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Amnesty warns of political executions in Iran

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Iran Focus: London, Feb. 25 – The human rights group Amnesty International announced that it had “grave concern” about the “alarming rate” of executions in Iran, in particular highlighting the cases of a number of political prisoners, several of whom are on death row.

Iran is said to start enriching fuel, on very small scale

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New York Times: International nuclear inspectors are expected to report next week that Iran has started producing enriched uranium on a very small scale, indicating that it is striving to solve technological problems in its nuclear program, European officials said Friday.

Iran readies to fend off “enemy assaults” on capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 25 – Radical Islamist militiamen affiliated to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps staged military exercises in the western suburbs of Tehran on Friday to defend the Iranian capital against “enemy assaults”, a government-run news agency reported.

Iran readies to fend off “enemy assaults” on capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 25 – Radical Islamist militiamen affiliated to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps staged military exercises in the western suburbs of Tehran on Friday to defend the Iranian capital against “enemy assaults”, a government-run news agency reported.

Iran hangs 22-year-old man in prison

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 24 – A young man from the town of Ardebil, north-western Iran, was hanged in prison, a state-run news agency reported on Friday.

Iran hangs 22-year-old man in prison

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 24 – A young man from the town of Ardebil, north-western Iran, was hanged in prison, a state-run news agency reported on Friday.

Iran vows speedy revenge against West over Iraq shrine

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 24 – The Supreme Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps accused the United States, Britain, and Israel of carrying out Wednesday’s bomb attack which devastated a revered Shiite shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra and said that God and Muslims alike would strike at them in retaliation.

Iran vows speedy revenge against West over Iraq shrine

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 24 – The Supreme Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps accused the United States, Britain, and Israel of carrying out Wednesday’s bomb attack which devastated a revered Shiite shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra and said that God and Muslims alike would strike at them in retaliation.

Iran says nuclear issue “existential” for Islamic Republic

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 24 – A senior Iranian cleric said on Friday that the Islamic Republic’s survival depended on its acquisition of nuclear capabilities and vowed that Tehran would never succumb to pressure by the West to abandon its nuclear pursuit.

Iran says nuclear issue “existential” for Islamic Republic

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 24 – A senior Iranian cleric said on Friday that the Islamic Republic’s survival depended on its acquisition of nuclear capabilities and vowed that Tehran would never succumb to pressure by the West to abandon its nuclear pursuit.