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Saudi Arabia bids to defuse tensions with Iran at Arab summit

Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah will try to defuse tensions with Iran at an Arab summit in Riyadh today, seeking to counter instability and...

Beckett cuts short Turkey trip over Iran

Reuters: Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said on Tuesday she was cutting short her visit to Turkey and returning to London because of the Iran...

Pentagon chief warns against “illusions” on Iran

Reuters: Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said the United States was open to high-level talks with Tehran, but warned against "illusions" about Iran's...

UK in ‘discreet talks’ with Iran

BBC: The government is attempting to "discreetly" talk to the Iranians to secure the release of 15 Royal Navy personnel, Downing Street has said....

Browne pledge over seized sailors

Press Association: Britain is doing "everything possible" to secure the release of 15 service personnel seized by the Iranian authorities, Defence Secretary Des Browne...

India-Iran gas pipeline talks to go ahead

Reuters: India will go ahead with talks to buy natural gas from Iran via a multi-billion-dollar pipeline despite objections from the United States, Foreign...

Blair hopes diplomacy gets sailors back

AP: Britain hopes that diplomacy will win the release of 15 sailors and marines detained by Iran but is prepared to move to a...

British-made aircraft sold to Iran

Reuters: A British-made aircraft has been sold to Iran, the first new Western-made aircraft acquired by Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, an adviser...

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Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign Enters Its 128th Week

On Tuesday, July 7, the "No To Executions Tuesdays campaign" continued. The campaign, which was launched to end all...

Oil Tanker Attacked Near the Strait of Hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a British maritime security monitoring organization, reported that an oil tanker sailing...

Arrested Iranian Protesters in Critical Conditions, Human Rights Bodies Warn

Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based human rights organization, on Monday, July 6, expressed concern over the growing wave...

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The United States and Arab Allies Sanction Five Entities and 16 Hezbollah Officials

The United States and the member states of the...

Arrested Iranian Protesters in Critical Conditions, Human Rights Bodies Warn

Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-based human rights organization,...

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