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Fears persist Iran won't end stoning LONDON, (UPI) -- Iran spared a 43-year-old woman from execution by stoning for adultery but at least 10 others on death row face possible stoning, human rights activists say. In a last-minute reprieve, the Iranian Embassy in London announced Thursday...

Iran douses oil blaze sparked in May TEHRAN, (UPI) -- Iranian firefighters extinguished a fire at an oil well in the western province of Kermanshah nearly 40 days after it started, authorities said. A natural gas explosion at a rig in the Naftshahr field set balls of flames into the air in...

Iran wants to supply power to Iraq SANANDAJ, Iran, (UPI) -- Iran has the potential to supply the Kurdish electricity market with as much as 1,000 megawatts of power, Iranian executives said. Mohommad Mostafa Najafian, the managing director of the utility company in Iran's Kurdistan province...

Iran produced 37 pounds of 20% uranium TEHRAN, (UPI) -- Iran has produced 37 pounds of 20 percent enriched uranium and is capable of producing as much as it needs, the country's nuclear agency leader said. Ali Akbar Salehi , head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said production would...

Iran sanctions concern Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, (UPI) -- Pakistan's foreign minister expressed hope the sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program would not affect his country's gas pipeline deal with Tehran. Stressing the importance of the $7.6 billion gas deal in addressing...

Iranians put pressure on Iran again BAGHDAD, (UPI) -- Iranian troops are reported to have crossed into Iraqi Kurdistan and built a fortified base, one of several recent military incursions as Iraq struggles to form a government amid efforts by Tehran to ensure that a pro-Iranian Shiite alliance...

U.S., Russia, China OK draft sanctions WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- The United States, Russia and China agreed on a draft resolution to impose sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. "We plan to circulate that draft resolution to the entire Security Council...

Moms of 3 US hikers arrive in NY before Iran trip AP NEW YORK – The mothers of three American hikers held for 10 months in Iran know that their visit with their children may be brief so they've thought about what they want to say and do. Cindy Hickey wants to make sure her son and the two...

Iran to ship uranium to Turkey in nuclear deal AP TEHRAN, Iran – Iran agreed Monday to ship most of its enriched uranium to Turkey in a nuclear fuel swap deal that could ease the international standoff over the country's disputed nuclear program, just as pressure mounts for tougher sanctions...

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's intelligence agents mounted a "complicated" cross-border mission and freed an Iranian diplomat kidnapped in 2008 by gunmen in northwestern Pakistan, state television reported Tuesday. The agents rescued Heshmatollah Attarzadeh of Iran's Peshawar consulate "in a complicated...

OTTAWA – Top diplomats from the world's leading economies are ramping up pressure on Iran to prove its nuclear ambitions are peaceful or face tough new sanctions. Opening a conference of foreign ministers from the Group of Eight main industrialized nations on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister...

OTTAWA – Canada will press the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations to tighten United Nations sanctions on Iran when it hosts a meeting of foreign ministers from the grouping on Monday and Tuesday. International pressure is building on Tehran to halt its nuclear enrichment program...

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran announced Sunday that it has started a new production line of highly accurate, short range cruise missiles, which would add a new element to the country's already imposing arsenal. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi told Iranian state TV that the cruise missile, called Nasr 1, would be...

CAIRO – An insurgent group in southeastern Iran announced the selection of a new leader after its founder was captured by Iranian forces, according to the group's Web site. The Jundallah insurgency, which says it's fighting for equal rights for the Sunni minority in southeast Iran, has named...

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Wednesday it will enrich uranium to a higher level on its own, the latest indication the country was rejecting a U.N.-backed proposal aimed at thwarting any effort by Tehran to make material for a nuclear weapon. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the comment after...

JERUSALEM – A senior Israeli official welcomes steps by Russia toward endorsing additional sanctions against Iran as a way of stopping its nuclear program. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door to a firm international stand against...

Protesters across the world on Saturday called on Iran to end its clampdown on opposition activists, demanding the release of hundreds rounded up during demonstrations against the country's disputed election. Groups including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are backing a global day...

CAIRO – Iran has reacted with outrage over the stabbing death of an Egyptian woman in a German courthouse, calling it a sign of racism against Muslims, yet has said little about China's crackdown on Uighur Muslims — a silence some leading Iranian clerics have criticized. The differing reaction...

While President Obama has chosen a deliberately measured response to the contested Iranian election, European leaders have been far less restrained in their comments. On June 16, four days after the presidential election, French President Nicolas Sarkozy called the contested poll a "tragedy" and...

The hierarchy of power in Iran -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A look at the power structure in Iran. ___ SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI: Wields control over every major decision either directly or through a network of hand-picked...