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Anger in Iran as calls grow for air crash answers

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The Guardian: Iranian officials were facing an angry backlash yesterday following the air disaster that claimed at least 116 lives, amid allegations that the military plane that ploughed into a block of flats was allowed to take off despite serious safety concerns.

The IAEA concession on Iran

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The Washington Times – Editorial: Earlier this week, Mohammed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned against any non-diplomatic means (i.e. military force) to end Iran’s nuclear ambitions, saying it would be like opening “a Pandora’s box.” Nothing new there. What is new is
what Mr. ElBaradei said immediately before this: If Iran has resumed its uranium enrichment program, it will take only “a few months” before it had a nuclear bomb.

Special Photo Report: Student’s Day protests in Iran capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 07 – The following are photos of a demonstration on Wednesday by students outside the main gates of the University of Tehran to mark Iran’s national Student’s Day amid tight police security and a ban on protests.

Special Photo Report: Student’s Day protests in Iran capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 07 – The following are photos of a demonstration on Wednesday by students outside the main gates of the University of Tehran to mark Iran’s national Student’s Day amid tight police security and a ban on protests.

Iran nuclear stance invites U.N. action – EU diplomats

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Reuters: Iran’s defiant vows to enrich uranium seem to mock
a Western offer of renewed talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme and may leave no recourse but U.N. Security Council action, EU diplomats said on Wednesday.

URGENT: Protests in Tehran on Iran’s Students Day

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 07 – Students are gathering outside the main gates of the University of Tehran to mark Iran’s national Student’s Day amid tight police security and a ban on protests, a student outside the campus told Iran Focus by telephone.

URGENT: Protests in Tehran on Iran’s Students Day

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 07 – Students are gathering outside the main gates of the University of Tehran to mark Iran’s national Student’s Day amid tight police security and a ban on protests, a student outside the campus told Iran Focus by telephone.

Police clash with protestors at plane crash site in Iran capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 07 – Clashes erupted between angry people and State Security Forces (SSF) in Tehran’s densely-populated Yaft-Abad district where a military transport plane crashed into a 10-story apartment block on Tuesday leaving all 94 passengers aboard and at least 25 people in the building dead and several dozen injured, a local resident told Iran Focus in an email interview.

Police clash with protestors at plane crash site in Iran capital

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 07 – Clashes erupted between angry people and State Security Forces (SSF) in Tehran’s densely-populated Yaft-Abad district where a military transport plane crashed into a 10-story apartment block on Tuesday leaving all 94 passengers aboard and at least 25 people in the building dead and several dozen injured, a local resident told Iran Focus in an email interview.

Iran publicly hangs two young men

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 07 – Two young men were publicly hanged Wednesday morning near the central city of Arak, the official state-run news agency reported.