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Cyrus the Great artifact to be displayed in Iran (AP):A Babylonian artifact sometimes described as the world's first human rights charter is to go on display in Iran after the government threatened to cut ties with the British Museum if it did not loan the object. Read More Iran accused of building secret underground nuclear plant (Daily Telegraph):Iran has been secretly constructing a vast underground complex to hide a nuclear facility in the mountains east of Tehran in a development that would violate the UN sanctions regime, it has been claimed. Read More U.S. seeks to support Iran democratic forces - Clinton (Reuters):The United States tries to support democratic forces in Iran but in a way that does not undermine or endanger them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. Read More Iran building secret nuclear enrichment site (AP):Washington, Sep. 09 – Iran is secretly building a uranium enrichment site near Qazvin, 120 km west of Tehran, Iranian dissidents said on Thursday. Read More South Korea imposes new wave of Iran sanctions (Reuters):South Korea blacklisted on Wednesday 102 companies, including the Seoul branch of Iran's Bank Mellat, and 24 individuals accused of facilitating Iran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons. Read More Iran's shadow games (Wall Street Journal):Another International Atomic Energy Agency report serves up more data on Iran's atomic progress. Ho-hum. So, barring an epiphany of seriousness by the so-called international community, Read More Bahrain implicates Iran in plot to overthrow government (REUTERS): Authorities in the island state, which serves as a US naval base, made the arrests during weeks of unrest in the run-up to a parliamentary election next month. Read More Palestinian leader blasts Ahmadinejad over Mideast peace comments (CNN): The administration of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas lashed out at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday, a day after Ahmadinejad criticized Abbas for renewing direct peace talks with Israel. Read More Prominent human rights lawyer arrested in Tehran (AFP):Iranian authorities on Saturday arrested the prominent lawyer and women's rights activist Nasrine Sotoudeh, her husband told Babylon & Beyond. Read More Clashes in Iran capital (AFP):Tehran, Sep. 3 - Skirmishes erupted between security forces and anti-government protestors in Tehran on Friday which marks the state's annual Qods (Jerusalem) Day. Government-organised marches were held in Tehran and elsewhere. Read More Mideast people 'capable of removing' Israel: Ahmadinejad (AFP):Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that the people of the Middle East are "capable of removing the Zionist regime from the world scene" in an annual Palestinian solidarity day address in Tehran. Read More Egypt halts Iran FM visit over peace talks comments (AFP):Egypt said Thursday it has postponed a visit to Cairo by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki over comments criticising the role of some Arab leaders in facilitating Middle East peace talks. Read More Japan set to toughen sanctions on Iran - Nikkei (Reuters):Japan is set to toughen sanctions against Iran as early as this week over its disputed nuclear programme, the Nikkei business daily said, following the United States and European Union's leads in pressuring Tehran. Read More EU presses China on observing Iran sanctions (Reuters):The European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Thursday she had pressed China to ensure that Chinese companies did not fill the void left by other firms leaving Iran due to U.N. sanctions. Read More West should use force if Iran 'continues to develop nuclear weapons' (guardian):The west should use force against Iran if it "continues to develop nuclear weapons", Tony Blair said today, aligning himself with US hawks who have called for strikes against Iranian nuclear sites. Read More Turkey exports less gasoline to Iran in July (Reuters):Turkey's gasoline exports to Iran dropped by a hefty 74 percent in July after U.S.-led sanctions against the Islamic Republic came into force, figures obtained by Reuters from Turkey's statistics office showed on Wednesday. Read More Iran shifts assets out of Europe banks (New York Times):Iran has transferred assets out of European banks in its latest effort to defend itself against the effects of sanctions that are part of what Iranian officials have called an “economic war” against the country by the United States and other Western countries. Read More Iran ex-prosecutor suspended over prison deaths (AFP):Tehran's notorious former prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi and two judges have been suspended over the prison deaths of three anti-government protesters, Iranian newspapers reported Monday, quoting MPs. Read More