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Iran Alleges New Cyber Attack [VIDEO]

US Hikers Held in Iran Get Court Date for May

The two American men jailed in Iran for the past 19 months and accused of being U.S. spies are set to appear in a Tehran court next month. The May 11 court session, announced today in Iranian media, will be the third court appearance for Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, both 28. Twice before, Iran has delayed a verdict in...

12 Iranian Engineers Kidnapped in Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Iran -- Armed assailants kidnapped 12 Iranian engineers building a road in western Afghanistan, said Iranian and Afghan officials Monday. Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the Iranian engineers were working for a construction company in the western Farah Province and the incident was under...

US Secretly Backs Syrian Opposition, Leaked Cables Reveal

WASHINGTON - The State Department has been secretly financing opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, The Washington Post reported, citing previously undisclosed diplomatic documents provided to the newspaper by the WikiLeaks website. One of the outfits funded by the U.S. is Barada TV, a London-based satellite channel...

US Accuses Iran of Helping Syria Suppress Opposition [VIDEO]

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Can Joe Lieberman Block Diplomacy With Iran That Would Prevent War?

There's no question that some people in Washington would very much like for the U.S. to have a policy towards Iran whose endgame is war or externally-induced regime change.

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What if Iran Gets the Bomb?

I'm very aware that my byline automatically makes my headline comical -- and if you're like me, your eyes head for the ceiling anytime you see an artist, actor, musician, etc. weighing in on one of the issues of the day.

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Iran Feels Sanctions Pinch

Malaysia has halted palm oil exports to Iran because of payments problems and Asian oil buyers have cut crude purchases as Western sanctions tighten a financial noose around Iran. Traders in China said they would cut iron ore purchases from Iran, which are worth over $2 billion a year, because of sanctions that have...

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South Africa's close ties to Iran under scrutiny

JOHANNESBURG -The West's increasing pressure on Iran has meant scrutiny for South African businesses that operate in the Middle Eastern nation accused of having nuclear ambitions.

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Oil rises to near $99 after US crude supply drop

LONDON -Oil prices slipped below $97 a barrel on Tuesday as traders worried that U.S. crude supplies will continue to rise because of weak demand.

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02/10/12 Turkey and Iran diverge over Syria Source: The Sun Journal - New Bern NC Turkey and Iran, regional heavyweights and heirs to imperial pasts, expanded trade in the past decade and papered over their traditional rivalry with diplomacy and rhetoric.
02/10/12 Santorum: Obama trying to allow Iran to have nuke Source: CBS - WRAL 5 - Raleigh NC Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday accused President Barack Obama of actively seeking ways to allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapon and suggested that the administration had betrayed Israel by publicly disclosing what may be a plan to attack the Muslim nation.
02/10/12 EU asks India to help bring Iran to nuclear talks Source: CBS - WTVR 6 - Richmond VA The European Union has asked India to use its leverage to bring Iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear program, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Friday, as Asia's third-largest economy prepares to increase trade with Tehran.
02/10/12 Indonesia says it would study any barter approach from... Source: CBS - WTVR 6 - Richmond VA Indonesia would study any approach by Iran to trade by barter but has not received any such overtures from the country, trade minister Gita Wirjawan said on Friday.
02/10/12 'Mossad trains MKO terrorists to murder Iran's nuclear... Source: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) The Zionist regime's spy agency, Mossad, has financed and trained the anti-Iran terrorist outfit MKO to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientists.