Iran reformers jailed over vote unrest: lawyers

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ImageAFP: Iran has sentenced two reformist politicians to five-year prison terms for provoking street riots after the country's disputed June presidential election, their lawyers said on Sunday.

Iran summons Pakistan envoy after attack – report

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ImageReuters: Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned a senior Pakistani diplomat in Tehran following Sunday's deadly attack on the Revolutionary Guards in a volatile southeastern area close to Pakistan, state television reported.

Iran parliament approves ending energy subsidies

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ImageReuters: Iran's Parliament passed a bill on Sunday that would cut energy subsidies to make the country less vulnerable to international sanctions over its disputed nuclear programme, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Suicide bomber kills 30 in attack on Iran’s Guards

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ImageAFP: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a meeting of the elite Revolutionary Guards in southeastern Iran Sunday, killing at least 30 people including top commanders and tribal leaders, a senior official said.

PRESS DIGEST – Iran – Oct 18

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

Obama to host EU-US summit in November

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ImageAFP: US President Barack Obama will host the leadership of the European Union for a summit on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and the global economy in early November, the White House said Friday.

Iran frees Canadian journalist on $304,000 bail, AFP reports

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ImageBloomberg: Iran freed a Canadian Newsweek journalist detained in Tehran since June after receiving 3 billion rials ($303,541) in bail money, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Iranian news service ILNA.

India Reliance says continues to buy Iran crude

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ImageReuters: India's Reliance Industries, owner of the world's biggest oil refining complex, on Friday said it continues to source crude from Iran after a company official said this week it had stopped oil links with the Islamic Republic.

Iran ordered to pay $310 million to U.S. embassy bombing victim

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ImageBloomberg: A federal judge ordered Iran to pay $310 million to a victim of the 1984 bombing of the U.S. embassy in Lebanon and his mother after determining that the country provided support to Hezbollah terrorists who staged the attack.

Iran cleric warns against planned opposition rally

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ImageAP: A hard-line cleric sought Friday to head off an attempt to reinvigorate Iran's anti-government movement, warning against a planned opposition rally next month that would coincide with annual state-sponsored demonstrations against the United States.