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Washington Times journalist arrested in Iran: friend

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ImageReuters: A Greek journalist covering Iran's disputed presidential election for the Washington Times has been arrested on charges of "illegal activities," a friend told Reuters on Tuesday.

Sweden summons Iran ambassador to protest violence

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ImageReuters: Sweden on Tuesday summoned Iran's ambassador and conveyed its concern over violence in the wake of last week's elections, a foreign ministry official said.

Obama’s Iran policy is a bomb

ImageLos Angeles Times: Here is the one immutable fact of Barack Obama's foreign policy agenda as it relates to Iran: It's over. The rule book he came in with is as irrelevant as a tourist guide to the Austro-Hungarian empire.

Iran resumes gas exports to Turkey

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ImageUPI: Iran resumed gas shipments to Turkey through a 1,600-mile pipeline following maintenance to repair cracks in the line.

Iran’s oil min likely to keep job, deputy sacked

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ImageReuters: Iran's oil minister Gholamhossein Nozari was likely to keep his job in any new cabinet formed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian industry sources said on Tuesday.

Iran accuses U.N.’s Ban of interference: report

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ImageReuters: Iran accused U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday of interfering in its state affairs in his comments about the Islamic Republic's disputed June 12 election, the ISNA news agency reported.

Iran’s children of tomorrow

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ImageNew York Times: They are known mockingly as the “Joojeh Basiji” — the “chicken Basiji.” These are the militia scarcely old enough to manage more than a feeble beard.

Reports: Iran won’t annul election results

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ImageAP: Iran's state TV reports the country's top electoral authority has ruled out annulling the results of the disputed June 12 election in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was named the winner.

U.S. scrambles for information on Iran

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ImageNew York Times: As President Obama and his advisers watch the drama unfolding in Tehran, they are having to cope with a frustrating lack of reliable information — about the clashes between the police and protesters, about the strength of the opposition movement and, most of all, about the divisions within the ranks of Iran’s powerful clerics.

Italy says Iran appears to have declined G8 invite

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ImageReuters: Italy said on Monday that Iran appeared to have rejected an invitation to this week's Group of Eight foreign ministers meeting, after a deadline passed for Tehran to signal its participation.