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Iran may miss Iraq meet due to detainees: report

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Reuters: Iran may not attend a multilateral conference on Iraq next month that includes the United States if U.S. forces do not release five Iranians it is holding there, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Iran’s Oil Minister may soon be sacked – report

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 11 – Iran’s Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh may soon face the sack, the news agency Fars, run by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reported on Wednesday.

Iran’s Oil Minister may soon be sacked – report

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Apr. 11 – Iran’s Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh may soon face the sack, the news agency Fars, run by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reported on Wednesday.

Full text of Britain’s statement on Iran’s nuclear announcement

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Iran Focus: London, Apr. 11 – The following is the full text of a statement issued Tuesday by Britain’s Foreign Office on the announcement on Monday by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Iran had begun “industrial-scale” uranium enrichment:

Full text of Britain’s statement on Iran’s nuclear announcement

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Iran Focus: London, Apr. 11 – The following is the full text of a statement issued Tuesday by Britain’s Foreign Office on the announcement on Monday by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Iran had begun “industrial-scale” uranium enrichment:

Iran dismisses doubts about nuclear statement

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Reuters: A senior Iranian official dismissed on Wednesday doubts about whether Iran had achieved industrial-scale nuclear fuel production and said scepticism about its programme had proved incorrect in the past.

Russia raps Iran’s missile practice near Bushehr

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Reuters: Russia, Iran’s closest major ally, criticized Tehran on Wednesday for what it said was air defense missile practice near an Iranian nuclear power plant without informing Russian specialists who work there.

U.S. expects further measures against Iran at U.N.

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Reuters: The top U.S. envoy at the United Nations said on Tuesday that Iran’s latest statement on its nuclear program made it likely the U.N. Security Council would impose further penalties against Tehran.

Iran planning documentary on sailor “confessions”

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Reuters: Iran’s armed forces are preparing to release a documentary and book about the detention and “confessions” of 15 British sailors and marines held captive in Iran, a military commander said on Tuesday.

UN “deeply concerned” at Iran’s treatment of female activists

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Iran Focus: London, Apr. 10 – The United Nations Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur on violence against women and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s special representative on the situation of human rights defenders expressed deep concern about the arrests of women’s rights defenders in Iran, according to a statement posted on the website of the United Nations Office at Geneva on Tuesday.