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Iran to test forces in war games

World
2009-11-22

IRAN plans to hold air defence manoeuvres aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities, a senior commander was reported saying yesterday. The official IRNA news agency said the war games, involving both the elite...

Defiant Iran floats uranium swap plan

World
2009-11-19

IRAN said yesterday it would not send its enriched uranium abroad for further processing but would consider swapping it for nuclear fuel and keeping it under supervision inside the country, according to the ISNA news...

130,000 Iranians become drug addicts each year

World
2009-11-16

ABOUT 130,000 people in Iran become addicted to drugs each year, the Iranian police chief said yesterday, acknowledging the scale of the problem for a country on a key heroin trafficking route. Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam,...

Police clash with protesters in Iran

World
2009-11-5

IRANIAN security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons yesterday on the sidelines of rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the US Embassy takeover. Authorities dispatched paramilitary units to key...

Khamenei warns US against imposing its will

World
2009-11-4

IRAN'S supreme leader yesterday warned against the United States imposing its will on negotiations with Tehran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's statements come as Iran is asking to modify a United Nations proposal for...

Iran seeks big change on draft nuke plan

World
2009-10-30

IRAN has given an "initial response" to the International Atomic Energy agency on a UN draft nuclear fuel deal, proposing big changes, the IAEA said yesterday. The wording of the IAEA statement appeared to dash Western...

Iran considers uranium plan

World
2009-10-27

IRAN'S foreign minister said yesterday that Tehran may agree to ship part of its stockpile of low enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment in response to a United Nations-drafted plan. Manouchehr Mottaki's...

Iran stalls UN uranium enrichment plan

World
2009-10-24

IRAN yesterday failed to accept a United Nations-drafted plan that would ship most of the country's uranium abroad for enrichment, saying instead it would prefer to buy the nuclear fuel it needs for a reactor that...

Iran lawmaker rejects plan to ship uranium

World
2009-10-23

IRAN'S deputy parliament speaker yesterday dismissed an internationally backed draft plan to have Tehran ship its uranium abroad for enrichment, the official IRNA news agency reported. The remarks by Mohammad...

Iran signals support for major deal on uranium

World
2009-10-22

IRANIAN negotiators yesterday expressed support for a deal that - if accepted by their leaders - would commit Tehran to send most of its existing enriched uranium to Russia for processing, diplomats said. International...