Officials from six world powers are due to hold talks with Iranian representatives in Baghdad on Wednesday about Tehran's controversial nuclear program.

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6 nations talk to Iran about its nukes

Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency are near agreement on a plan that could lift the veil on some of the Islamic Republic’s past nuclear research, U.N. officials said Tuesday in an announcement that raised hopes for a more comprehensive nuclear accord when Iranian officials meet with six world powers later in the week. Read full article > >

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Iran, U.N. reported close to deal to unveil past nuclear research

The Iranian Foreign Ministry announces it had dismissed a diplomat accused of molesting girls at a swimming pool in Brasilia.

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Iran sacks ‘pool abuse’ diplomat

The unexpected announcement suggested that both the I.A.E.A. and Iran had accelerated the urgency of resolving their dispute over I.A.E.A. requests for access to a restricted Iranian military site.

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I.A.E.A. Director General to Visit Tehran

Bahrain’s foreign ministry summons Iran’s charge d’affaires following Iranian comments objecting to a proposed union between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

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Bahrain and Iran in ‘union’ row

Increasingly hard-pressed to find buyers for its petroleum, Iran has been routinely switching off satellite tracking systems on its sea-bound oil tankers for more than a month, in what U.S. officials and industry analysts describe as a cat-and-mouse game with Western governments seeking to enforce sanctions on Iranian exports. Read full article > >

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Iran, unable to sell oil, stores it on tankers

This week’s diplomatic choreography — with the Americans and the Iranians in New Delhi — provided a window into the realpolitik of Iranian sanctions.

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Despite U.S. Nudge, India and Iran Keep Economic Relations

Brazil says it will ask Iran for an explanation after an Iranian diplomat was accused of molesting underage girls in a swimming pool in Brasilia.

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Iran diplomat in Brazil scandal

Kofi Annan appealed on Wednesday to President Bashar al-Assad’s Iranian backers to support a peace effort.

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Envoy to Syria Seeks Iranian Help As Cease-Fire Deadline Nears

The rescue mission is said to have taken 48 hours, and the Iranian navy is reported to have detained nine Somali pirates.

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VIDEO: Iran ‘rescues’ Chinese ship from pirates

Barack Obama approves fresh sanctions on foreign banks still involved in the trading of Iranian oil, saying there are enough alternative supplies.

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US to tighten squeeze on Iran oil

An uncharacteristic Iranian group has had a resurgent presence on Capitol Hill leaving some experts and academics wondering how the group’s quest has made it this far.

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The MEK in the USA: Inside the Campaign to De-List the Terror Group

TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme Court ordered a retrial for a former U.S. Marine who initially was sentenced to death for spying, the country’s national prosecutor said Monday. Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, 28, an Iranian American who was sentenced in January to be hanged , waited more than a month for the Supreme Court to decide whether he would be the first U.S. citizen to get the death penalty in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Born in Arizona, Hekmati served in the Marine Corps from 2001 to 2005 and fought in Iraq in 2004. He later worked as a contract translator in Afghanistan. He holds an Iranian passport as well as an American one. Read full article > >

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A retired British businessman being held in the US for allegedly selling batteries for Iranian missiles is due in court on Monday.

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Missile suspect due in US court

A Briton accused of selling batteries for Iranian missiles has arrived in Texas and been taken into custody after being extradited from the UK

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Missile suspect extradited to US