Obama extends U.S. sanctions against Iran

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ImageReuters: President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was extending sanctions against Iran as it continued to pose an "extraordinary threat" to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States.

Netanyahu aide says Obama agrees on Iran, at least

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ImageReuters: Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama may differ on some issues, but they agree that stopping Iran getting a nuclear bomb is a top priority, a senior adviser to Israel's prime minister-designate said on Thursday.

Iran MPs adopt 279 billion dollar budget

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ImageAFP: Iran's lawmakers adopted on Thursday a budget for the coming year of 279 billion dollars, after slashing 19 billion dollars in revenues that would have been raised from a hike in energy prices that was ultimately rejected, news agencies reported.

Iran ‘one or two years’ from nuclear weapon: Russian expert

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ImageAFP: Iran could produce an atomic weapon in "one or two years," a Russian strategic arms control expert said Thursday, calling a nuclear-armed Tehran a "significant threat."

Iran hangs four men

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 12 – Iranian authorities hanged four men in a town in eastern Iran, state media reported on Thursday.

Iran hangs four men

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 12 – Iranian authorities hanged four men in a town in eastern Iran, state media reported on Thursday.

U.S. seeks new Afghan supply routes, even in Iran

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ImageNew York Times: The United States is seeking new supply routes for the war in Afghanistan that would bypass Russia, and has even had logistics experts review overland roads through Iran that might be used by NATO allies, according to military planners and Pentagon officials.

Diplomats: Iran seeks to buy banned carbon fiber

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ImageAP: Two diplomats say Iran's national car company has made plans to purchase large quantities of carbon fiber, which is under U.N embargo because it could be used in the country's nuclear program. The automaker's chief executive denied it.

Dissidents say man ‘secretly’ stoned to death in Iran

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ImageIran Focus: London, Mar. 11 – A man was ‘secretly’ stoned to death in a prison in the northern Iranian city of Rasht, the main opposition coalition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said on Wednesday, citing ‘reliable sources’.

Dissidents say man ‘secretly’ stoned to death in Iran

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ImageIran Focus: London, Mar. 11 – A man was ‘secretly’ stoned to death in a prison in the northern Iranian city of Rasht, the main opposition coalition, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, said on Wednesday, citing ‘reliable sources’.