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Iran is continuing uranium enrichment, UN watchdog agency says

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ImageBloomberg: Iran is continuing to enrich uranium and has failed to address key nuclear issues raised by the UN International Atomic Energy Agency, the agency said in a report.

UN: Questions about military aspects on Iran nukes

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ImageAP: The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency is pressing Iran to answer lingering questions about "possible military dimensions" to Tehran's suspect nuclear program.

Iran president wants opposition leaders punished

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ImageReuters: Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday called for the prosecution and punishment of the leaders of unrest that erupted after his disputed June re-election.

France and Germany warn of new Iran sanctions

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ImageNew York Times: On the eve of the release of a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France have threatened tough new sanctions if Iran does not demonstrate a willingness to negotiate on its nuclear program.

From a besieged camp

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ImageWashington Times: I've lived in a state-controlled country, in which one is careful what one says for fear of "disappearing."

Iran’s Rafsanjani accuses head of president’s office of conspiracy

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ImageDPA: Former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani accused the head of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's office of conspiring against Iran's leadership, the labour news agency ILNA reported Thursday.

Iran MP says rape of some vote detainees proven

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ImageReuters: The rape of some Iranian reformers who were jailed after a disputed presidential election has been proven to a parliamentary committee, a lawmaker was quoted as saying on Thursday.

Iran’s factional disputes grow increasingly bitter

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ImageNew York Times: On Wednesday, aides to Iran’s president lashed out publicly at two former presidents, the nation’s most influential dissident cleric said government officials had taken a “deviant path” and a government-aligned Web site reported that the Tehran prosecutor had been fired.

Iran’s top dissident cleric warns against regime ‘fall’

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ImageAFP: Top dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has renewed his criticism of Iranian authorities, warning their handling of the post-election unrest could lead to the fall of the regime.

France’s Sarkozy raises Iran sanction threat

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ImageReuters: French President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened on Wednesday to press for tougher sanctions on Iran and repeated his call for broad international action to curb financial market abuses.