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Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, seen here in Washington ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, seen here in Washington in June, has backed a campaign of 'civil disobedience and non-violence' to oust the government in Tehran and urged Western support, but warned against any armed intervention. Photo:Win Mcnamee/AFP

Iranian students flash the victory sign and wave their national ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian students flash the victory sign and wave their national flag during a rally outside the former US embassy in Tehran. Iran's former crown prince Reza Pahlavi has backed a campaign of 'civil disobedience and non-violence' to oust the government in Tehran and urged Western support, but warned against any armed intervention. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei. Iran has decided to turn down proposals from the major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament says in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its ambitions. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

Iranian short-range missile (Tondar) is test-launched during ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian short-range missile (Tondar) is test-launched during war games in Qom, 120 kms south of Tehran in September. Iran has decided to turn down proposals from the major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament says in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its ambitions. Photo:Shaigan/AFP

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, seen here has warned that ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, seen here has warned that new sanctions against Iran cannot be excluded if there is no movement forward in the standoff over its nuclear drive. Photo:Alexander Zemlianichenko/AFP

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with German journalists ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with German journalists at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, November 7, 2009. Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear programme, Medvedev told German weekly magazine Der Spiegel in an interview. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev (RUSSIA POLITICS)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting with ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting with members of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, in Moscow's Kremlin, November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Misha Japaridze/Pool

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with German journalists ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with German journalists at the Gorki residence outside Moscow, November 7, 2009. Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear programme, Medvedev told German weekly magazine Der Spiegel in an interview. REUTERS/Ria Novosti/Kremlin/Mikhail Klimentyev (RUSSIA POLITICS)

File picture taken inside the control room of the Isfahan Uranium ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - File picture taken inside the control room of the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities, south of Tehran. Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei. Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iran is refusing to send its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, the influential head of parliament's national security and foreign policy committee was quoted as saying on Saturday. Photo:/AFP

AFP Anglo-Farsi journalist Farhad Pouladi is pictured in Tehran ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - AFP Anglo-Farsi journalist Farhad Pouladi is pictured in Tehran in 2008. The Tehran prosecutor said that his office was investigating the arrest of Pouladi while he was covering an anti-American rally in the Iranian capital earlier this week. Photo:Atta Kenare/AFP

Iranian opposition supporters protest in central Tehran on November ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian opposition supporters protest in central Tehran on November 4. The Iranian authorities have released two German nationals and a Canadian arrested on the sidelines of rallies in Tehran this week, state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday. Photo:/AFP

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki listens to translation ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki listens to translation at a press conference at United Nations headquarters October 1. Iran is preparing to give the International Atomic Energy Agency more details of its response to proposals from the major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Photo:Mario Tama/AFP

Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard look at memorial pictures ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard look at memorial pictures of their commanders and colleagues, who were killed in a suicide attack in southeastern Iran, last month. The deputy head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards charged that Pakistan arrested and then released the leader of Jundallah a few days before a suicide bombing claimed by the Sunni rebel group. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

An Iranian flag flutters next to a Sajil missile before being ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iranian flag flutters next to a Sajil missile before being launched from an undisclosed location in 2008. The UN nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence that it has experimented with highly advanced nuclear warhead designs, a British newspaper reported. Photo:/AFP

The main headquarters of Bank Mellat in downtown Tehran. The ...

(AFP) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - The main headquarters of Bank Mellat in downtown Tehran. The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against the Malaysian subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat, which Washington says helps finance the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

The Israeli military display at the port of Ashdod what they ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:35:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Israeli military display at the port of Ashdod what they said were hundreds of tonnes of arms sent from Iran. Israel said on Wednesday that commandos had intercepted a ship carrying 'hundreds of tonnes' of arms from Iran to Hezbollah in a raid dozens of miles off its coast but both Iran and Syria denied the cargo was headed to the Lebanese militia. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP

A female protestor runs away from security in a protest, on ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A female protestor runs away from security in a protest, on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover, in Tehran. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

