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Strong Earthquake Jolts Southern Iranian Town

Associated Press — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:24:46 +0000

Iran's state TV is reporting that a 6.1 magnitude earthquake has jolted a town in the country's south.

Navy: No U.S. Drones Missing After Iran Claim

Associated Press — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:55:23 +0000

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A U.S. Navy spokesman says no American drones are missing in the Middle East following Iranian claims it had captured an unmanned American surveillance aircraft.

Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for the U

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Iran Urges West To Take Action On Anti-Islam Film

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:52:13 +0000

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's top leader is urging the West to show it respects Muslims by blocking a film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad and has touched off rage across the Islamic world.

State TV quotes Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying Western leaders must prove they are not "accomplices" in a "big crime

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Oil Prices Fall On Easing Tensions Over Iran

Bruce Dougherty — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:09:54 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are falling as tensions eased over Iran's nuclear program.

Benchmark U.S. crude lost 60 cents to $102.23 per barrel in New York while Brent crude lost $2.01 to $119

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Iran To Allow UN Inspectors Into Secret Site

Associated Press — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:44:12 +0000

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says it will allow U.N. inspectors access to a secret military complex where the U.N. nuclear agency suspects secret atomic work has been carried out.

A statement issued by the country's permanent envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran says it will allow U

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Oil Prices Climb

Associated Press — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:59:49 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are climbing after Iran said it will cut off crude exports to Europe in retaliation for a planned embargo later this year.

Benchmark U.S. crude rose $1 to $101.74 per barrel in New York

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Oil Prices Climb As Iran Threatens EU Supply Cut

Associated Press — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:34:01 +0000

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are rising as Iran again threatens to cut off supplies to Europe.

Iranian lawmakers are pushing a plan to stop exporting crude to Europe before the European Union begins an oil embargo this summer

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Senate Panel Okays Iran Sanctions

Associated Press — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:08:21 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel is backing sweeping new penalties on Iran with lawmakers arguing the economic pressure will undercut Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

The Banking Committee approved the legislation Thursday by voice vote in a rare instance of bipartisanship

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Oil Hovers Near $100 Amid Iran Tensions

Associated Press — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:43:32 +0000

BANGKOK (AP) — Crude prices were steady Friday amid a weaker U.S. dollar and expectations that Europe will be able to find oil elsewhere if Iran makes good on its threat to immediately halt exports to the region

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EU Formally Adopts Iran Oil Embargo

Associated Press — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:41:52 +0000

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union formally adopted an oil embargo Monday against Iran and a freeze of the assets of the country's central bank, part of sanctions meant to pressure the country to resume talks on its nuclear program

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U.S. Condemns Iranian Death Sentence For American

Associated Press — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:29:19 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration denied on Monday that an American man sentenced to death in Iran was a CIA spy, and sharply criticized the Islamic republic in Tehran for what it called a pattern of arresting innocent people for political reasons

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Romney, Perry Slap At Paul On Iran

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:15:50 +0000

MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential contenders Mitt Romney and Rick Perry on Wednesday assailed Ron Paul for saying the U.S. has no business bombing Iran to keep it from acquiring a nuclear weapon, drawing a sharp contrast with their rising rival as he returned to Iowa days before the lead-off caucuses

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Iran Shrugs Off U.S. Request To Return Spy Drone

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:40:48 +0000

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's defense minister on Tuesday shrugged off a U.S. request for the return of an American spy drone captured by Iranian armed forces and instead demanded an apology from Washington

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Ahmadinejad: UN Nuclear Agency Does US Bidding

Associated Press — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:21:35 +0000

NEW YORK — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the U.N. nuclear watchdog of being in the pocket of the United States and illegally releasing the names of three nuclear scientists who were then assassinated by alleged Israeli-trained killers

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