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Iran to try seven Bahais on Israel spy charges

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ImageAFP: Iran will put on trial seven members of the banned Bahai religion on charges of spying for arch-foe Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Iran’s leader appoints new judiciary chief – TV

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ImageReuters: Iran's Supreme Leader appointed on Saturday Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani as the new head of the country's judiciary, state television reported.

Iran reformists challenge Supreme Leader

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ImageWall Street Journal: In a daring move, a group of former reformist lawmakers, now supporters of the opposition, have challenged whether the Islamic Republic's top man in power is fit to rule.

Iran detainees tortured, beaten to death: Karroubi

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ImageAFP: Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has charged that several protesters detained in the June election unrest died in prisons after being "beaten and tortured" and made to crawl like animals.

Iranian regime accused of torturing political detainees

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ImageThe Times: Opposition leaders accuse the Iranian regime of Abu Ghraib-style torture of political detainees.

Iran training plane crashes, killing two – radio

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ImageReuters: A training plane crashed west of the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday, killing two people on board, state radio reported.

EU: MPs want UN protection for Iranian exiles at Iraqi camp

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ImageAKI: A group of European MPs on Friday urged the United Nations to send a permanent mission to a refugee camp in northern Iraq, where Iranian exiles are alleged to have been violently attacked at the end of July.

Reformers call for probe of Iran supreme leader

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ImageAP: A group of former reformist lawmakers appealed to a powerful clerical body in Iran to investigate Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's qualification to rule in an unprecedented challenge to the country's most powerful man over the postelection crackdown.

Amabassador visits French researcher in Tehran prison

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ImageAFP: France's ambassador to Iran on Friday visited a young French academic in the Tehran prison where she is being held on spying charges, the foreign ministry said here.

Hardline Iran cleric urges tough stance on detainees

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ImageReuters: A hardline cleric on Friday said Iran's judiciary should resist attempts by European powers to bully them into releasing Western-linked detainees, held over the unrest that followed a disputed presidential election.