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Iran acquiring nuclear parts from Europe – report

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Iran Focus: London, Jul. 26 – European firms are unknowingly providing Iran with much-needed nuclear parts which could be used in making nuclear bombs despite efforts by the international community to prevent Tehran from acquiring such a capability, the German weekly der Spiegel wrote on Monday. The paper said that it had seen secret documents showing that Iran was secretly buying European-made sophisticated nuclear parts via South Korea.

Iran acquiring nuclear parts from Europe – report

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Iran Focus: London, Jul. 26 – European firms are unknowingly providing Iran with much-needed nuclear parts which could be used in making nuclear bombs despite efforts by the international community to prevent Tehran from acquiring such a capability, the German weekly der Spiegel wrote on Monday. The paper said that it had seen secret documents showing that Iran was secretly buying European-made sophisticated nuclear parts via South Korea.

Senior cleric quits in protest over Iran election fraud

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Iran Focus: London, Jul. 25 – Defeated presidential candidate Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Karroubi resigned from his post as Secretary-General of the Militant Clergymen Association and left the clerical group, the state-run news agency ISNA reported today.

Senior cleric quits in protest over Iran election fraud

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Iran Focus: London, Jul. 25 – Defeated presidential candidate Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Karroubi resigned from his post as Secretary-General of the Militant Clergymen Association and left the clerical group, the state-run news agency ISNA reported today.

Indian Prime Minister’s remarks worry Iran leaders

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 – Iran’s state-run media have been giving prominence to India’s opposition and newspapers criticising the country’s prime minister for his remarks on an eight-billion-dollar pipeline project to join Iran’s natural gas fields to Pakistan and India. During an official visit to the United States, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Washington Post on Wednesday, “As far as the pipeline is concerned, only preliminary discussions have taken place.

Indian Prime Minister’s remarks worry Iran leaders

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 – Iran’s state-run media have been giving prominence to India’s opposition and newspapers criticising the country’s prime minister for his remarks on an eight-billion-dollar pipeline project to join Iran’s natural gas fields to Pakistan and India. During an official visit to the United States, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Washington Post on Wednesday, “As far as the pipeline is concerned, only preliminary discussions have taken place.

Four Iranians trying to reach Britain intercepted off French coast

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AFP: Four Iranians who tried to reach Britain aboard an inflatable raft were intercepted early Monday by French police near the Channel port of Calais, officials said.
The four men, aged 17 to 32, were found on a raft made for
just two people, police said.

Kazemi was deliberately killed, says Iran’s Ebadi

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Reuters: Lawyers representing the family of a Canadian photographer who died in custody in Iran said on Monday she was deliberately killed and demanded an impartial court retry the case.
Zahra Kazemi, a Montreal-based photojournalist, died in July 2003 after her skull was split after being arrested for taking photographs outside Tehran’s Evin prison where many political dissidents are held.

Iran news agency reports unrest in Kurdish town

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 – Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, reported disturbances in the north-western Kurdish town of Sardasht, Western Azerbaijan, on Sunday evening.
“Gatherings and disturbances took place on Sunday evening in the border town of Sardasht. The town returned to normal after State Security Forces intervened”, the news agency said in a dispatch on Monday.

Iran news agency reports unrest in Kurdish town

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 25 – Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, reported disturbances in the north-western Kurdish town of Sardasht, Western Azerbaijan, on Sunday evening.
“Gatherings and disturbances took place on Sunday evening in the border town of Sardasht. The town returned to normal after State Security Forces intervened”, the news agency said in a dispatch on Monday.