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Iran seeks to speed up nuclear activity, capacity unclear
Reuters* Iran installing advanced centrifuges - IAEA * New machines could enrich uranium faster * Launch date, efficiency unclear, experts say By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, May 23 (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment programme, a U.N....Tags: Politics, Nuclear Power, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons
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Iran seeks to speed up nuclear activity: IAEA
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment program, a U.N. nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how efficiently they would work. The Islamic state's...Tags: Politics, Nuclear Power, Israel, Explosions, Nuclear Policy
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Exclusive: Glencore, Trafigura deals with Iran may have skirted sanctions - U.N
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U....Tags: Politics, Metal, Nuclear Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Heavy Engineering
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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. In another...Tags: Politics, Nuclear Power, Israel, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. Congress moves to tighten sanctions on Iran
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved legislation on Wednesday seeking to impose tighter sanctions on Iran, the latest congressional effort to slow development of the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program....Tags: Politics, United Nations, Iran, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama
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Iran president denounces aide's disqualification from election
TEHRAN — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday denounced as unjust the supervisory electoral body's disqualification of his top aide from next month's presidential poll and said he plans to appeal to the nation's supreme leader,...
Tags: Politics, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Elections
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House committee approves Iran sanctions bill
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A new push to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions by crippling the country's economy gathered momentum on Capitol Hill Wednesday with approval of legislation by the House Foreign Affairs Committee that would impose even tougher...Tags: Politics, Bob Menendez, U.S. Senate, Israel, Nuclear Policy
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Iran pushes ahead with new nuclear plant that worries West
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb if it decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. Iran has...Tags: Politics, Nuclear Power, Iran, Israel, Explosions
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Iran's rulers risk alienating voters by candidate bans
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers may have sought to remove any challenge to their grip by barring two vivid contenders from next month's presidential election, but they risk alienating voters already disillusioned by the violent aftermath of the...Tags: Politics, Iran Presidential Election (2009), Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Bashar Assad, Yasmin (drug)
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Iran expands sensitive nuclear capacity - UN report
ReutersVIENNA, May 22 (Reuters) - Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds of more centrifuges at its Natanz plant, a U.N. nuclear agency report said on Wednesday, underlining Tehran's defiance of Western demands to curb the...Tags: Iran
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Iran bars candidates for presidential election
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader. Akbar Hashemi...Tags: Politics, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Yasmin (drug), European Union, Iran's Nuclear Program
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India's April Iran oil imports drop 34.2 pct vs March -trade
Reuters* Iran 7th biggest oil supplier to India in Jan-Apr vs 3rd yr ago * Should bolster case for fresh waiver from sanctions on Tehran * Oil imports from Latin America doubled in Jan-Apr vs yr ago * Total crude imports in April at 3.9 mln bpd, up about 8...Tags: Iran, China, European Union, New Delhi (India), India
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