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Iran: Child Offenders Face 'Imminent Execution' On Death Row

Mohammad Latif has spent three years waiting to be hanged.

He was only 14 years old when, in October 2004, a scuffle outside school landed him in prison. It was a cold afternoon in Saveh, southwest of Tehran. Latif says a 16-year-old boy he didn't know attacked him with a knife.

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George Bush Arrives in Saudi Arabia

The president of the United States of America George W. Bush is in Saudi Arabia for talks with King Abdullah. The White House correspondent of Voice of America Paula Wolfson reports Mr. Bush is seeking support from Saudi Arabia for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and his tough stance on Iran.

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Bush warns Iran

President George W Bush warned Iran of “serious consequences" if it meddles again with US warships in the Persian Gulf, opening a Mideast peacemaking mission on an ominous note.

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Iranian Boats "Provoke" U.S. Navy Ships In Strait Of Hormuz

Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route off the Iranian coast, over the weekend, CNN reported on Monday.

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Rumourmonger of Putin Assassination in Iran arrested

Iran has arrested a man for the stated rumour that Russian President Vladimir Putin has risked of being assassinated during his visit in Tehran in October.

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Russia Begins Delivering Fuel to Iranian Nuclear Power Plant

The Russian state agency building Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station has made its first shipment of fuel to the facility.

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LUKoil set to expand oil and gas cooperation with Iran

Iran has proposed that Russia's largest independent crude producer LUKoil [RTS: LKOH] expand its participation in oil and gas projects in the Islamic Republic, the LUKoil press office said on Thursday.

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Iranian hanged after verdict stay

An Iranian man has been hanged for rape despite his alleged victims withdrawing their accusations and a judicial review being ordered into the sentence.

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Hans Blix surprised by US intel estimate

Swedish diplomat, who tried to avert the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq because no weapons of mass destruction had been found by UN inspectors, said the US intelligence report released Monday caught him off guard.

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Bush tells Iran to come clean over nuclear issue

Two days after a US intelligence report stated Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program, US President George W Bush is calling on Tehran to come clean about it.

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Ahmadinejad: US Nuclear Assessment is Victory for Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the new U.S. intelligence report on Tehran's nuclear program is "a victory" for the Iranian nation against world powers.

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Biden Says We Can Avoid War With Iran

Today, I’d like to speak to you about Iran. I want to address two questions many of you are asking. Is war with Iran inevitable? And can we avoid the other stark alternative – an Iran armed with nuclear weapons?

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