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  • July 2008

    • Iran Hangs 29 Convicts, Calls Deaths Crime Deterrent

      BBC  |  Jul 27, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Iran Hangs 29 Convicts, Calls Deaths Crime Deterrent

      (Newser) - Amid charges of excessive use, Iran hanged 29 convicts this morning in Tehran. The Iranian Supreme Court approved the death sentences, variously on charges of murder, rape, armed robbery, or drug trafficking, the BBC reports. Last year, the country carried out 317 executions, second only to China. Tehran, however, insists the death penalty is an effective deterrent, judiciously used after a lengthy legal process. More »

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      Iran  • crime  • death penalty  • Tehran  • hanging  • criminal justice system

    • In Break With Policy, US to Join Iran Nuke Talks

      Washington Post  |  Jul 16, 08 12:17 AM CDT

      In Break With Policy, US to Join Iran Nuke Talks

      (Newser) - In a break with long-standing policy, a top US envoy will join European Union talks with Iran concerning its nuclear program, reports the Washington Post. Undersecretary of State William Burns will join the EU's foreign policy chief and Iran's nuclear negotiator in Geneva this weekend. Burns will hold out the possibility of direct talks with the US if Iran ceases enriching uranium. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Iran  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Tehran  • nuclear proliferation  • Javier Solana  • Saeed Jalili

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Preconditions or Not, Iran Doesn't Want to Talk to Us

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 28, 08 2:42 PM CDT

      Preconditions or Not, Iran Doesn't Want to Talk to Us

      (Newser) - Barack Obama can berate President Bush for refusing to "sit down with" Iran, and John McCain can beat up Obama for proposing to do just that, but the fact is that every administration in the past 30 years has tried talking to Iran—without preconditions—and been rejected. Including Condoleezza Rice, who worked in the White House at the time and has written a book about Iran, writes Amer Taheri in the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iran  • Israel  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Tehran  • nuclear  • negotiation  • Ayatollah Ali Khameni

    • UN Nuke Watchdog Accuses Iran of Hiding Data

      BBC  |  May 26, 08 8:04 PM CDT

      UN Nuke Watchdog Accuses Iran of Hiding Data

      (Newser) - The UN's nuclear watchdog blasted Tehran today for hiding data on its nuclear weapons program, BBC reports. The UN said Iran had blocked access to documents and experts while running 3,500 centrifuges, which can enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. Iran quickly vowed to keep enriching uranium and said it had "left no question unanswered." More »

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      Iran  • United Nations  • nuclear weapons  • Tehran  • nuclear facilities  • nuclear enrichment

  • March 2008
  • January 2008

    • Iran Gender Wars Hit High Gear

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 17, 08 5:15 PM CST

      Iran Gender Wars Hit High Gear

      (Newser) - Iranian women can't travel without a man's permission, but two female racecar drivers are taking matters into their own hands and fighting for equal opportunity on the track. Nervous officials have repeatedly banned Zoreh Vatankhah and her mentor, Laleh Seddigh, from races—and their successes don't often make the front page. But they're not giving up, Der Spiegel reports. More »

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      Iran  • Tehran  • car race

    • US Files Formal Protest to Iran Over Ship Incident

      Reuters  |  Jan 10, 08 4:28 PM CST

      US Files Formal Protest to Iran Over Ship Incident

      (Newser) - The US sent a formal diplomatic complaint to Iran today over what it calls the "provocative" harassment of American ships by Iranian speedboats, the AP reports. Iran, meanwhile, released its own video of the encounter in the Persian Gulf, which it says backs up its contention that the US is lying. A Pentagon spokesman dismissed  that claim today. More »

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      Iran  • US Navy  • Tehran  • Persian Gulf  • Strait of Hormuz  • Iranian speedboats

  • December 2007

    • Iran Cracks Down on the 'Un-Islamic'

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Dec 20, 07 1:09 PM CST

      Iran Cracks Down on the 'Un-Islamic'

      (Newser) - Iran is engaged in its most serious crackdown on "un-Islamic" behavior in years, the Christian Science Monitor reports, with masked police rounding up and humiliating everyone from drug dealers to immodestly dressed women. But the impulse for the crackdown isn't Islamic conservatism, the paper concludes; it's a fear of American-sponsored regime change. More »

