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Israel seizes arms ‘bound for Hizbollah’
The Jewish state said a captured container ship originating in Iran and loaded with weapons, including rockets, was destined for Syria and Lebanon’s Shia group
Tehran reluctant to cede state control
Following a recent blow to its hopes, Iran’s private sector believes than despite slogans to the contrary, the government has no intention of encouraging any real privatisation
Iranian opposition and police in fresh clashes
Thousands of opposition supporters clashed with security forces at a state-organised rally on the anniversary of the US embassy siege
Merkel warns Iran against nuclear move
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, delivered a stern warning to Iran’s hard-line leader amid signs that the west’s patience with Tehran’s prevarication on its nuclear programme was running out
Khamenei rejects engagement with US
Iran’s supreme leader accused the US of negotiating in bad faith despite the overtures made by Barack Obama’s administration in recent months
UN nuclear chief urges Iran to engage
El-Baradei indicates dissatisfaction with Tehran’s response to proposals aimed at establishing full dialogue over its nuclear programme
Tehran shuts second reformist paper
Sarmayeh repeatedly warned for writing about opposition leaders such as Moussavi, say journalists
Iran risks overplaying nuclear hand
Western powers might run out of patience with Tehran’s negotiating tactics and demand a complete end to the country’s uranium enrichment activities
Editorial: Iran’s last chance
Rarely has the prospect of detente between Washington and Tehran been so tantalisingly within reach. But Tehran is recklessly close to frittering away this opening. That would be a disaster
Iran seeks big changes to nuclear deal
Tehran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it wants only a partial transfer of Iran’s low enriched uranium rather than the large and immediate transfer demanded by western powers
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