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1 hr ago | San Francisco Chronicle

Militia cracks down on Iran student protests

Armed with steel clubs, electric batons, pepper spray and tear gas, members of the Basij paramilitary organization attacked a group of several hundred students on the campus of the University of Tehran.

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Thu Dec 10, 2009

WJZ-TV Baltimore

Tens Of Thousands Protest In Iran, Battle Police

Share + Dec 7, 2009 12:15 pm US/Eastern Activists Storm Tehran University TEHRAN, Iran 1 of 5 Iranian opposition supporters demonstrate at Tehran University in the Iranian capital on Dec.

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Wed Dec 09, 2009

News Chief

Iran official criticizes new UN nuke observatory

Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 4:38 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 4:38 a.m. TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian nuclear official says the purpose of a U.N. warning station set up in Turkmenistan near the border with Iran is "espionage." The U.N. announced last week the new nuclear warning station - one of dozens such ...

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

Kansas.com

Official: Iran needs 20 enrichment sites

The chief of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, right, arrives to attend a meeting of lawmakers with the country's top officials to commemorate Parliament day, at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Dec.

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Newsday

Iran whistleblower died from drug-laced salad

In this Sunday, June 14, 2009 file photo, Iranian supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi are followed by Iranian riot-police in front of Tehran University during riots in Tehran, Iran .

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Mon Dec 07, 2009

Frontline

Tehran Bureau: Videos: 16 Azar

People demonstrating by street of Tehran Univ Hormozgan Univ Ilam Univ Karaj Univ Shiraz 16Azar - Eram SQ High school protest Azad University of Kermanshah Gilan Uni, Dec 7 Razi Unvi, Kermanshah Faeze Hashemi in Azad University, Olum va Tahghighat branch Azad University, Olum va Tahghighat branch 1 Azad University, Olum va Tahghighat branch 2 ...

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Telegraph Herald

Iran limits Internet ahead of rallies

TEHRAN, Iran -- On the eve of student demonstrations planned for today, Iran choked off Internet access and warned journalists working for foreign media to stick to their offices for the next three days.

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KXMC-TV Minot

Police surround Tehran University to stop protests

Eds: APNewsNow. . AP Photo VAH503, VAH502, VAH501 By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran Witnesses say thousands of riot police and Revolutionary Guard members armed with tear gas, batons and firearms are deployed outside Tehran University to prevent student demonstrations backed by the opposition.

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Sun Dec 06, 2009

The Huffington Post

Iran Limits Internet Access Ahead Of Protests

Iranian authorities have slowed Internet connections to a crawl or choked them off completely before expected student protests Monday to deny the opposition a vital means of communication.

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Sat Dec 05, 2009

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Russian tragedy...Pakistan accident...Iran's plans

The death toll has grown to 103 after a fire tore through a crowded nightspot in Russia.

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Fri Dec 04, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Iran cracks down on dissent in universities

As they gear up for a major anti-government protest Monday, Iranian students are besieged by a clampdown in the universities, with a wave of arrests and expulsions.

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

Buffalo News

Defiant Iran vows to enrich uranium even more

In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency , the reactor building of Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is seen, just outside the port city of Bushehr 750 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Nov.

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Payvand News of Iran

Iran's writers' associations to pay homage to assassinated colleagues

Payvand.com - Iran's writers' associations will be paying homage to Mohammad Mokhtari and Mohammad Jafar Pouyandeh, on the 11th anniversary of death of these writers, by holding a gathering on Friday December 4th at Emamzadeh Taher cemetery at Mehrshahr in Karaj.

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Wed Dec 02, 2009

Lubbock Avalanche

Iran warns of tough action against British sailors

November 2008 photo released by Team Pindar of the race yacht Kingdom of Bahrain off the coast of France.

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Tue Dec 01, 2009

Newkerala.com

India welcomes Iran-P5 engagement: Manmohan Singh

By Manish Chand , Washington, Nov 25 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said he supported the engagement between Tehran and the five permanent members of the Security Council over the nuclear standoff, but reiterated that India did not support Iranian nuclear ambitions.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Philippine resolve...Nobel Prize seizure...Obama's day

A Philippine politician has filed to run for governor of a remote, lawless region despite the recent slaughter of members of his family and dozens of other people.

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Sun Nov 29, 2009

Payvand News of Iran

Iran Religious Leader: Tehran to Enrich Own High-Grade Uranium if No Deal

Report by VOA News; Photos Amir Kholoosi, by ISNA Hojatoleslam Ahmad Khatami's comments came in reaction to an IAEA resolution adopted on Friday demanding that Iran halt construction of a new uranium enrichment facility.

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Sat Nov 28, 2009

The Wichita Eagle

Iranian lawmaker: Iran could leave nuclear treaty

Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh briefs the media during the IAEA's 35-nation board meeting at Vienna's International Center, in Vienna, on Friday, Nov.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

ABS-CBN News

Iran wants nuclear fuel guarantees, warns against air attack

TEHRAN Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog said on Sunday that Tehran wants a guaranteed supply of fuel for a research reactor as a military chief warned that any attack on its nuclear sites would be crushed.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009

Boston.com

Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal

In this Thursday July 9, 2009 file photo, Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, center, gestures with youths wearing T-shirts with "Peace" written on the front, as she visits the Scampia district, in Secondigliano on the outskirts of Naples, southern Italy.

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