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Banned art in a show of revolt against mullahs

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The Sunday Times: A collection of art including works by Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec and Andy Warhol has gone on show in Tehran, more than a quarter of a century after Iran’s religious leaders banished it to a museum basement as immoral and “anti-Islamic”.

Britain draws UN into Iran nuclear row

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The Sunday Times: A Stand-off over Tehran’s nuclear
ambitions took a dramatic turn last night when Britain persuaded the world’s atomic energy watchdog to refer Iran to the United Nations security council.

Focus: Playing with fire

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The Sunday Times: British troops are famed for winning hearts and minds but last week Basra erupted. Ali Rifat, Michael
Smith and Richard Woods on an SAS mission that went horribly wrong.

Focus: How Tehran pulls the strings of insurrection

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The Sunday Times – Iraq’s former defence chief tells Robert Winnett he warned of the Iranian threat: As the US special forces Hercules flew low over the desert in March 2003 before landing behind enemy lines, Hazim al-Shalan prepared to step onto Iraqi soil for the first time in almost 20 years.

SAS in secret war against Iranian agents

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The Sunday Times: Two SAS soldiers rescued last week after being arrested by Iraqi police and handed over to a militia were engaged in a “secret war” against insurgents bringing sophisticated bombs into the country from Iran.

Iran tops world drug addiction-rate list – report

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 24 – A report by the United Nations has found that Iran has the highest drug addiction rate in the world, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

Iran tops world drug addiction-rate list – report

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 24 – A report by the United Nations has found that Iran has the highest drug addiction rate in the world, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

Europe hails UN resolution against Iran

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Iran Focus: London, Sep. 24 – The European Union welcomed on Saturday a resolution adopted by the United Nations nuclear watchdog requiring that Iran be reported to the Security Council for failing to convince the international community that its nuclear program was entirely peaceful.

Europe hails UN resolution against Iran

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Iran Focus: London, Sep. 24 – The European Union welcomed on Saturday a resolution adopted by the United Nations nuclear watchdog requiring that Iran be reported to the Security Council for failing to convince the international community that its nuclear program was entirely peaceful.

Iran accuses Britain of ‘colonialism’ in nuclear row

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AFP: Iran on Saturday accused Britain of acting like a “19th century colonial” power in pushing for the Islamic republic to be referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.