Iran: 5 executions include woman

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ImageNew York Times: The Iranian authorities executed five people on Wednesday, including a 30-year-old woman who admitted killing her 5-day-old baby, the state news agency reported.

PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Oct 22

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

Iran ‘has not paid Russia’ in ‘frozen’ missile deal

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ImageAFP: Iran has not yet paid Russia in a controversial contract for advanced anti-aircraft missiles, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday, citing a Russian government source.

Iran ‘has not paid Russia’ in ‘frozen’ missile deal

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ImageAFP: Iran has not yet paid Russia in a controversial contract for advanced anti-aircraft missiles, the Interfax news agency reported Wednesday, citing a Russian government source.

IAEA gives Iran, powers deal text for approval

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ImageReuters: The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Wednesday he had given Iran and three world powers a draft text of a deal for approval by Friday to help allay concerns over Tehran's nuclear program.

US lawmakers urge Obama to use Iran sanctions powers

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ImageAFP: Fifty US lawmakers urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to slap sanctions on foreign firms with investments of more than 20 million dollars in Iran's energy sector as called for under US law.

Iran nuclear talks with US, other powers stall in Vienna

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ImageChristian Science Monitor: A round of talks on Iran's nuclear program in Vienna, at which the US and other powers were hoping to nail down a deal, faltered on Tuesday.

Iran MPs demand prosecution of opposition leader

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ImageAFP: Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday demanded the prosecution of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi for challenging hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election as a court convicted an Iranian-US scholar of spying.

Iran court jails U.S.-Iranian scholar: report

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ImageReuters: A court has sentenced Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, who was detained after Iran's disputed June election, to more than 12 years in jail, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

Iran says nuclear technology program to go ahead

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ImageReuters: Iran will never abandon its "legal and obvious" right to nuclear technology, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Tuesday, adding that Tehran had no plan to halt its disputed uranium enrichment work.