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The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran has enough capacity to build a nuclear bomb within a year. The US is pushing for mandatory sanctions in the wake of the report. A senior US general said Iran seems to be honoring a commitment to halt the flow of weapons into Iraq.

The US released nine Iranians held in Iraq, including two Qods Force officers detained in Irbil earlier this year. Iran rejected Interpol’s warrants issued for five Iranian military and political leaders for involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran’s nuclear program is “irreversible.” Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged police to continue to crack down on those who violate the Islamic dress code. Interpol placed an ex-Iranian intelligence chief, a former leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, three other Iranians and a Lebanese terrorist on its most-wanted list for the […]

Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and China agreed to push ahead with sanctions if the IAEA report on November 19 shows Iran has not addressed concerns over its nuclear program. The US said Russia and China were holding back the process to enforce sanctions. The US military said Iranian EFP attacks in Iraq […]