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Iran’s rights to nuclear non-negotiable: Ahmadinejad (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran’s right to nuclear capabilities was non-negotiable, ahead of proposed talks with major world powers on its controversial atomic programme.

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Iran’s Businesses Worry in Face of Uncertainty (Time.com)

October 27th, 2010

Time.com - Businesses have grown dependent on official energy subsidies and, with the government mum about how it plans to cut them, many industrialists foresee really bad times ahead

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Iran’s top leader seeks to secure clerics’ support (AP)

October 19th, 2010

In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, waves to the crowd in a public gathering during his visit to the city of Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010.  (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES **AP - Iran’s supreme leader pushed defiant senior clerics to throw their support behind the government Tuesday as he began a 10-day visit to the holy city of Qom, hoping…

Iran’s Ahmadinejad says capitalism faces defeat (AP)

September 21st, 2010

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared Tuesday that capitalism faces inevitable defeat and called for the overhaul of “undemocratic and unjust” global decision-making bodies.


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AP Interview: Ahmadinejad says future is Iran’s (AP)

September 19th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed by journalists from The Associated Press, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that “the future belongs to Iran,” and challenged the United States to accept that his country has a major role in the…

Iran’s president brings political baggage to NY (AP)

September 16th, 2010

FILE - In this May 3, 2010 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a conference to review the workings of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty at United Nations Headquarters. Iran's president will likely swagger into New York next week in much the same style as past visits for the annual U.N. General Assembly: ready to take his jabs at America on its home turf. But any outward confidence on the big U.S. stage contrasts sharply with his increasingly public power struggles back in Iran that could shape the tone of the Islamic republic for years to come. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)AP - Iran’s president will likely swagger into New York next week in much the same style as past visits for the annual U.N. General Assembly: ready to take his…

New Western concerns over Iran’s nuclear program (AP)

September 15th, 2010

AP - The United States, Britain and France expressed growing concern Wednesday that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program and developing ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.

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US woman caught in middle of Iran’s power struggle (AP)

September 11th, 2010

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Sarah Shourd, left, hugs her mother Nora Shourd, as Shane Bauer, second right, hugs his mother Cindy Hickey, during their meeting at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Iran’s start-and-stop announcements over the release of one of three detained Americans add up to a distinct message: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies still have a fight…

Iran’s president intervened in American’s release (AP)

September 10th, 2010

FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Sarah Shourd, center, and Josh Fattal, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Iran’s president intervened to secure the release of Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans jailed for more than 13 months, in part because of her gender, a news…

Russia: Iran’s nuclear plant to get fuel next week (AP)

August 13th, 2010

FILE - In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), the reactor building of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is seen, just outside the port city of Bushehr 750 miles (1245 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, in this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo. Russia's nuclear agency spokesman Sergei Novikov said Friday Aug. 13, 2010  it will load fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant next week, marking the start of its launch. (AP Photo/ISNA, Mehdi Ghasemi)  EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALESAP - Russia will load fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant next week despite U.S. demands to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear energy until the country proves that it’s not…