Iran truck with Afghan migrants crashes killing 30

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ImageReuters: A truck packed full of illegal Afghan migrants crashed in Iran on Thursday, killing 30 people, Iran's Fars News Agency reported.

Iran plans manned space mission in 10 years

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ImageReuters: Iran plans to send a manned rocket into space in the next 10 years, state television reported on Thursday, just days after the Islamic Republic announced it had put a dummy satellite into orbit.

Iran condemned for youth hanging

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ImageBBC: Amnesty International has condemned the hanging in Iran of Reza Hejazi, who was executed for a crime he committed when he was under 18 years old.

Iran bans movie star from leaving for Hollywood

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ImageAFP: Iran has banned an award-winning young actress from leaving the country over her appearance in a star-studded Hollywood production, the state news agency IRNA said on Wednesday.

Iran reluctant U.S. wheat buyer amid nuclear tension

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ImageReuters: Iran has emerged as one of the top buyers of wheat from the United States this marketing year, but political tensions between the two countries make it unlikely that Tehran will be a regular buyer from the world's top wheat exporter.

Sources: Iran tried but failed to launch satellite

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ImageMSNBC: Last weekend's launch of an Iranian rocket sparked days of debate over what its intended mission was — and although officials in Tehran are characterizing it as merely a test of the launch vehicle, U.S. military intelligence officials now see it as a failed attempt to put a satellite in orbit.

Iranian missile with dummy satellite failed: US defense official

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ImageAFP: An Iranian missile test aimed at putting a dummy satellite into orbit failed, a US defense official said Tuesday.

Iran satellite launch a failure, U.S. officials say

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ImageReuters: Iran's attempted satellite launch was a failure that fell far short of claimed successes, U.S. security officials said on Tuesday, but an analyst said the test still marked progress toward a potential weapon.

Iran says talks with IAEA “positive”

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ImageReuters: Iran described talks with a top U.N. inspector over its nuclear program — which the West fears is a cover to build atomic bombs — as "positive", the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

Iran picks firms to hunt for new nuclear plant sites

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ImageAFP: Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation on Tuesday tasked six local companies to hunt for potential sites for new nuclear power plants, the official news agency IRNA reported.