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• Iran's Ahmadinejad in new verbal attack on Israel

  - 2008-08-23

  TEHRAN AFP — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad renewed his verbal attacks on arch-foe Israel on Saturday, accusing it of dragging the world into turmoil and predicting its demise. "About 2,000 organised Zionists and 7,000 to 8,000 agents of Zionism have dragged the world into turmoil," Ahmadinejad told a rally...

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• Iran considers Israeli attack 'impossible'

  - 2008-06-21

  TEHRAN AFP — Iran on Saturday said it considered an attack by arch-enemy Israel as "impossible" after US media reported military exercises by the Jewish state were a possible practice for a strike against Iran. "Such impudence and audacity to have an aggression against our national interest and integrity...

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• Olmert deputy says alternatives to attack on Iran running out

  - 2008-06-06

  JERUSALEM AFP — An Israeli deputy prime minister on Friday warned that Iran would face attack if it pursues what he said was its nuclear weapons programme. "If Iran continues its nuclear weapons programme, we will attack it," said Shaul Mofaz, who is also transportation minister. "Other options...

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• Egypt paper alleges Iran behind Khartoum attack

  - 2008-05-27

  CAIRO AFP — An official Egyptian newspaper claimed on Tuesday that Iran was behind an attack this month on the Sudanese capital by a Darfur rebel group, pointing to an increased Iranian presence in the region. "Iran played an important role in the coup attempt by the Justice and...

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• Iran mosque blast plotters admit Israeli, US links: report

  - 2008-05-23

  TEHRAN AFP — Iran's chief prosecutor said bombers who caused a deadly blast at a mosque in Shiraz had confessed of links to Israel and the United States, the ISNA student news agency reported on Friday. "Those responsible for the attack against the Shiraz mosque have confessed to having...

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• Iran judiciary chief slams Ahmadinejad 'slogans'

  - 2008-04-26

  TEHRAN AFP — Iran's judiciary chief has become the latest figure to criticise President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his attacks on opponents, accusing him of "exaggeration and sloganeering," reports said on Saturday. The comments by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi come just over week after Ahmadinejad launched his most bitter attack...

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• Iran foreign ministry backs Ahmadinejad Sept 11 doubts

  - 2008-04-20

  TEHRAN AFP — Iran's foreign ministry on Sunday backed the doubts expressed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejed about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks, saying there were "many ambiguities." Ahmadinejad last week caused controversy when he described the airborne attacks on New York and Washington by Al-Qaeda...

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• Washington 'speechless' after Ahmadinejad 9/11 comment

  - 2008-04-16

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States said Wednesday it was "speechless" after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced doubts about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. "I am not sure what you say about a statement like that. It leaves one speechless,"...

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• US commander in Iraq blames Iran for Green Zone bombings

  - 2008-03-24

  LONDON AFP — The top US commander in Iraq blamed neighbouring Iran for rocket attacks over the weekend on the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, in an interview with the BBC on Monday. General David Petraeus said that the rockets "were Iranian-provided, Iranian-made rockets" and added that Iran's actions...

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• Iran ayatollah drops dead during election speech

  - 2008-02-17

  TEHRAN, Feb 17, 2008 AFP — An Iranian ayatollah died suddenly of a heart attack during an impassioned speech lashing out at insults against the family of revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the run-up to elections, the press reported on Sunday. Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Tavassoli, a former head...

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