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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bottom second left, visits Iran's Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP), a new facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, just outside the city of Isfahan 255 mile (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 9, 2009. The West fears the reactor could eventually be used for producing a nuclear weapon. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced the plant's opening during a ceremony in the central city of Isfahan. The plant will produce pellets of uranium oxide to fuel the heavy-water research reactor, which is scheduled to be completed in 2009 or 2010.
Iran   Mideast   Nuclear   Photos   Politics		  The New York Times 
Iran's Two-Edged Bomb
Tue 9 Feb 2010
Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. WITH Iran having notified the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency on Monday that any day now it will begin enriching its stockpile of uranium in order to power a... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, delivers a speech during his swearing- in ceremony for his second term as president, at the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009.
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Politics   Weapon		  The Salt Lake Tribune 
Iran leader orders new step in nuclear program
Mon 8 Feb 2010
By Nasser Karimi The Associated PressUpdated: 02/08/2010 03:42:27 PM MST Click photo to enlargeIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wears eye protection goggles as he visits an exhibition of... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iranian Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, listens to a question posed by media in his office in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009  The Star  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran says it will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday and add 10 uranium enrichment plants over the next year in a nuclear expansion sure to stoke tensions with the... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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Iranian oil workers work at Tehran's oil refinery, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Iran's president said Saturday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is "under heavy economic and political pressures" and that the oil prices are below its real value, state-run-news agency reported.  The Siasat Daily  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Iran creates national fund for energy projects

Tehran, February 08: Iran is to create a "national energy fund" to meet the need for capital for oil and gas projects, the Iranian Oil Minister says. "The special fund will be created through... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Energy   Fund   Iran   Photos   Projects
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Cars in queue at National Petroleum filling station(Gas Station). The price of crude oil has resulted in the lowering of fuel prices in country highly dependent on oil import. Kansas City Star Mon 8 Feb 2010
Oil near $72 amid US cold snap, Iran tensions

More News Oil prices rose near to $72 a barrel Monday in Asia after hitting a two-month low last week, boosted by tensions over Iran's nuclear program and persistently... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
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President Barack Obama speaks about the U.S. missile defense shield in the Czech Republic and Poland, that had deeply angered Russia, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington. The News & Observer Sun 7 Feb 2010
Palin: Obama could win votes by playing 'war card'

WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin says that if President Barack Obama "played the war card," he could improve his chances of being re-elected. Palin says that declaring war on... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Iran   Photos   President   US   War
President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrive in the East room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, where the president signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010. Star Tribune Sun 7 Feb 2010
Gates calls on international community to pressure Iran to drop nuclear program

ROME - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday it was time for the international community to rally together to put significant pressure on Iran to abandon its... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Defense   Iran   Nuclear   Peace   Photos
An Iranian technician walks through the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007. Diplomats from the Nonaligned Movement, Arab League and Group of 77 The Star Sun 7 Feb 2010
Iran says to start work on 20 pct nuclear fuel

TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday told Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation to start work on producing nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor,... (photo: AP/Vahid Salemi)
Fuel   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   UN
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki attends the media during the annual Munich Security conference in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 China Daily Sun 7 Feb 2010
Mixed reactions from powers on Iran nuclear issue

MUNICH, Germany: While the United States and Germany said on Saturday they saw no sign of Iranian concessions on its nuclear program and might opt for added pressure,... (photo: AP / Matthias Schrader)
Iran   Nuclear   Peace   Photos   Politics   UN
Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates speaks at the Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Va., May 26, 2008. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley (RELEASE) The News & Observer Sat 6 Feb 2010
Gates disputes deal on Iran's nuclear program
ANKARA, Turkey -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is dismissing comments by the Iranian government that it's nearing a deal with the international community on its... (photo: US DoD / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley )
Gates   Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Turkey


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