Russian energy ties with Iran send U.S. a message

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Reuters: As the United States warns the world away from business with Tehran, Moscow’s tightening ties to Iran’s energy sector underline Russia’s differences with Washington over Iranian nuclear plans and Kosovo’s independence.

Iran hangs ten people in one day

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 20 – Iranian authorities hanged ten people on Wednesday, state media reported.

Iran hangs ten people in one day

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 20 – Iranian authorities hanged ten people on Wednesday, state media reported.

French court freezes $85M in Iranian assets

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New York Sun: Acting on American court judgments meant to compensate victims of terrorism, a French court has frozen $85 million belonging to the Central Bank of Iran.

Iran sentences journalist to death

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New York Times: Iran has sentenced a journalist to death, accusing him of being a member of a terrorist group in the country’s southeast, the judiciary said Tuesday.

INTERVIEW-Turkey considering partnership in Iran gas project

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Reuters: State-owned Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) is considering working with partners to develop Iran’s South Pars gas field, a project seen worth $3.5 billion, the company’s general manager told Reuters late on Tuesday.

UAE’s Crescent sees progress in Iran gas talks

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Reuters: The UAE’s Crescent Petroleum said on Wednesday that it had made progress on talks to resolve a dispute about pricing and volume for gas imports from Iran but had yet to reach a final agreement.

Iran, Iraq to reactivate parts of border deal: report

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Reuters: Iran and Iraq have agreed to reactivate some elements of a 1975 border agreement which was the centre of a row in December when the Iraqi president said the treaty was void, a statement he later retracted.

Ahmadinejad in new attack on ‘savage animal’ Israel

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AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday called Israel a “dirty microbe” and “savage animal”, as Iran stepped up its rhetoric against the Jewish state after the murder of a top Hezbollah commander.

Dissident ayatollah says freedom lacking in Iran

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AFP: Iran’s most prominent dissident cleric has complained freedom is being “sacrificed” in the Islamic republic, pointing to the mass disqualification of candidates for March parliamentary elections.