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Behind Iran's facade, little is as it seems
The Associated PressGeorge Jahn, who reports on Iran's nuclear program, recently made his third trip to Tehran. He found the city teeming with lives and stories startlingly at odds with the officially painted portrait of Islamic piety and anti-Americanism. Iran's...Tags: Music, Nuclear Policy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Metal and Mineral, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Iranian official hardens position
Chicago Tribune NewspapersBEIRUT—The powerful speaker of Iran's parliament warned Wednesday that his nation could take drastic steps in response to economic, political and military pressure meant to halt controversial parts of its nuclear program. Ali Larijani, a former...Tags: Nuclear Policy, News Agency, Economic Sanctions, Newspapers, The White House
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Iraq officials question need for U.S. troop presence
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOfficials in Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's ruling coalition are questioning whether Iraq needs a U.S. military presence even as the two countries press forward with high-pressure negotiations to determine how long American forces will remain. Some...Tags: United Nations, Armed Forces, Religious Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Government
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U.S. plan to meet with Iran heightens debate
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Bush administration's decision to abandon a long-held policy and meet with a top Iranian official on Tehran's nuclear program has intensified the political debate in Washington about how best to deal with America's adversaries. The White House...Tags: John McCain, Elections, Political Candidates, Barack Obama, Government
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Iran test-fires missiles near Strait of Hormuz
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWith U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf and the rhetoric between Iran and Israel growing more heated, Tehran on Wednesday test-fired nine missiles, including at least one capable of striking Israel and other American allies and interests in the Middle...Tags: John McCain, Nuclear Weapons, Elections, Political Candidates, Defense Equipment
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Iran weighs new offer
McClatchy-TribuneIran's senior diplomat said yesterday that Tehran is seriously considering a new offer from six world powers to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program. He called the offer "constructive." The unusually positive remarks by Foreign Minister...Tags: Defense Equipment, Islam, Government, Heads of State, George Bush
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Budgetary spat in Iran
Special to The TimesIran watchers sought to make sense Monday of a spat between the conservative speaker of parliament and the country's hard-line president over a budgetary issue that found supreme leader Ali Khamenei issuing a rare but opaque opinion. The incident was the...Tags: Mohammad Khatami, Energy Resources, Parliament, Government, Islam
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Putting Iran on notice
Victories for bush administration diplomacy are rare these days, and the adoption of a third U.N. Security Council resolution tightening sanctions against Iran is worth celebrating -- even though it probably represents more of a belated act of self-...Tags: National Government, Nuclear Policy, Economic Sanctions, Foreign Aid, Islam
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Go with the tough guy
Some conservatives are having conniptions over the rise of John McCain as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Personally, I am less interested in what Rush Limbaugh, Tom DeLay or Ann Coulter think than I am in the views of Mahmoud...Tags: John McCain, Nuclear Weapons, Elections, Political Candidates, Ann Coulter
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Iran's inner and outer circles of influence and power
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIran's supreme leader spoke not with the thunder of a man regarded in his country as God's representative on Earth, but with the exasperated tone of a corporate manager chastising his employees. Ali Khamenei had ordered his deputies to start...Tags: Executive Branch, Diseases, Parliament, Islam, Economic Policy
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Iran: the anti-democracy
The Islamic Republic of Iran is master of the double standard. For instance, the regime believes it has the right to establish political groups in other countries, such as Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council and a number of groups in...Tags: Democracy, Government, Demonstration, Justice and Rights, Wars and Interventions
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