[THS] IRAN: Stories

[Peter Webster]

Iran ready for fuel swap if West wins back trust:

"Because of the attitude of some Western countries, we have lost trust in them. They
have never kept their promises. Naturally we cannot so easily trust them [but] if they
can provide conditions in which they can win our trust then we will be ready to
exchange fuel."
http://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113170&sectionid=351020104

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:

Obama security adviser: Picture on Iran not good:

The clock is ticking toward the end of the year, Jones said during an appearance on
CNN's State of the Union. That is the deadline Obama gave with regard to when it
would be clear if Iran was ready to work with the United States, other United Nations
Security Council members and Germany to assure the world it was not trying to build
a nuclear weapon.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1133131.html

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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:

Nuclear Iran threatens world, German defence minister tells US Jews:

German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said on Tuesday that Iran's
nuclear programme threatened not just Israel but the entire free world, in a speech
to military officers and the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
http://snipurl.com/tm5x4

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Iran accuses US of abducting nuclear scientist::

IRANIAN Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has accused the United States of
abducting its nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri who went missing in Saudi Arabia
earlier this year.
http://snipurl.com/tm5xh

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Saudi Arabia transfers Iranian nuclear scientist to U.S:

Presently, 11 Iranian citizens, including nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri, are
imprisoned in the U.S, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast
was quoted as saying by the Iranian Irna news agency.
http://en.trend.az/regions/iran/1595958.html

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Erdogan resists US calls for Iran sanctions, urges diplomacy after meeting with
Obama:

President Barack Obama failed to win immediate new pledges of support from
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday for U.S. goals toward Iran
and Afghanistan.
http://snipurl.com/tm5y1

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Iran rules out Turkey's mediation on nuclear row:

"We have clearly expressed our views on the nuclear issue ... Turkey wants to play a
role in solving the nuclear issue," Ramin Mehmanparast told a weekly news
conference. But we don't think our transparent views needed to be interpreted by
other countries."
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-44567620091208

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Spokesman: Talks with US Not on Iran's Agenda:

Iran announced on Tuesday that holding bilateral negotiations with the US is not on
its agenda, brushing off speculations that the two countries have been striving for an
improvement in their relations.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8809171523

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Iran police 'clash with protesters':

Police have reportedly clashed with thousands of anti-government protesters in
Tehran, as Iranians mark Student Day.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/12/20091277850229658.html

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Iran Protests LIVE On Twitter:

Watch the opposition protests in Iran live through our curated Twitter lists. Do you
know a tweeter who's perfect for one of these lists?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/07/iran-protests-live-on-twi_n_382800.html

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