ATTACK ** FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran. Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)AP - Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a brazen message…

Iranian opposition leader’s home attacked (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

** CORRECTS DATE OF ATTACK ** FILE - In this June 9, 2009 file photo, Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi attends a press conference in Tehran, Iran. Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of Iranian opposition leader Mahdi Karroubi with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending the annual state-sponsored rally known as Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt…

Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran./p<br /></a> pIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves as he takes part in the Jerusalem Day demonstration in Tehran September 3, 2010. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS)AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt…

Iranian video game hero Garshasp seeks fans abroad (AFP)

August 22nd, 2010

Visitors check out a computer game at the Gamescom trade fair in the German city of Cologne on August 20, 2010. An Iranian games creator is hoping to make a splash with his Persian warrior Garshasp at the event dominated by Americans, Japanese and Europeans.(AFP/Patrik Stollarz)AFP - Arash Jafari is a rare bird at Gamescom, Europe’s biggest video games fair. He is an Iranian creator hoping to make a splash with his Persian warrior Garshasp…

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