Russia: Iran’s nuclear plant to start next week (AP)

AP - Russia’s nuclear agency said Friday that it will load fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant next week, moving ahead with launching the facility despite Iran’s stubborn defiance of international demand to halt uranium enrichment.

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Iran deal to ship uranium abroad meets skepticism (AP)

AP - Iran agreed Monday to a key big power demand, saying it was ready to ship much of its low-enriched uranium abroad — but immediately rolled out a new obstacle to compromise on its nuclear program by insisting it would continue enriching to higher levels.

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AP Exclusive: Iran eases grip on al-Qaida (AP)

AP - Al-Qaida operatives who have been detained for years in Iran have been making their way quietly in and out of the country, raising the prospect that Iran is loosening its grip on the terror group so it can replenish its ranks, former and current U.S. intelligence officials say.

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US seeks to shore up support for tough Iran stance (AP)

AP - U.S. officials sought to shore up support Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran’s nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N. penalties.

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Defiant Iran accelerates nuclear program (AP)

AP - Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S.

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Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity (AP)

AP - Iran pressed ahead Monday with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels.

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Iran blames US, Israel after bomb kills physicist (AP)

AP - A senior physics professor who publicly backed Iran’s opposition leader was killed when a bomb-rigged motorcycle exploded as he left for work Tuesday.

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Bomb kills Iran nuclear physicist tied to Mousavi (AP)

AP - A nuclear physics professor who publicly backed Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in the disputed June presidential election was killed Tuesday when a remote-controlled bomb rigged to a motorcycle blew up outside his home.

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Intel report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium (AP)

AP - Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press.

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Iran holds bodies of slain protesters (AP)

AP - Iranian authorities said Monday that they were holding the bodies of five slain anti-government protesters, including the nephew of the opposition leader, in what appeared to be an attempt to prevent activists from using their funerals as a platform for more demonstrations.

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