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Gabon vows to work closely with US on Iran at UN (AFP):Gabon will "work closely" with the United States and others to pressure Iran to comply with UN demands over its nuclear program, Gabonese President Ali Bongo said Monday."We feel that it's for the authorities in Iran to demonstrate that they're willing to go along with what the international community demands, Read More Israel and Syria in nuclear bids (AFP):Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau told delegates his country wanted to build new nuclear plants to reduce its dependence on coal. Syria's deputy foreign minister said the peaceful application of nuclear energy should not be monopolised. Read More Iranian poet Simin Behbahani handed 'travel ban' (AFP):Iran's leading female poet has told the BBC she has been barred from leaving the country by the government. Simin Behbahani, 82, said she was about to fly to France when her passport was confiscated at Tehran airport. Read More Petraeus warns Iran becoming 'thugocracy' (AFP):Monday, 08 March 2010 General David Petraeus, the head of US Central Command, warned Sunday that Iran is becoming a "thugocracy" in attempts to suppress popular anger over last year's contested presidential vote results. Read More Rome, Tehran trade accusations after arrests (Reuters):ROME, March 5 - Italian-Iranian relations hit a new low on Friday over the arrest of Iranian citizens accused of arms trafficking and espionage. Read More Iran stops opposition leader's son flying to Britain:report (AFP):TEHRAN — The Iranian authorities prevented a son of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi from travelling to London on Friday by seizing his passport at Tehran airport, Karroubi's website reported. Read More Norway expels Iranian diplomat in Tehran response (Reuters):Norway's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had asked Iran to remove one diplomat from Norway after Iranian authorities demanded one Norwegian diplomat leave Tehran. Read More UN rights chief criticizes Iran, Sri Lanka (AP):U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay has singled out Iran for its crackdown on protestors after last year's election in an address at the U.N. Human Rights Council. Read More Italy arrests 9 people on weapons trafficking to Iran (Bloomberg):Italy’s Finance Police said it arrested five Italians and four suspected Iranian agents on suspicion of weapons trafficking to Iran.The authorities blocked the export of explosive materials to Iran and intercepted a supply of 1,000 German-produced optical-precision equipment and 120 scuba-diving jackets and oxygen tanks, according to an e-mailed statement. Read More Iran court upholds death for opposition activist (AP):An Iranian opposition-run Web site says an appeals court has upheld the death sentence for a student who took part in an anti-government rally in December that left eight people dead. Read More NY lawsuits seek damages from Iran for terror acts (AP):Families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and a 1983 bombing of U.S. Marines in Lebanon are seeking to hold Iran accountable in separate legal actions. Read More Clinton appears to extend timeline for Iran sanctions (AFP):Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday it could take months for new UN sanctions against Iran, as she prepared for talks in Argentina and Brazil about the perceived Iranian nuclear threat. Read More Iran says plans to test fire new guided-bomb soon (Reuters): Iran's air force will soon test a new version of a 2000-pound guided-bomb, a top Iranian military commander said on Monday.Iran has built up its forces in recent years, Read More Iran 'not co-operating' says new IAEA chief (BBC):Iran is not co-operating with the UN nuclear watchdog's investigation into the country's nuclear programme, the new head of the agency has said.Iran's insistence its nuclear programme was peaceful could not be confirmed, Yukiya Amano told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna. Read More Opposition leader: Dictatorial "cult" rules Iran (The Associated Press):TEHRAN — Iran's opposition leader said Saturday that a dictatorial "cult" was ruling Iran in the name of Islam — his strongest attack to date on the country's clerical leadership. Read More Iran's Mousavi warns over system's legitimacy waning (Reuters):TEHRAN - Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi warned the legitimacy of clerical rule was waning due to its "repressive measures," his website said on Saturday. Read More General Assembly Recognizes 21 March as International Day of Nowruz (The Wall Street Journal):he General Assembly this afternoon recognized the International Day of Nowruz, a spring festival of Persian origin, and moved back the dates of the next high-level dialogue on Financing for Development, as it continued its sixty-fourth session. Read More Hezbollah chief Nasrallah meets Ahmadinejad in Syria (The Wall Street Journal):The head of the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has made a rare public appearance in the Syrian capital, Damascus.Sheikh Nasrallah attended a dinner with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Read More The Berlin-Dubai-Tehran Axis (The Wall Street Journal):Although Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered the increase of uranium enrichment to 20%—bringing Tehran much closer to weapons-grade nuclear material—China still opposes new United Nations sanctions. Read More Tehran's vote-buying in Iraq (The Washington Post):Iran is conducting what U.S. officials say is a broad covert-action campaign to influence Iraq's elections next month, pumping money and other assistance to its allies. The best way to counter this assault, American officials have decided, is by exposing it publicly. Read More Iran forms first squadron of home-made Saeqeh fighter jets (FO):A senior Iranian air force commander announced on Wednesday the formation of Iran’s first squadron of home-made Saeqeh fighter jets."The squadron is the first fighter squadron equipped with fighters and equipments made inside the country ….. Read More Iran ridicules West's nuclear proposal (AF): A spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) has condemned as "hollow" a new nuclear proposal put forward by Western nations to the UN nuclear watchdog to deal with Iran's nuclear defiance, state media reported. Read More Iran clerics meeting will test Rafsanjani's clout (AF):Veteran politician Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, keen to reassert his weakened influence by healing Iran's post-election rifts, may come under fire from hardliners again when he chairs a meeting of a top clerical body this week. Read More BBC an arm of MI6, says police chief of Iran (The Times):Iran’s police chief has accused the BBC of being an arm of MI6 and warned of severe punishment for any Iranians in contact with the organisation.General Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam, whose police forces have played a key role in the government crackdown on protesters since the disputed presidential election last June, Read More Croatian tobacco company to build Iranian factory (AFP):ZAGREB — Croatian tobacco company TDR, one of the Balkans' biggest tobacco firms, on Friday announced a 30-million euro (40-million-dollar) investment to build a factory in Iran. Read More Russia hints it will back Iran sanctions calls (The Times):Iran’s Supreme Leader took to the deck of a naval guided missile destroyer yesterday in defiance of the international storm sparked by the United Nations’ warning that Tehran may be building a nuclear bomb. Read More First Iranian-built destroyer launched in Gulf (Reuters):TEHRAN - Iranian state television said the first Iranian-built destroyer was launched on Friday in a ceremony attended by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Read More IAEA 'concerned' Iran working on nuclear weapon (AFP):The UN atomic watchdog is concerned that its information about Iran's nuclear activities suggests Tehran may be working on a nuclear warhead, according to a restricted report obtained by AFP Thursday. Read More