Iranian technocrats, disillusioned with government, offer wealth of intelligence to U.S.

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ImageWashington Post: Iran's political turmoil has prompted a growing number of the country's officials to defect or leak information to the West, creating a new flow of intelligence about its secretive nuclear program, U.S. officials said.

Iranian hackers take over Dorset NHS site

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ImageDaily Echo: A Dorset NHS trust’s website was temporarily taken down after it was targeted by a group of hackers calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army Team.

Iran fires short-range missiles in Gulf war games

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ImageAP: Iran's state television says the country has fired a series of missiles as part of an ongoing large-scale military maneuvers in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian cleric: Alms and prayer prevent quakes

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ImageAP: A prominent hard-line cleric has urged Iranians to give alms and pray for forgiveness to prevent earthquakes, media reports said, a week after another prayer leader said promiscuous women were to blame for Iran's seismic instability.

U.N. rights chief to visit Iran next year

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ImageReuters: The top U.N. human rights official, who has expressed concern about a crackdown on dissent in Iran after last year's disputed election, said Saturday she would pay a rare visit to the Islamic Republic next year.

Charity and prayer stop quakes: Iran cleric

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ImageAFP: A leading Iranian cleric has told the faithful they must pray and give to the poor to avoid the earthquakes that have often ravaged the country, a Tehran daily reported on Saturday.

Iran oil capacity more than 4.1 mln bpd – minister

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ImageReuters: Iran has the capacity to produce more than 4.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude but is pumping at well under that level due to OPEC restraints, Oil Minister Massoud Mirkazemi said on Saturday.

Iran Guards vow to replace Western oil firms

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ImageAFP: Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards boasted on Saturday that they can fill the gap in the country's energy sector left by Western oil firms pulling out in the face of new sanctions against Tehran.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad: proposed sanctions not legal

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ImageAP: Iran's president says proposed U.N. sanctions against the country's nuclear program "lack legal validity."

Iran hits at “impudent” UAE comment in Gulf dispute

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ImageReuters: Iran accused the United Arab Emirates on Saturday of "brazenly and impudently" likening the Islamic Republic to arch-foe Israel in a dispute over three Gulf islands, a semi-official news agency reported.