Iraq says Iran violated border, calls for withdrawal

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ImageBloomberg: Iraq’s National Security Council said today that Iran violated their shared border and Iraq’s “territorial integrity” and called on the Islamic republic to withdraw its forces from the region.

Obama following in Bush footsteps: Iran president

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ImageAFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Barack Obama of following the footsteps of George W. Bush since entering the White House, saying he had missed a chance to make a clean break.

Three American hostages are Iran’s answer to President Obama.

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ImageWashington Post – Editorial: Iran's extremist rulers don't scruple at persecuting innocent people — particularly foreigners — to advance narrow political aims.

Iran helping the Taliban, US ambassador claims

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ImageDaily Telegraph: Iran has been providing weapons and other help to the Taliban, the US ambassador to Afghanistan has claimed.

Iran slams US at climate talks, lays claim to nuclear energy

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ImageAFP: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed the United States on Thursday as an oil-addicted warmonger and insisted every nation have access to "clean and renewable energy sources", including nuclear.

Iran condemned by Western leaders over test of long-range missile

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ImageThe Times: Western governments united to denounce Iran’s test-firing of a long-range ballistic missile yesterday, warning that it would only increase international determination to press for more sanctions on Tehran if it refused to negotiate over its nuclear programme.

Gates ‘concerned’ over Iran missile test: Pentagon

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ImageAFP: The United States on Wednesday voiced "concern" at Iran's latest missile test, calling it a "provocative" act that cast serious doubt over Tehran's claim of peaceful intentions.

Iran test-fires Sejil missile: state TV

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ImageAFP: A defiant Iran on Wednesday test-fired an improved version of its Sejil 2 medium-range missile which it says can reach targets inside Israel, prompting a sharp rebuke from Britain.

Iranian dissident group defies order to leave Iraq

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ImageMcClatchy Newspapers: An Iranian dissident group vowed Tuesday not to abandon its besieged camp north of Baghdad despite an Iraqi military ultimatum to pull up stakes or face an eviction that could turn bloody.

Credit Suisse to pay U.S. $536 million in Iran probe

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ImageWall Street Journal: Credit Suisse Group, one of Switzerland's biggest banks, said Tuesday that it expects to pay a $536 million penalty as part of a continuing U.S. investigation into how major Western banks illegally handled funds for Iran.