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Iran’s nuclear chief claimed the country is prepared to cooperate more closely with the IAEA. The Defense Ministry said it was manufacturing its own anti-armor missiles.

A court sentenced an Iranian man to death for assassinating a nuclear scientist; Iran claimed he was an agent of Israel. Iran said it would defend Syria if NATO intervened. Iran “discreetly” provided food and medical aid to Libyan rebels.

Iran has begun to transfer uranium enrichment centrifuges from the facility in Natanz to an installation in Fordow, near Qom. The IAEA said the move was a “further deviation” from UN Security Council sanctions.

Two US hikers who were arrested by Iranian forces and imprisoned in 2009 are said to have been sentenced to eight years in jail for allegedly entering the country illegally and spying. A third US hiker was released on bail last year.

The Indian Navy seized a ship that recently left Iran and is carrying weapons thought to be destined for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in Yemen. Iran denied that one of its vessels was seized. Iran urged the international community not to interfere with Syria’s “internal affairs.”

A member of parliament said that Iran is again delaying the launch of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad rejected recent reports that the fate of two Americans on trial in Iran for spying will soon be decided.

Russia’s envoy to NATO said that the US may use the European missile defense shield as “a pretext for preparing an attack on Iran.” Iran said it would continue to attack PJAK bases until Iraq deploys forces to the border.

Iran has nominated a senior leader in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to lead OPEC. Two IRGC soldiers and 21 Kurdish rebels were killed during fighting near the Iraqi border.

General Dempsey said Iran would make a “serious miscalculation” if it attempted to carry out a mass casualty attack against US forces in Iraq. Iran’s chief of police blamed the West for the current rise in crime.

Iran accused the US and Israel of murdering a scientist who was involved with Iran’s nuclear program. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said an Iranian naval presence on the high seas “has made enemies nervous and worried.”

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps denied that it shot down an unmanned US spy plane over a nuclear enrichment plant. An Iranian nuclear scientist and his wife were murdered in front of their home in Tehran.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it shot down an unmanned US surveillance aircraft near the nuclear facility at the Fordo uranium enrichment site near Qom. Iran has previously claimed to have shot down two other US UAVs over the Persian Gulf this year.

Iran is installing upgraded centrifuges to speed up the uranium enrichment process. India is seeking to purchase oil from Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia in case of disruptions in Iran’s oil supplies.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei told President Zardari that the US is the real enemy of Pakistan. President Ahmedinejad said Iran hopes to open a gas pipeline to Pakistan by 2013. Argentina demanded that Iran turn over suspects in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center that killed 85 people.