Administration blocks ex-Hostages’ bid for damages from Iran

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Washington Post: At an emotional meeting this month at the State Department, steps from the office of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a group of former American hostages released by Iran a quarter of a century ago, accompanied by lawyers and some relatives, confronted two of Rice’s most senior aides.

Iraqi president backs US-Iran talks on Iraq

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Reuters: President Jalal Talabani supports a call by a Shi’ite leader for Iran and the United States to hold talks to resolve their differences over Iraq and ways of stabilizing it, his office said on Sunday.

‘Only a fraction of Teheran’s brutality has come to light’

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Sunday Telegraph: She is the female figurehead of what she hopes will become a new Iranian revolution. Now, after almost 25 years in exile, the world is beginning to beat a path to her door.

White House report alleges Belarus has sold arms to Iran

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Sunday Telegraph: Belarus moved closer to international isolation yesterday after the White House submitted a largely classified report to Congress accusing the country’s president of illegally selling weapons to Iran.

Britain warns Iran against interfering in Iraq’s internal affairs

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DPA: Baghdad – Iran – and Iraq’s other neighbours – should help Iraq to stand on its own feet rather than interfere in its internal affairs, British Defence Minister John Reid said Saturday at a press conference in Baghdad.

Britain, U.S. behind attack on convoy – Iran’s Interior Minister

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 18 – Iran’s Interior Minister pointed the finger at Britain and the United States on Saturday for an armed attack in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan in the town of Zabol which left 22 Iranian officials dead in the early hours of Friday morning.

Britain, U.S. behind attack on convoy – Iran’s Interior Minister

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 18 – Iran’s Interior Minister pointed the finger at Britain and the United States on Saturday for an armed attack in the south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan in the town of Zabol which left 22 Iranian officials dead in the early hours of Friday morning.

Sunni leaders say U.S.-Iran talks amount to meddling

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New York Times: Sunni Arab political leaders on Friday denounced an agreement between the United States and Iran to hold face-to-face talks about solutions to the unrest in Iraq, saying the conversations would amount to meddling by foreign nations in Iraq’s domestic affairs.

Dissident Iran journalist released from prison – report

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Iran Focus: London, Mar. 18 – A prominent dissident journalist has been released from prison in Iran after serving a six-year term since 2000 for writing a book in which he exposed the role of a number of senior officials of the clerical regime in the murder of dissidents throughout the country.

Dissident Iran journalist released from prison – report

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Iran Focus: London, Mar. 18 – A prominent dissident journalist has been released from prison in Iran after serving a six-year term since 2000 for writing a book in which he exposed the role of a number of senior officials of the clerical regime in the murder of dissidents throughout the country.