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Leader Underscores Military Prowess

TEHRAN, April 19–Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday the sine qua non for the country’s advancement is placing hope in the future. Ayatollah Khamenei, who was receiving senior army commanders, added that such a spirit will lead to creativity.

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Ahmadinejad to Oil Exporters

Reduce Price Pressure On Weak Countries OPEC Fund Proposed TEHRAN, April 19–President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday emphasized that despite the hike in oil prices in recent years, the real price has not been achieved and urged oil exporters to reduce the pressure of price hike on weak countries. Addressing the …

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Iran Says Army Can Fend Off Any Attack

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the remarks on Tuesday to commemorate Army Day.    “Today, you are among the world’s most powerful armies because you rely on God,” Ahmadinejad told military officers before a parade of the armed forces in southern Tehran.

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U.S. and the Allies of Evil’s next target–Iran

It has become increasingly obvious over the past few months that the U.S. government and its military-industrial cohorts, bogged down by insurgency in Iraq and desperately in need of a “victory”, insensibly think that they can bomb, and possibly even nuke, Iran – a civilization far older and richer than …

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Iran’s President: Israel serious threat to Islamic world

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that Israel posed a serious threat to the Islamic world, Reuters reported.    Speaking at a pro-Palestinian conference in Tehran to rally support from Islamic states for the cash-strapped Hamas-led Palestinian Authority, Ahmadinejad said that “the Zionist regime is an injustice and by …

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Gulf Arab states will oppose US strike on Iran — Rafsanjani

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — Iran’s influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said Monday he was sure the Islamic republic’s Gulf neighbours would not support any US assault on his country over its nuclear programme. “We are certain that Gulf countries will not back the United States in waging an attack …

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Sophisticated centrifuge?

TEHRAN — Iran’s president has thrown a new wrinkle into the nuclear debate by claiming his country is testing a more sophisticated type of centrifuge for enriching uranium — a device that could be used to more speedily create fuel for either power plants or for atomic weapons.

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Iran seen reinforcing nuke sites, warns US

VIENNA (Reuters) — Iran has expanded its uranium conversion facilities in Isfahan and reinforced its Natanz underground uranium enrichment plant, a US think tank said, amid growing concern over possible US military action.

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Haniyeh calls for unity amid tension

Iran announces $50m aidGAZA CITY (AP) — The Hamas-led Palestinian government on Sunday renewed calls for a “national unity” coalition with rival factions in a bid to stave off rising tensions between the groups that have severely weakened the new Islamic leadership.

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Tehran says moving towards large-scale uranium enrichment

World powers condemn nuclear stepTEHRAN (AP) — Iran came under increasing international condemnation — including from allies Russia and China — after announcing it enriched uranium for the first time, but it insisted it will push ahead to dramatically expand the programme that the United Nations had demanded it scrap.

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