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  • March 14, 2011
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Western Officials: Iranian-Made Rockets Seized From Taliban in Afghanistan

Rockets discovered by NATO troops last month, have range of about 20 kilometers; Iran denies allegation

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The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first atomic power plant on Tuesday, moving closer to the start up of a facility that leaders ha

World Powers Urge Iran to Return to Nuclear Talks

Llast round of talks ended in January with no substantive results

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (file photo)

Former Iranian President Loses Prestigious Post

Analysts say ouster is part of a gradual assault by hardliners on Rafsanjani for both his political position and his prominence

An Iranian man sells traditional embroidered fabric in the Bazaar of the southeastern city of Zahedan, on the border with Afghanistan (file photo)

Iranian Businesses Look to Afghanistan for Growth

In effort to forge stronger ties with neighbor, Iranian companies open exhibition in Afghan capital to attract consumers

Robert Levinson (file photo)

US Cites Possible Break in Levinson Case

US says that there are indications that missing former FBI agent Robert Levinson, last seen in Iran nearly four years ago, is alive

Iran Executions Under Scrutiny

UN human rights chief says dramatic increase in number of executions carried out in Iran, rate three times higher than last year

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates (file photo)

Gates Calls Mideast Changes a ‘Setback’ for Iran, al-Qaida

US defense secretary says revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt prove that change does not have to mean a move to militancy

Designer labels on display in a Tehran store

Fake Designer Brands Flood Iran

Iranian authorities have turned a blind eye to wholesale trade in fakes

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (file photo)

Russian Minister Calls for Resumption of Iran Nuclear Talks

Last round held in January, broke up without any breakthrough on proposed fuel-swap plan

Iranian Navy Commander Admiral Habibollah Sayyari speaks during a news conference at the Iranian embassy in Damascus, February 28, 2011, after two Iranian naval ships entered the Suez Canal on February 22, and visited the Mediterranean port of Latakia in

Iran Says Navy Ships in Mediterranean Not Aggression

Iranian admiral tells reporters that vessels' voyage was intended to reinforce Iran's defense capabilities

Iran's Bushehr reactor (file photo)

Iran to Unload Fuel from Bushehr Reactor for Testing

Latest setback for the Russian-built plant that has already been plagued by decades of delay

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov answers questions during a news conference in Moscow regarding Iran's offer to tour the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities, January 13, 2011 (file photo)

Russian Foreign Minister Calls for Resumption of Iran Nuclear Talks

Sergei Lavrov says he discussed with EU foreign policy chief, Iranian Foreign Minister and they agree

In this photo released by the Iranian President's Office, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322

UN Says It Has New Info on Possible Iran Nuclear Arms

Report notes Vienna-based IAEA's concerns that Iran may have worked on developing nuclear weapons

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Iran Claims Arrest of 'CIA Collaborator'

Intelligence minister says individual was using informants to collect information about unrest to submit to US spy agency

The Iranian navy frigate IS Alvand passes through the Suez Canal at Ismailia, Egypt, February 22, 2011

Iranian Warships Dock in Syria

Iranian naval ships dock in Syria after passing through Egypt's Suez Canal

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