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We have started to collect the most important news related to Iran in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
A powerful earthquake hits south-eastern Iran, killing at least seven people and destroying several villages in Kerman province.
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The acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison for working against the Iranian system, his lawyer says.
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Iran has hangs 11 members of a Sunni militant group Jundullah for murder and terrorism, the country's justice ministry says.
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Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki calls his sacking last week during a tour of Africa "un-Islamic" and "offensive".
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Iran cuts energy and food subsidies, risking a repeat of angry protests which followed fuel rationing in 2007.
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United StatesThe top US military commander has reassured Persian Gulf nations of Washington's support in the face of regional concerns about Iran.
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A bomb attack in the south-eastern Iranian city of Chabahar kills at least 39 people and injures many more, Iranian news sources say.
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Nigeria, 
SenegalSenegal recalls its ambassador to Iran after Tehran failed to provide a "satisfactory" explanation for an arms shipment seized in Nigeria in October.
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There will be no change to Iran's nuclear and foreign policies after President Ahmadinejad fires the country's foreign minister, officials say.
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Mohsen Sazegara tells Fergal Keane why he decided to start criticising the regime he had helped to create when he returned to Iran with Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.
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Iran shocked by crimes of passion in full view of public and police
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fires Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, in part of a perceived power struggle in Tehran.
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United KingdomIranian politicians call for Britain's ambassador to Tehran to be expelled after he criticised the country's human rights record.
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Iran's state-run Press TV broadcasts what it calls a "confession" from Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
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Iran's state-run Press TV has said it has filmed a new confession with Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.
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A pioneering Iranian blogger jailed for anti-state activities is granted a temporary release but is expected back in prison in a few days.
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Two days of talks on Iran's disputed nuclear programme end in Geneva, with a new round agreed for January in Istanbul.
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Decades of mistrust hamper talks on Iran's nuclear programme
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Iranian students defy a security clampdown to stage anti-government protests throughout the country, reports say.
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GermanyIran says it is considering a request to temporarily release two German journalists detained in connection with a controversial stoning case.
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Iran and key world powers begin a second day of talks in Geneva over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.
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Iran and key world powers end their first day of talks on Tehran's nuclear programme in more than a year without a breakthrough.
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CanadaCanada is "deeply concerned" over a reported death sentence given to an Iranian-born Canadian for allegedly designing an adult website.
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An Iranian cleric says opposing the supreme leader amounts to a denial of God, in an apparent attempt to silence dissent aimed at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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GermanyA fresh round of nuclear talks between Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany, is about to start in Geneva.
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Iran says it has delivered its first domestically produced raw uranium, or yellowcake, to a plant that can make it ready for enrichment.
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Iran accuses the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, of sending foreign agents to spy on its nuclear programme.
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IraqA series of bombings across Baghdad kills at least 13 people, including six or more Shia pilgrims from Iran, police officials say.
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Hillary Clinton calls on Iran to engage in nuclear talks in good faith, adding that the country could one day enrich its own uranium for civilian purposes.
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Iran's intelligence minister says the country has made a number of arrests following attacks on nuclear scientists in Tehran on Monday.
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Iran executes a woman found guilty of murdering the first wife of prominent footballer Nasser Mohammadkhani, state media says.
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Iran declares a two-day holiday in Tehran because of air pollution - the second time in a week pollution has forced a shutdown.
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Iranian and international officials are to hold talks on Iran's disputed nuclear programme in Geneva next week, the EU says.
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Iran's president says some of the centrifuges used in its uranium enrichment programme were sabotaged, affecting their operation.
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Saudi Arabia, United StatesIran's President Ahmadinejad dismisses as propaganda leaked US cables of Arab nations urging Washington to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.
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An Iranian nuclear scientist is killed and another wounded in separate but similar bomb attacks carried out by motorbike drivers in Tehran.
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NigeriaAn Iranian man is charged with arms trafficking in a Nigerian court, in connection with an arms shipment intercepted at a port last month.
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Why some Iranian conservatives want the president removed
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Iran temporarily stopped enriching uranium earlier this month, according to the UN nuclear watchdog.
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The GambiaThe Gambia orders all Iranian government representatives to leave within 48 hours, giving no reason for breaking diplomatic ties.
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Iranian officials say schools, offices and factories will be closed in the capital, Tehran, on Wednesday because of high air-pollution levels.
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A former UN nuclear inspector says the Stuxnet worm might have contributed to delays in Iran's nuclear programme.
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NigeriaNigerian officials seize 130kg of heroin, worth nearly $10m (£6.25m), which they say was concealed in engine parts shipped from Iran.
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RussiaRussia stresses the importance of Iran having a peaceful nuclear programme, following a meeting between the countries' two leaders.
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A major North Sea gas field is shut down because production could break European Union sanctions against Iran.
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FranceFrance accuses Iranian security services of "unacceptable acts of violence" on diplomatic personnel at the ambassador's residence in Tehran.
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United StatesUS defence secretary Robert Gates says hard-hitting UN sanctions have created a rift between the country's supreme leader and president.
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NigeriaNigeria says it has reported its seizure of a shipment of Iranian weapons to the United Nations Security Council.
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Iran has charged two Germans with spying after they interviewed the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, reports say.
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The European Union agrees to meet Iranian representatives for long-stalled talks on the country's nuclear programme on 5 December.
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NigeriaIran allows Nigeria to question one of its citizens inside its embassy, over a weapons shipment seized in Lagos.
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IraqThe Iraqi government has been accused of denying Iranian dissidents living in Camp Ashraf free access to medical treatment.
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Iran fails to obtain a seat on the board of a new UN super-agency to promote women's rights, after outrage from human rights and women's groups.
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Iran's president says Tehran will not discuss the nuclear issue at talks proposed for later this year.
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Police deploy in Tehran amid fears of unrest
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