Iran steps up repression as defiant youths take to streets

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 – Despite a massive crackdown to prevent this year’s “fire festival” from turning into scenes of anti-governments protests, young people are taking to streets across Iran to defy the government ban and celebrate the last Tuesday of the Persian year with a big bang, Iran Focus has learnt.

Iran’s Khamenei attacks Bush, rules out “any retreat” on nukes

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the country’s foreign minister and diplomats on Tuesday that any retreat on the nuclear issue would “break” the Islamic Republic’s independence and would entail “a huge cost” for the Iranian people.

Iran’s Khamenei attacks Bush, rules out “any retreat” on nukes

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the country’s foreign minister and diplomats on Tuesday that any retreat on the nuclear issue would “break” the Islamic Republic’s independence and would entail “a huge cost” for the Iranian people.

British lawmakers denounce terror label for Iran opposition group

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AFP: A British parliamentary delegation called Monday for the European Union to remove the main exiled Iranian opposition group from its terrorism blacklist, saying it was a force for democratic change in Iran.

Students, security forces clash in Iran capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 – Police fired tear-gas and used force on Monday to disperse protesting students at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, eye-witnesses reported.

Students, security forces clash in Iran capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 14 – Police fired tear-gas and used force on Monday to disperse protesting students at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, eye-witnesses reported.

Bush: Iran supplying bombs to Iraqi terrorists

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Iran Focus: London, Mar. 14 – United States President George W. Bush accused Iran of supplying powerful roadside bombs to Iraqi insurgents responsible for the deaths of Coalition troops.

Bush: Iran supplying bombs to Iraqi terrorists

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Iran Focus: London, Mar. 14 – United States President George W. Bush accused Iran of supplying powerful roadside bombs to Iraqi insurgents responsible for the deaths of Coalition troops.

Iran: No power can take nuclear technology

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AP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that no power can take nuclear fuel cycle technology away from Iran and vowed that his country will resist pressure from the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program.

Rice says UN must send strong message to Iran

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Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday she was confident the U.N. Security Council would agree on a “very strong message” to send to Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons program.