An image grab taken from Iran's official Arabic-language Al-Alam ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - An image grab taken from Iran's official Arabic-language Al-Alam TV shows Iranians holding an anti-US rally in Tehran. Police used batons and teargas to break up an opposition protest in central Tehran, while huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago. Photo:/AFP

A picture released by the official website of Iran's supreme ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - A picture released by the official website of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him waving to students during a meeting in Tehran on November 3. Police used batons and teargas to break up an opposition protest in central Tehran, while huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago. Photo:/AFP

Police used batons and teargas to break up an opposition protest ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - Police used batons and teargas to break up an opposition protest in central Tehran, while huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago. Photo:/AFP

Iranian members of the Basij militia burn a US flag outside ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:47:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian members of the Basij militia burn a US flag outside the former embassy complex in Tehran. Riot police waded in with batons and teargas to break up opposition protests in Tehran, as huge crowds staged a noisy anti-US rally nearby to mark the storming of the American embassy by students 30 years ago. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Iranian members of the Basij militia burn a US flag outside ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian members of the Basij militia burn a US flag outside the former US embassy in Tehran. The United States hopes that violence doesn't spread in Iran, the White House said Wednesday, after riot police and opposition protestors clashed in central Tehran. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Waving flags, Iranian school girls attend an annual demonstration ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:50:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Waving flags, Iranian school girls attend an annual demonstration in front of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Vahid Salemi)

Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani in Khartoum, March 2009. ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani in Khartoum, March 2009. Larijani has praised the fledgling democracy of post-Saddam Iraq and condemned the latest bloodshed in the country. Photo:Ashraf Shazly/AFP

The smoke trail of a rocket after it was launched by Palestinian ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - The smoke trail of a rocket after it was launched by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying weapons 100 nautical miles (185 kilometres) off its coastline overnight, a military spokeswoman said Photo:Mohammed Abed/AFP

An Iranian woman walks past a cartoon criticising US President ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Iranian woman walks past a cartoon criticising US President Barak Obama's relationship with Israel hanging next to the worn emblem on the wall of the former US embassy. Iran 'must choose' whether to open the door to opportunity and prosperity, Obama said Wednesday in a statement marking 30 years since the storming of the US embassy in Tehran. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

File picture shows Iranian-Americans protesting in Los Angeles, ...

(AFP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - File picture shows Iranian-Americans protesting in Los Angeles, California against alleged rights abuses by the government of Iran during and after a disputed June presidential election. Iran 'must choose' whether to open the door to opportunity and prosperity, President Barack Obama said Wednesday in a statement marking 30 years since the storming of the US embassy in Tehran. Photo:David Mcnew/AFP

A member of Brazil's Manoki Irantxe nation watches the first ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A member of Brazil's Manoki Irantxe nation watches the first day of competition in the Indigenous Nations' Games in Pagagominas, northern Brazil November 3, 2009. Some 600 Brazilian Indians from 29 ethnic groups will compete in sporting events in the tenth edition of the games. REUTERS/Paulo Santos (BRAZIL SOCIETY)

52 American hostages get their first taste of freedom as they ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:39:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - 52 American hostages get their first taste of freedom as they arrive in Algiers January 20, 1981 after spending 444 days in captivity in Iran at the hands of radical university students. As the Iranian hostage crisis stretched from the days after Nov. 4, 1979 into weeks and months of deadlock, Canadian Press photographer Peter Bregg was one of the few Western journalists on the ground in Iran. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Bregg

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at Iranian President ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday, saying it would be unacceptable to allow a Holocaust denier to get the nuclear bomb. Duration: 01:04 Photo:/AFP

Iranian Mehdi Abrishamchi, head of a peace commission, shows ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:48:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian Mehdi Abrishamchi, head of a peace commission, shows documents during a conference of the People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran in Paris. Iran has been building secret nuclear weapons labs separate from its uranium enrichment sites since as early as 2000, the country's main opposition group in exile claimed Tuesday. Photo:Bertrand Guay/AFP

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, talks in Tehran, Iran, ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:19:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, talks in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Office of the Supreme Leader)

