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  • Clerics attend a gathering to condemn the crackdown on the Bahraini opposition, in a seminary in the northeastern city of Mashhad, Iran, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Iranian clerics have denounced Iran's regional rival Saudi Arabia for putting down anti-government protests in the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Sadegh Zabbah)

    Iran criticizes Saudi involvement in Bahrain

    About 200 members of Iran's parliament on Wednesday condemned Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Bahrain and urged the Persian Gulf kingdom to use its forces against Israel instead.


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    The Iranian government says a second session in the trial of three Americans accused of spying will be held May 11, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday.


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    Iran is complaining that the logo for next year's London Olympics resembles the word "Zion," and is warning of a possible boycott of the summer games.


  • ** FILE ** Iranian technicians work at the Bushehr nuclear power plant outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, in August 2010. (AP Photo/International Iran Photo Agency, Ebrahim Norouzi, File)

    In setback, Iran to unload fuel from nuke plant

    In a major setback to Iran's nuclear program, technicians will have to unload fuel from the country's first atomic power plant because of an unspecified safety concern, a senior government official said.


  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a rally marking the 32nd anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution in Azadi (Freedom) Street in Tehran Friday. Feb. 11, 2011. The president said Egypt's popular uprising shows a new Islamic Middle East is emerging, with no signs of Israel and U.S. "interference." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

    Iran leader urges Gadhafi to allow free speech

    Iran's president on Wednesday told Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi and other embattled Middle East leaders to "let their peoples express their opinions and then follow their notions," Iran's state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported.


  • Iran militia claims credit for VOA cyberstrike

    An Iranian government official on Tuesday claimed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was behind a recent computer attack that disrupted Voice of America Internet programming.


  • This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian protesters attending an anti-government protest as a garbage can is set on fire, in Tehran Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. (AP Photo)

    Iran lawmakers demand opposition leaders' execution

    Hard-line Iranian lawmakers called on Tuesday for the country's opposition leaders to face trial and be put to death, a day after clashes between opposition protesters and security forces left two people dead and dozens injured.


  • ** FILE ** American hikers (from left) Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd are shown in Tehran in May 2010. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)

    Iran summons U.S. woman for Feb. 6 trial

    Iran has summoned an American woman to return to the country and stand trial on Feb. 6 along with two other Americans still in custody and accused of spying after crossing the border from Iraq, a judiciary spokesman said Monday.


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    Iran has summoned a U.S. woman to return to the country and stand trial on Feb. 6 along with two other Americans still in custody and accused of spying after crossing the border from Iraq, a judiciary spokesman said Monday.


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