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Sex orgies, STD on the rise in Iran, hard-line daily warns

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 25 – An influential hard-line daily in Iran warned that young people were increasingly turning to sex orgies, drugs, and alcohol, all of which carry severe penalties for the offenders under Iran’s strict religious laws.

Iran questions EU-3 role in nuclear negotiations

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AFP: Iran’s new hardline nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on Thursday challenged the role of Britain, France and Germany as the leaders of diplomatic efforts over the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme.

Iran seeking nuclear bomb “booster,” say exiles

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Reuters: Iranian agents have tried to obtain from South Korea a substance that can be used to boost nuclear explosions in atomic weapons, an Iranian exile group said on Thursday.

Prosecutor says Iran has 18 law enforcement agencies

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 25 – Iran has 18 separate law enforcement and security agencies, according to the country’s top prosecutor.Persian-language websites reported on Thursday that Ghorban-Ali Dorri Najafabadi, the State Prosecutor, told journalists in Tehran, “There are about 18 different law enforcement agencies, and may be even more, in the country”.

Prosecutor says Iran has 18 law enforcement agencies

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 25 – Iran has 18 separate law enforcement and security agencies, according to the country’s top prosecutor.Persian-language websites reported on Thursday that Ghorban-Ali Dorri Najafabadi, the State Prosecutor, told journalists in Tehran, “There are about 18 different law enforcement agencies, and may be even more, in the country”.

Iran Set to Offer New Nuclear Proposals

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AP: Iran will soon offer new proposals for negotiations with Europe on its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on state-run television Wednesday. Ahmadinejad said he has instructed the Supreme National Security Council, the country’s top security decision-making body, to draw up a new set of proposals over Iran’s uranium enrichment program.

US lobbying for Iran to face UN Security Council on nuclear issue

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AFP: The United States is lobbying hard for Iran to be referred quickly to the UN Security Council if it fails to meet a September 3 deadline to suspend nuclear fuel work that could be used to make atomic weapons, diplomats said Wednesay. The United States is “working hard behind the scenes” to build consensus against Iran within the 35-nation board of governors of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which could send the matter to the Security Council for possible economic sanctions, a Western diplomat told AFP.

Iran’s President appoints hard-liner as spokesman

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 –Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has decided to appoint a lay member of the ultra-conservative Guardian Council to the post of government spokesman, a website close to the Islamist camp reported on Wednesday.

Iran’s President appoints hard-liner as spokesman

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 24 –Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has decided to appoint a lay member of the ultra-conservative Guardian Council to the post of government spokesman, a website close to the Islamist camp reported on Wednesday.

Iran’s new Foreign Minister “was involved in terrorism”

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Iran Focus: London, Aug. 24 – Manouchehr Mottaki, 52, who was
confirmed on Wednesday by Iran’s hard-line parliament (Majlis)
as the new Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
was involved in a series of terrorist attacks outside Iran,
according to Iranian exiles and defectors from the theocratic
regime.