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Iran puts more senior reformers on trial

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ImageReuters: Iran put several leading reformers in the dock on Tuesday, official media reported, in its fourth mass trial of people accused of fomenting unrest after June's disputed presidential election.

Reformist posts account of man raped by jailers

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ImageWashington Times: An Iranian opposition leader Monday released what he said was an account by a prisoner raped by his jailers, in a challenge to the country's leadership that has sought to silence claims of torture and abuses in the postelection crackdown.

Argentina calls for arrest of Iran minister over bombing

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ImageAFP: Iran's newly nominated defense minister "should be arrested" for his alleged role in a 1994 Buenos Aires bombing that killed 85 people, Argentina's top minister Anibal Fernandez said Monday.

Iran’s sacked Minister of Intelligence appointed as Prosecutor General

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 – Iran’s former Minister of Intelligence has been selected as the country’s new Prosecutor General, according to the state-run news agency Fars.

Iran’s sacked Minister of Intelligence appointed as Prosecutor General

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 – Iran’s former Minister of Intelligence has been selected as the country’s new Prosecutor General, according to the state-run news agency Fars.

Iran summons Argentina envoy in row over minister

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ImageReuters: Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned an Argentinian diplomat on Monday, after Buenos Aires condemned the nomination of Ahmad Vahidi as Iranian defense minister as "an affront to the victims" of an attack on a Jewish center.

Iran scoffs at German threat of sanctions

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has emphasised that proposed sanctions against Iran's energy sector will not stand in the way of Iran's nuclear ambitions, the state broadcaster reported.

Iran scoffs at German threat of sanctions

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ImageIran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has emphasised that proposed sanctions against Iran's energy sector will not stand in the way of Iran's nuclear ambitions, the state broadcaster reported.

Israel slams UN atomic agency chief anew over Iran

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ImageAFP: Israel on Monday accused the outgoing head of the UN nuclear weapons watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei of "dereliction of duty", claiming he deliberately withheld incriminating information on Iran's nuclear drive.

The Tehran file

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ImageWashington Post – Editorial: The IAEA needs to tell the world what it knows about Iran's nuclear program — and soon.