Iran hangs three men

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 04 – Three men were hanged in a town south of Tehran on Monday.

France rejects Iran’s nuclear counter-proposal

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ImageAFP: France rejects Iran's latest move to set a new deadline to end the standoff over its contested nuclear programme, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Monday.

Iran university professors denounce crackdown

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ImageAP: A pro-reform Web site says 88 Tehran University professors have appealed to Iran's supreme leader to halt violence against opposition protesters.

High-ranking clerics undermining Iran govt – Kouchner

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ImageReuters: High-ranking clerics are undermining Iran's government from within, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Monday.

PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Jan 4

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ImageReuters: These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Iranian lawmakers discuss downgrading ties with Britain

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 04 – Iranian lawmakers are in the process of discussing methods of downgrading ties with Britain following what the Iranian leadership has called British involvement in Iran’s domestic affairs, according to a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

Iranian lawmakers discuss downgrading ties with Britain

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 04 – Iranian lawmakers are in the process of discussing methods of downgrading ties with Britain following what the Iranian leadership has called British involvement in Iran’s domestic affairs, according to a member of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

Iran MPs reject call for subsidy bill withdrawal

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ImageReuters: Iran's parliament rejected on Sunday the government's request to withdraw a bill aimed at gradually cutting energy and food subsidies, state radio said.

Iranian journalist gets prison term, desert exile

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ImageAP: An Iranian journalist lost an appeal Sunday against his conviction on charges of spreading propaganda against the ruling Islamic establishment and was sentenced to six years in prison and five years of internal exile in a remote desert town.

Iranian lawmakers reject Kerry visit to Tehran

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 03 – Iranian lawmakers on Sunday rejected a request by former US Presidential candidate and head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry to visit Iran.