Tell truth on nuclear weapons, US tells Iran

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Daily Telegraph: America seized on satellite pictures of a possible Iranian nuclear weapons testing site yesterday to demand that Teheran be given an ultimatum to come clean or face United Nations sanctions.
“This clearly shows the intention to develop weapons,” said a senior United States official …

Iran condemns assassination of its pilgrimage official in Iraq

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AP: Iran condemned the killing of one of its civil servants in Iraq and demanded that the Iraqi government punish those responsible, state television reported on Wednesday.
Unidentified assailants killed Labib Mohammadi of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization near the central Iraqi city of Karbala, state television said in a report carried on its Web site. It did not say when Mohammadi was killed or give further details.

U.S. Alarmed Over Suspected Iran Nuke Site

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Associated Press: A U.S. official expressed alarm Thursday about a possible nuclear-weapons-related test site in Iran and accused the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency of keeping silent  on its own concerns about the issue.
The official — a senior member of the U.S. delegation at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors — spoke as U.S and European negotiators moved closer to agreement to censure Iran …

Rafsanjani ready for Iran presidency

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United Press International: Former president and powerful cleric Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani Thursday said he was leaning toward running in Iran’s next presidential election.

International Religious Freedom Report 2004 – Iran

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In Iran, religious minorities, including Sunni Muslims, Baha’is, Mendelians, Jews and Christians face imprisonment, harassment, intimidation and discrimination based on their religious beliefs.

U.S., Europe tentatively OK Iran censure

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AP: U.S. and European negotiators tentatively agreed
Thursday to censure Iran for reneging on a freeze on uranium enrichment and moved closer to setting a deadline on Tehran to dispel suspicions it is trying to make nuclear arms.
The latest version of a draft resolution being prepared for a board of governors meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency and made available to The Associated Press showed …

Photos of suspected secret Iranian nuclear site released

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AFP: A US think tank with ties to the diplomatic and intelligence communities released seven satellite photographs of an Iranian military complex suspected of doing illicit nuclear weapons work, arguing the new evidence warranted international inspections. The release comes as US diplomats are stepping up pressure on their European partners …

IAEA Diplomats Consult on Iran Resolution

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Voice of America: Diplomats on the 35-nation board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency are working behind closed doors to find agreement on a tough resolution, in an attempt to solve the Iran nuclear issue.
Britain, France and Germany have circulated a draft resolution urging Iran to provide immediate access to all facilities for inspection and to reconsider construction work on a heavy water reactor that could produce bomb-grade plutonium.

Iran dismisses new nuke site charge as “a new lie”

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Reuters: A senior Iranian official said on Thursday that the latest allegation that Tehran is hiding a nuclear site from U.N. inspectors was a lie and denied that the U.N. nuclear watchdog had even asked to visit it.
“This is a new lie, like the last 13 lies based on news reports that have been proved to be lies,” Hossein Mousavian, Iran’s chief delegate to this week’s meeting in Vienna of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told Reuters.

U.S.: No nuke work at Iran plant

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CNN: U.S. officials have told CNN there is “no evidence” any nuclear work has been done at an Iranian military complex  near Tehran, although high explosives testing has been done there for many years.
The comments were made in response to report by ABC News in the U.S. Wednesday evening that said Iran “may be taking steps toward developing a nuclear device” at the site, known  as Parchin.