National Council of Resistance of Iran Peace Commission's President ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:07:00 GMT

(Reuters) - National Council of Resistance of Iran Peace Commission's President Mehdi Abrichamchi attends a news conference on Iran's nuclear programme in Paris November 3, 2009. Abrichamchi gave details about two sites which the NCRI says are connected to a programme by Iran to build a nuclear weapon. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE POLITICS ENERGY)

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to students ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to students in Tehran November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Handout/Khamenei.ir

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to students in Tehran November 3, 2009. QUALITY FROM SOURCE REUTERS/Handout/Khamenei.ir (IRAN POLITICS)

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a sermon ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:49:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a sermon during Friday prayers at Tehran University in this June 19, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Director General Mohamed ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (L) walks with Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh (R) as he arrives at Imam Khomeini International airport, south of Tehran, October 3, 2009. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

Iranian students climb over the wall of the US embassy in Tehran ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian students climb over the wall of the US embassy in Tehran 4 November 1979. Many of the Iranians who led the storming of the US embassy in Tehran 30 years ago, inspired by the newly-created Islamic Republic, have become severe critics of the regime they helped to establish. Photo:/AFP

File photo shows an Iranian woman walking past an anti-US mural ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows an Iranian woman walking past an anti-US mural painted on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran. Many of the Iranians who led the storming of the US embassy in Tehran 30 years ago, inspired by the newly-created Islamic Republic, have become severe critics of the regime they helped to establish. Photo:/AFP

File photo shows a cartoon criticising US President Barak Obama's ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:22:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows a cartoon criticising US President Barak Obama's relationship with Israel next to the worn emblem on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Iranian technicians are seen at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian technicians are seen at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities (UCF), 420 kms south of Tehran in 2005. World powers on Monday pressured Iran to accept a UN-brokered nuclear deal, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying the country was at a 'pivotal moment' to show it did not want to be isolated. Photo:Behrouz Mehri/AFP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inspects centrifuges at ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inspects centrifuges at the Natanz uranium enrichment facilities in 2008. World powers on Monday pressured Iran to accept a UN-brokered nuclear deal, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying the country was at a 'pivotal moment' to show it did not want to be isolated. Photo:/AFP

VIDEO: The UN atomic watchdog brokers a deal over Iran's nuclear ...

(AFP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: The UN atomic watchdog brokers a deal over Iran's nuclear programme. Originally filed: 211009. Duration: 1:14 Photo:/AFP

A sample of enriched uranium. Iran said that it wants a review ...

(AFP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:36:00 GMT

(AFP) - A sample of enriched uranium. Iran said that it wants a review of a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal, as Britain and Russia urged it to accept the offer and France warned Tehran that 'delaying tactics' will not be tolerated. Photo:/AFP

Iran's Moradi Sajad (R) and Mohebi Amir celebrate after Sajad ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iran's Moradi Sajad (R) and Mohebi Amir celebrate after Sajad won the men's 800 metres final at the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi November 2, 2009. The games, hosted by Vietnam, take place from October 30 to November 8. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM SPORT ATHLETICS)

Iran's Moradi Sajad (R) is congratulated by a member of his ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iran's Moradi Sajad (R) is congratulated by a member of his team after winning the men's 800 meter final at the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi November 2, 2009. The games, hosted by Vietnam, take place from October 30 to November 8. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM SPORT ATHLETICS)

Iran's Moradi Sajad finishes first in the men's 800 metres final ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iran's Moradi Sajad finishes first in the men's 800 metres final at the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi November 2, 2009. The games, hosted by Vietnam, take place from October 30 to November 8. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM SPORT ATHLETICS)

Iran's Moradi Sajad (R), Mohebi Amir (C) and Thailand's P. Jakkrit ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Iran's Moradi Sajad (R), Mohebi Amir (C) and Thailand's P. Jakkrit compete during the men's 800 meters running competition at the 3rd Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi November 2, 2009. The games, hosted by Vietnam, take place from October 30 to November 8. Sajad won the gold medal. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM SPORT ATHLETICS)