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An Iranian graduate student at the University of Texas went on trial in Tehran on charges of having relations with a hostile country and receiving illegitimate funds. Iran has announced the deployment of ship-based missiles that can target American shorelines from international waters. Iran rejected Palestine’s UN statehood bid.

The IAEA reported that Iran has enhanced its enrichment of uranium and has installed more sophisticated centrifuges. “We believe if Iran broke out now they could have a bomb in six months,” said a former weapons inspector. President Ahmadinejad visited Sudan to expand trade and political ties, and the Industries minister emphasized mutual cooperation with […]

President Ahmadinejad said Iran would stop producing enriched uranium if it is guaranteed fuel for a medical research reactor. At the same time, Tehran is holding talks with Russia about building another nuclear power plant. Iran’s nuclear efforts are hit by sabotage. The Revolutionary Guards have stolen dozens of Russian-made surface-to-air missiles from Libya and […]

Iran freed two US hikers jailed for spying. Venezuela and Cuba defended Iran’s right to run a nuclear program. The EU gave a blanket offer to resume Iran nuclear talks. US-based Iranian opposition groups said Iranians will take to the streets on Friday.

US officials are considering establishing a direct military hotline with Iran. Iranian forces would finish off the Kurdish rebel group, PJAK, “in the coming days”, said Iran’s ground forces commander. Iranian authorities have arrested a group of filmmakers and accused them of working for the BBC Persian service, which is banned in the country.

Iran has provided sniper units to kill Syrian protesters targeted by the regime of President Bashar Assad. Belarus is the latest country that Western powers suspect of helping Iran to skirt UN sanctions aimed at preventing Tehran from expanding its ballistic missile and nuclear programs.

The head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization said Iran needs to work out a new paradigm and model for defense against cyber attacks. A court set a $500,000 bail for two US hikers in custody for spying.

Google has advised users of its online services in Iran to change their passwords following the theft of Internet security certificates from a Dutch company. In its offensive against Kurdish PJAK rebels, Iranian forces killed the PJAK second in command and the PJAK killed an Iranian Republican Guard general.

The Iranian president made an appeal to Syria to end violence and open dialogue with opposition. “A military solution is never the right solution,” Ahmadinejad said. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said revolution in Iran appears to be a matter of time, and the Iranian reform movement was learning from revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, […]

The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said it will open its nuclear program to five years of ‘full supervision’ by the UN atomic energy agency if the world body lifts its sanctions. However, that ‘full supervision’ would have limits. Up to 300,000 Iranians may have had their Google email monitored using security certificates stolen […]

Almost 40 years in construction, the Bushehr nuclear power plant begins supplying electricity to the national grid. Iranian Revolutionary Guards forces launched a new offensive against Kurdish PAJK rebels in northwestern Iran.