UN resolution on Iran to ‘open new directions’: Rice

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AFP: A new UN resolution against Iran should deepen current sanctions and could pave the way for other action over its nuclear program, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.

Iran sanctions vote at U.N. seen weeks away

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Reuters: It will take weeks before the U.N. Security Council is ready to vote on a new round of sanctions against Iran proposed last week by six world powers, council diplomats said on Monday.

Two men hanged in central Iran

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 – Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the central province of Markazi on Monday, state media reported.

Two men hanged in central Iran

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 28 – Iranian authorities hanged two men in public in the central province of Markazi on Monday, state media reported.

U.N. takes up further Iran sanctions

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UPI: Talks began Monday at U.N. headquarters with some Western representatives seeking further international sanctions on Iran for its alleged nuclear secrecy.

Iran raises concerns with US about Iraq talks: FM

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AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki said on Monday that Tehran had raised concerns with the United States over planned talks on the security of war-ravaged Iraq.

Iran says close to resuming ties with Egypt

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Reuters: Iran is close to resuming full diplomatic relations with Egypt, its foreign minister said on Monday, but did not say when the ties that have been cut for almost three decades would be re-established.

Iranian leader to visit to Iraq

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AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a historic trip to Iraq sometime before March 19, state media reported Monday, the first such visit ever by an Iranian leader.

Iran gets last batch of Russian atomic fuel – agency

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Reuters: Iran received the eighth and last consignment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Monday for the Islamic Republic’s first atomic power plant, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Iran’s uranium stance keeps a deal at bay

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Wall Street Journal: Hashemi Samareh, chief adviser and lifelong confidant to Iran’s president, said his country could join a proposed international bank for enriched uranium that would provide countries with safe fuel for nuclear power stations — but only as a supplier.