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French FM urges Iran to suspend uranium enrichment

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AFP: French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy urged Iran on Sunday to suspend uranium enrichment if it wishes to avert United Nations sanctions over its disputed nuclear program.

Bush visit coincides with EU, US cooperation on Iran

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AFP: US President George W. Bush will be in Vienna Wednesday for an EU-US summit that comes at a time when the two sides differ over Guantanomo Bay and CIA prisoner flights but are united on Iran.

Iran protests France’s lifting of ban on armed opposition

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AFP: Iran said it would fire off an official complaint to France over its decision to lift restrictions on members of the Islamic Republic’s main armed opposition group.

Iran’s Rafsanjani: U.S. presence in Iraq cause of insecurity

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – Iran’s former President and current chair of the State Expediency Council (SEC), Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, said the presence of United States-led troops in Iraq was the cause of “regional insecurity”.

Iran’s Rafsanjani: U.S. presence in Iraq cause of insecurity

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – Iran’s former President and current chair of the State Expediency Council (SEC), Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, said the presence of United States-led troops in Iraq was the cause of “regional insecurity”.

Iraqi court sentences 46 Iranians to prison for illegal entry

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – An Iraqi court has sentenced 46 Iranians who illegally entered Iraq to six months prison time, the government-run news agency Fars reported on Monday.

Iraqi court sentences 46 Iranians to prison for illegal entry

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – An Iraqi court has sentenced 46 Iranians who illegally entered Iraq to six months prison time, the government-run news agency Fars reported on Monday.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards dwindling in ranks

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – Since the international community began to challenge Tehran over its suspected nuclear weapons program a few years ago, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its affiliated Bassij force have been dwindling in ranks.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards dwindling in ranks

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – Since the international community began to challenge Tehran over its suspected nuclear weapons program a few years ago, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its affiliated Bassij force have been dwindling in ranks.

Iran to launch crackdown in restive border regions

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 19 – Iran’s Chief State Prosecutor announced that special regional security forces would be organised in Iran’s restive provinces to deal with “counter-revolutionary” elements, the official news agency IRNA reported on Monday.