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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
 BBC: Iran has announced it will cut the volume of its cheap petrol ration by 25% to 60 litres per vehicle per month from 21 March. |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
 Reuters: The United States urged Turkey on Wednesday to support more sanctions against Iran over Tehran's nuclear program, saying Ankara could face consequences if it moves out of step with the international community. |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
 Reuters: China has urged Iran to accept a nuclear fuel swap proposal to ease demands for new sanctions on Tehran, a senior Chinese diplomat said, adding that Beijing wants "every avenue" tried before considering sanctions. |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
 Reuters: Pakistan has signed a deal with Iran paving the way for the construction of a much-delayed pipeline pumping Iranian natural gas to the energy-starved South Asian country, officials said on Wednesday. |
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Wednesday, 17 March 2010 |
 Reuters: Iranians on Tuesday celebrated an ancient national festival despite the heavy presence of security forces to discourage anti-government protests. |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 AFP: Iran deployed hundreds of policemen across Tehran on Tuesday to quell any possible opposition protests as the nation began celebrating the annual Persian fire festival, witnesses told AFP. |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 VOA: A top U.S. military commander says Iran poses a major threat to regional stability as it continues its nuclear program in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 AP: Iranian police will be deploying their forces onto the streets of the capital Tehran on Tuesday evening in great strength to counter any possible opposition protests on the occasion of a national festival, a semiofficial news agency reported. |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 AP: Iran says the country plans to reduce its cultural relations with Britain, an indication of the deteriorating relations between the two countries. |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 AFP: Iran renewed its demand on Tuesday for France to release an Iranian businessman who is accused by the United States of having purchased sensitive electronic components and exported them to Tehran. |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 Reuters: China has become more concerned about developments concerning Iran, China's foreign minister said Tuesday while reiterating his country's opposition to further sanctions to rein in Iran's nuclear program. |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 AFP: A day after his apartment block was besieged by hardliners calling for his prosecution, defiant Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi lashed out at the government, saying it was "plagued with despotism", his website reported on Tuesday. |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 AFP: The wife of top Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi told AFP on Tuesday that she has been unable to see her husband in Tehran's notorious Evin prison since his arrest earlier this month. |
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
 New York Times: Six people arrested in December protests will be put to death, Iranian authorities announced Monday, in what appeared to be strong warning to the opposition ahead of a traditional annual celebration. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 AFP: The US House of Representatives on Monday voted overwhelmingly to wish a Happy Nowruz for the Persian New Year, saluting contributions by Iranian Americans. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 AFP: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the time was nearing for sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, as Tehran has rejected Western efforts to find a negotiated solution. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 AFP: China has emerged as Iran's top economic partner, investing heavily in the energy sector and filling the gaps left by Western firms forced out by international sanctions.
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 Reuters: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday the time has come to impose new sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear activity. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 AFP: China fully knows what it should do as a global power in the effort to halt Iran's nuclear push, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said in an interview published Monday. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 AFP: Foreign Secretary David Miliband was in China on Monday, making a quick stop in Shanghai before heading to Beijing for talks likely to focus on Iran's nuclear programme. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 AFP: Iran's parliament on Monday gave its final approval to a 368-billion-dollar budget for the year to March 2011, a week after it had cut the outlay by 20 billion dollars, state media reported. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 Reuters: China and Britain agree on pressing Iran about its nuclear activities while also seeking engagement, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said at the start of a visit likely to focus on the nuclear dispute. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 AP: Iran's oil minister said Monday that OPEC nations should not change their crude output targets at their upcoming meeting in Vienna. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
 AFP: A group of hardliners besieged the Tehran home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, shouting death slogans and calling for him to be put on trial, reports said on Monday. |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
 Reuters: A U.N. resolution on new sanctions against Iran may not be ready until June and if a vote on it fails, European states could take unilateral measures instead, French and Finnish ministers said on Sunday.
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
 DPA: European Union member states are ready to impose unilateral sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear programme if the United Nations fails to agree on the issue, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner confirmed Sunday. |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
 AP: Iran has temporarily released an Iranian-American scholar serving prison time on an espionage conviction so he can spend the Iranian New Year holiday with his family, officials said Sunday. |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
 Sunday Express: Iran's lurch towards becoming a nuclear power took another stride last night after reports of a new missile-launching facility. |
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Reuters: A key lawmaker said on Wednesday he wanted Congress to impose new sanctions on Iran by the end of April in concert with tough, new international action against Tehran over its nuclear work. 
