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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.
AfghanistanA man suspected of helping to smuggle weapons from Iran across the border into Afghanistan is detained by Nato, but is not believed to be a member of an elite Iranian force as first reported.
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NigeriaA court in Nigeria grants bail to an Iranian man charged with arms trafficking, after an illegal shipment of weapons was intercepted in October.
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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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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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