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Iran: More than 200 arrested in student protests

Iran: More than 200 arrested in student protests

Iran threatened tougher action against protesters Tuesday after more than 200 were arrested during marches by tens of thousands at universities across the country, the biggest anti-government rallies in months....

 

Obama: Iran 'Must Choose' Its Future Path Now

Obama: Iran 'Must Choose' Its Future Path Now

President Barack Obama noted Wednesday's 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, while insisting he wants the United States and Iran to move beyond the "path of sustained suspicion, mistrust and confrontation" that followed the subsequent hostage crisis.

 

Iran's president appears to back nuclear proposal

Iran's president appears to back nuclear proposal

Iran's president today appeared to lend support to an International Atomic Energy Agency proposal to ship the bulk of his country's enriched uranium abroad, casting it as a victory for Iranian steadfastness as the world awaits Tehran's formal response to the deal.

 

Iran may ship 'part' of its uranium abroad

Iran may ship 'part' of its uranium abroad

Iran's foreign minister said Monday that Tehran may agree to ship part of its stockpile of low enriched uranium abroad for further ...

 

World powers turn up heat on Iran

World powers increase pressure on Tehran to reveal the nature of its nuclear programme, as they prepare to meet in Geneva.

 

U.S., UK, France accuse Iran of covert nuclear plant

U.S., UK, France accuse Iran of covert nuclear plant

U.S. President Barack Obama accused Iran on Friday of building a secret nuclear fuel plant for several years and demanded that Tehran comply with international rules on nuclear nonproliferation.

 

Watch your step and Iran trip can be safe

Travel warnings from the U.S. Department of State didn't stop Faith Hentschel, 65, from venturing to Iran this May to visit the rustic sites in ancient Persepolis and the colorful bazaars in Tehran.

 

Black boxes recovered from Iran crash site

Investigators have recovered two of the three black boxes belonging to a Russian-made jetliner that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran, Iran's state radio reported Thursday.

 

At Least 150 Feared Dead in Plane Crash in Iran

At Least 150 Feared Dead in Plane Crash in Iran

A Caspian Airlines passenger aircraft linking Tehran and Armenia crashed in Iran on Wednesday, and at least 150 people on board are feared killed, state media reported.

 

Brown demands embassy staff freed

Brown demands embassy staff freed

The UK prime minister has called for the release of the remaining British embassy staff detained in Tehran. Gordon Brown said it was "unacceptable" and "unjustifiable" that the local employees had been held. Five out of nine local staff from the UK ...

 

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