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Iran threatens to drop trade in ‘filthy’ foreign currencies

Iran planned to stop all trade and oil exports in dollars and euros in retaliation against Western sanctions over its nuclear program, a top official said Tuesday. “We are going to remove dollar and euro from our foreign currency basket and replace them with [Iranian] rial and all other currencies…

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Iran: US main sponsor of terrorism

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the US is the main sponsor of terrorism and that it tries to cover up this fact by leveling accusations against other countries.

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Iran supports Lebanon, Syria in face of aggression: FM

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki expressed Sunday Iran’s willingness to fully support Lebanon and Syria in the face of any possible Israeli aggression.

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Iran’s Nuclear Sanctions Make China, Russia Winners

Sanctions punishing Iran for its nuclear program are deepening the country’s ties with China and handing Russia opportunities to sell more gasoline while hurting suppliers in Europe and India.

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Iran’s Nuclear Sanctions Make China, Russia Winners

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Iran says IAEA to set date for nuclear talks soon

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief will soon set the date for the Vienna Group-Iran nuclear talks.

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Iran upholds five-year jail term for web

An appeals court in Iran has upheld a five-year jail term for Mohammad Davari, who heads Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi’s website Sahamnews.org.

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Iran upholds five-year jail term for web

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Iran meddling to fill void in Iraq government: poll

Iran more than any other foreign state is meddling to fill a void in Iraqi politics five months after a general election left the war-wracked nation without a new government, a poll said Saturday.

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Iran rejects Brazil asylum for woman facing stoning

Iran on Tuesday rejected an offer by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to give asylum to an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

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Iran rebuffs Obama’s call to free U.S. detainees

Iran has rejected President Barack Obama’s plea to release three Americans arrested more than a year ago near the Iraq border, the foreign ministry said, insisting that justice would take its course.

Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were arrested on July 31, 2009 on Iran’s border with Iraq. Their families say they were hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq. Iran suspects them of spying but has not brought charges against them.

Iran is still investigating spying allegations.

Iran says numerous Iranian citizens are in secret detention in the US including a former deputy defence minister who vanished in 2007. Iranian media have often linked the case of the Americans to the fate of these alleged Iranian detainees.

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Iran ready for talks on nuclear fuel swap deal: Mottaki

Iran is ready to start immediately talks with Western powers over a nuclear fuel swap deal it signed in May, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Sunday.

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