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Iran not seeking nuke weapon, says KhameneiIran does not want nuclear weapons but if it did, no world power could prevent it from obtaining one, Iran's Supreme Leader said on Saturday, according to Iranian media. The US and some of its Western allies suspect Iran may b More… |
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Big election setback for AhmadinejadIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, now out of favour with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suffered more setbacks in a run-off parliamentary election seen as a pointer for next year's presidential race, results showed on Saturday. More… |
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Khamenei factions to dominate in Iran voteIranians voted on Friday in a run-off parliamentary election in which allies of hardline Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hoped to complete victory over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a conservative increasingly criticised by the clerical eli More… |
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Iran will attack to defend itself: KhameneiIn the face of aggression from the US or Israel, Iran will attack to defend itself, Iran's most powerful figure, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday. "We do not have nuclear weapons and we will not build them but in the face of aggressi More… |
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Ahmadinejad trounced in Iran electionLoyalists of Iran's paramount clerical leader have won over 75 per cent of seats in parliamentary polls, a near-complete count showed, largely reducing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a lame duck in a contest between conservative hardline fac More… |
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Iran threatens retaliation over oil embargoIran's supreme leader threatened on Friday to retaliate against the West for sanctions, a day after a US newspaper said defence secretary Leon Panetta believed Israel was likely to bomb Iran within months to stop it building a nuclear bomb. More… |
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Iran's Khamenei threatens retaliation over oil embargoIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday the Islamic Republic would not yield to international pressure to abandon its nuclear course, threatening retaliation for sanctions aimed at Iran's oil exports. 'Threa More… |
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Iran will not yield to sanctions: KhameneiSupreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran would not yield to the pressure of sanctions imposed by the West to get the Islamic Republic to change its nuclear course. "The Iranian nation believes in their rulers ... Sanc More… |
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Tehran ‘ready to give Syria $5.8 billion’Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backs offering $5.8 billion in aid to Syria to bolster its economy, a French newspaper said, citing a report by a Tehran think-tank linked to Iran's leadership. Damascus has long been Tehra More… |
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Wikileaks says Khamenei has cancerUS diplomatic cables released by online whistle-blower Wikileaks include remarks from an Iran source in 2009 saying Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has terminal cancer, French daily Le Monde reported. The source, a non-Iranian busine More… |
