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Iran’s President nominates new Oil Minister

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 15 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has introduced his new candidate for the portfolio of Minister of Oil to the Majlis, or Parliament, which must vote to approve him.

Iran body launches national drive to recruit suicide bombers

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 – An organisation set up by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is holding a rally in a provincial centre in north-east Iran on Tuesday as part of a nationwide drive to recruit volunteers for “martyrdom-seeking” operations, Iran Focus has learnt.

Iran body launches national drive to recruit suicide bombers

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 – An organisation set up by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) is holding a rally in a provincial centre in north-east Iran on Tuesday as part of a nationwide drive to recruit volunteers for “martyrdom-seeking” operations, Iran Focus has learnt.

Iran sentences woman to death by hanging

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 – Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a woman who had been accused of murdering her abusive husband, the state-run Fars news agency reported on Monday.

Iran sentences woman to death by hanging

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 – Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a woman who had been accused of murdering her abusive husband, the state-run Fars news agency reported on Monday.

Visiting Iran FM backs Syria in Lebanon probe standoff

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AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki voiced strong support for Syria Monday in its standoff with the West over a UN inquiry into the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri as he made his first official visit to Tehran’s main Arab ally.

Baghdad-Tehran flights halted

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AFP: A new passenger jet link between Baghdad and Tehran has been halted until further notice just over a week after an historic opening flight, officials said Monday.

Iran’s hard-liners to hold demo in front of Italian embassy

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 – Hard-line Iranian students will demonstrate on Tuesday outside the Italian embassy in Tehran, according to a report on the state-owned Fars news agency.

Iran’s hard-liners to hold demo in front of Italian embassy

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 – Hard-line Iranian students will demonstrate on Tuesday outside the Italian embassy in Tehran, according to a report on the state-owned Fars news agency.

Iran’s Supreme Leader defends Ahmadinejad

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei defended President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his administration in the face of dissenting voices among various factions within the religious theocracy that the hard-line president failed to live up to his pre-election promises, the state-run ISNA news agency reported on Monday.