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      Iran  • Islam  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Tehran

    • Russia Gives Iran Nuclear Fuel

      BBC  |  Dec 17, 07 7:58 AM CST

      Russia Gives Iran Nuclear Fuel

      (Newser) - Russia delivered nuclear material to Iran yesterday, the BBC reports, ignoring Washington’s protests. Russia says it has assurances that the plutonium will only be used for the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, which is being built by a Russian company, but the US says that spent uranium could be used in weapons development. The plant could be operational within six months. More »

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      Russia  • Iran  • United Nations  • nuclear program  • uranium  • Tehran  • nuclear enrichment  • plutonium  • Bushehr reactor

  • October 2007

    • Cheney Amps Up Rhetoric Against Iran

      Reuters  |  Oct 21, 07 7:56 PM CDT

      Cheney Amps Up Rhetoric Against Iran

      (Newser) - Cheney threatened "serious consequences" today if Iran doesn't drop its nuclear program, Reuters reports. "Our country and the entire international community cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its most aggressive ambitions," he told the audience at a think-tank forum. One analyst called Cheney's threat "quite significant. That’s very strong words and it does have implications.”  More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iran  • Dick Cheney  • Syria  • Lebanon  • nuclear weapons  • diplomacy  • Tehran  • peace

  • September 2007

    • Iran Guards Hidden Art Trove

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 20, 07 1:47 PM CDT

      Iran Guards Hidden Art Trove

      (Newser) - A basement chock full of Picassos, Monets, and almost every important Western Modernist painter—surely the Louvre? Au contraire, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. That’s where the LA Times ’ Kim Murphy found a treasure trove of painstakingly cared-for paintings that have seen the light of day but once since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. More »

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      Iran  • art  • painting  • Tehran  • art museum  • Andy Warhol  • Monet  • Picasso  • Jackson Pollock

    • Iranian Official Hits US for Scapegoating

      CNN  |  Sep 16, 07 12:56 PM CDT

      Iranian Official Hits US for Scapegoating

      (Newser) - The US is hyping an Iranian threat to Iraq to deflect attention away from its mistakes, Iran’s ambassador to Iraq told CNN, again denying allegations Tehran is attacking American troops trying to stabilize the country. “US security plans for Iraq have not succeeded,” Hassan Kazemi-Qomi said. The administration is accusing others to “cover up their own failed plans.” More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Iran  • David Petraeus  • insurgents  • American troops  • Tehran  • Baath Party  • Hassan Kazemi Qomi

  • August 2007

    • 'People's Army' Dominates Iran's Economy

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 26, 07 11:35 AM CDT

      'People's Army' Dominates Iran's Economy

      (Newser) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which the White House is on the cusp of labeling a terrorist organization, is an economic and political behemoth. The well-connected force has ties to more than 100 companies, dominates the construction industry, is in charge of developing Teheran's subway system, and even runs hospitals. The LA Times takes a look. More »

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      Iran  • terrorist  • corruption  • Tehran  • Revolutionary Guards

    • Iran Executes 30 in Past Month

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 19, 07 1:18 PM CDT

      Iran Executes 30 in Past Month

      (Newser) - Iran executed up to 30 people in the past month, mostly in public hangings, in a nationwide crackdown on murderers, sex offenders, drug traffickers, and other threats to "social security," reports the Observer . Human rights advocates say the sweep, also advertised as countering an alleged surge in US-backed plots to subvert the government, is intended to silence political activists. More »

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      Iran  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • human rights  • capital punishment  • Tehran  • execution  • political activism  • hanging

  • July 2007
  • May 2007

    • Iranians Embrace Underground Fashion Shows

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 11, 07 1:34 PM CDT

      Iranians Embrace Underground Fashion Shows

      (Newser) - Under the nose of Iran's fundamentalist Islamic government, Western standards and customs are gaining ground. From satellite dishes to hip-hop parties to screenings of banned films, temptations abound. The LA Times goes behind the scenes of a fashion show in Tehran, where women and men mix freely and models flash plentiful skin. More »

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      Iran  • fashion  • Tehran  • model  • underground

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