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Reuters: "Japan is set to toughen sanctions against
Iran as early
as this week over its disputed nuclear programme, the Nikkei business
daily
said, following the United States and European Union's leads in
pressuring
Tehran. The unilateral measures, which go beyond sanctions imposed by
the
United Nations, include banning new investments in energy-related
industries
and imposing a...
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AFP: "Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
dismissed on
Wednesday the holding of direct peace talks between Israel and the
Palestinians, saying the negotiations will fail to resolve conflict in
the
Middle East. 'Tens of negotiations have been held in more than 30 years
and
tens of plans have been proposed, but they have all failed,'
Ahmadinejad told
Iran's Arabic-language...
Aug 31
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AFP: "Iran will need another two weeks to complete
the process of
loading fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear power plant, atomic
chief Ali
Akbar Salehi has said. The process of loading 163 fuel rods, also
supplied by
Russia, into the nuclear power plant located in the southern port city
of
Bushehr began on August 21 and was to be completed by September 5.
Thereafter
the rods...
Aug 30
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NYT: "Iran has transferred assets out of European
banks in its
latest effort to defend itself against the effects of sanctions that
are part
of what Iranian officials have called an 'economic war' against the
country by
the United States and other Western countries. Iran's 'Central Bank had
previously specified a list of its banking reserves in Europe and has
transferred them,' the...
Aug 27
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AP:
"The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq said on Thursday he
believed groups backed by Iran were responsible for a quarter of U.S.
casualties in the Iraq war but that Tehran was not as influential in
Iraq as
thought. More than 4,400 U.S. soldiers have been killed since the 2003
U.S.-led
invasion, battling Shi'ite militia the U.S. military has long said were
armed,
funded and trained by Iran,...
Aug 26
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AFP:
"Iran has made a proposal to Moscow to jointly produce
nuclear fuel for its Russian-built Bushehr plant and future facilities,
the
head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation was quoted as saying
Thursday. 'We
have made a proposal to Russia for the creation of a consortium,
licensed by that
country, to do part of the work in Russia and part of it in Iran,'
state news
agency IRNA quoted...
Aug 25
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WSJ:
"LyondellBasell Industries NV, one of the world's biggest
plastic and chemical producers, will end its business operations in
Iran to
shield itself against penalties the U.S. could soon impose on companies
for
violating trade sanctions. The Dutch-based company's board approved the
decision early this month after months of deliberation, according to
David
Harpole, a LyondellBasell...
Aug 24
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AFP:
"Direct peace talks between Israel and Palestinians will
fail as long as the 'root' of the problem remained, Iranian foreign
ministry
spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday. 'We don't think (peace)
talks are
going to yield any results,' Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly
press
conference. 'The root of the Palestinian problem should be cured. We
cannot see
a solution to the...
Aug 23
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NYT:
"Thirty-six years after construction began under the shah,
Iran finally opened its first nuclear power plant at a ceremony on
Saturday.
Attended by senior officials from Iran and Russia, which helped build
the
plant, the ceremony marked the beginning of the transfer of
low-enriched
uranium fuel rods from a storage site into the plant. Officials of both
countries said that Saturday's...
Aug 20
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NYT:
"The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued
troubles inside Iran's nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it
would take
roughly a year - and perhaps longer - for Iran to complete what one
senior
official called a 'dash' for a nuclear weapon, according to American
officials.
Administration officials said they believe the assessment has dimmed
the
prospect that Israel...
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