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Rafsanjani rolls the dice one last time to fix Iran's future
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's best known political grandee, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, looms large in the history of the Islamic Republic - now registered to run in Iran's presidential election next month he may also get the chance to carve out...Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ruhollah Khomeini, Islam, Ban Ki-moon, Freedom of the Press
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Rafsanjani's last-minute entry transforms Iranian presidential race
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades. Iranian media...Tags: Religion and Belief, Yasmin (drug), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Islam
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Top presidential aide and former president seek Iran's presidency
TEHRAN -- The run-up to Iran’s June presidential elections took a dramatic turn Saturday when two controversial figures -- former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, top aide to outgoing incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad --...
Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran (Iran), Politics, Elections, Pakistan
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CORRECTED-Iran to find out if political big hitters will run for president
Reuters(Corrects paragraph 13 to say "leadership around Khamenei" not "around Khatami") By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI, May 11 (Reuters) - The last day of registration for Iran's presidential candidates began on Saturday with several high-profile...Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran (Iran), Elections, Politics
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Iranians protest desecration of Syrian shrine
TEHRAN -- Iranians took to the streets Friday in the latest protest against the desecration last week by Syrian rebels of an ancient Shiite shrine outside Damascus, the Syrian capital. "We have to show our anger," declared Ebrahim Jalili, 80, a carpet...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Islam, Bashar Assad, Beirut (Lebanon), Religious Conflicts
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1800 GMT, May 10
ReutersSAVAR, Bangladesh - Rescuers pulled a woman from the rubble of a Bangladesh garment factory 17 days after it collapsed, astonishing workmen who had been searching for bodies of victims of a disaster that has killed more than 1,000 people. - - - -...Tags: Government, Bangladesh, Parliament, Elections, Pakistan
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IRAN VICE PRESIDENT "PLEASED" AT U.S.-RUSSIA
ReutersIRAN VICE PRESIDENT "PLEASED" AT U.S.-RUSSIA PROPOSAL FOR SYRIA CONFERENCE, HOPES IT WILL BE IN GENEVA, SAYS IRAN EXPECTS TO "BE PART OF THE PROCESS" -
Iran backs Syria meeting proposal, expects to be part of process
ReutersGENEVA, May 10 (Reuters) - Iran welcomes the U.S.-Russian proposal for an international conference on ending the conflict in Syria and hopes it will be held in Geneva, Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh told Reuters in an interview in... -
Iran says nuclear sites safe from earthquakes and cyber threat
Reuters* Fears over potential quake impact on nuclear sites * Environmental chief says highest standards observed * Says has mastered knowledge to thwart cyber attacks By Tom Miles GENEVA, May 10 (Reuters) - Iran's nuclear and hydropower facilities are...Tags: Nuclear Weapons, Stuxnet Virus, Environmental Issues, Security, Computer Crime
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Senate bill aims to toughen Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would sharply toughen U.S. economic sanctions on Iran despite administration calls for Congress to delay penalties that could disrupt diplomacy aimed at resolving...
Tags: John Cornyn, U.S. Senate, Mark Kirk, Susan Collins, U.S. Department of State
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WASHINGTON- IRAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR IN CYPRUS
ReutersWASHINGTON- IRAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR IN CYPRUS AFTER ISLAND EXTRADITES IRANIAN CITIZEN TO U.S. FOR ATTEMPTING TO VIOLATE UN ARMS SANCTIONS-CYPRUS FOREIGN MINISTERTags: Cyprus
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Iran envoy to Cyprus recalled after Iranian extradited to U.S.
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - Iran has recalled its ambassador to Cyprus for consultations after an Iranian national was recently extradited from the island to the United States on suspicion of violating U.N. arms sanctions, Cyprus's foreign minister said...Tags: Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus)
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