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Four men and one woman have been hanged in a Tehran jail for murder, with two others given a reprieve, a newspaper reported on Thursday, the latest in a series of hangings that have drawn criticism from rights groups. The five were hanged on Wednesday in Tehran's Evin prison, the state newspaper Iran reported.

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Posted 29/8/2008 @ 8:50:32 GMT Iran Says 4,000 Atomic Centrifuges Working TEHRAN -- Iran has 4,000 working nuclear centrifuges, an official said in remarks published on Friday, in line with a number verified by the U.N. atomic watchdog but lower than a figure cited by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. more By Reuters

Posted 29/8/2008 @ 8:46:31 GMT Iran to Share Nuclear Know-how ABUJA, NIGERIA -- An Iranian trade delegation announced an agreement Thursday for Iran to share peaceful nuclear technology with Nigeria to help bolster its woeful capacity to generate electricity. more By Los Angeles Times

Posted 29/8/2008 @ 8:43:20 GMT Senior Iraqi Official Arrested BAGHDAD -- A senior official in Nouri al-Maliki's government was in custody Thursday, suspected of ties to Iranian-backed Shiite militias and plotting a June bombing that killed 10 people, including four Americans, Iraqi authorities said. more By The Associated Press

Posted 29/8/2008 @ 8:41:8 GMT Survey: Most Americans May Back Strike on Iran Sixty-three percent of Americans say that if diplomacy fails to solve the Iranian nuclear crisis, they would approve of an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites, a new poll has found. more By The Jerusalem Post

Posted 29/8/2008 @ 8:37:14 GMT Obama Could Open Early Iran Nuclear Talks WASHINGTON -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama could open talks with Iran on its nuclear program early next year if he wins the White House, one of his senior foreign policy advisers said on Thursday. more By Reuters

Posted 28/8/2008 @ 14:53:27 GMT Iran Condemned for Surge of Youth Hangings Iran, the world’s most prolific executioner after China, has hanged a woman and four men for murder in defiance of mounting criticism from human rights groups. more By Times Online

Posted 28/8/2008 @ 8:25:23 GMT US Fears Venezuela-Iran Ties May be Aiding Terrorists BOGOTA, Colombia 66 Western anti-terrorism officials are increasingly concerned that Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shiite Muslim militia that Washington has labeled a terrorist group, is using Venezuela as a base for operations. more By Los Angeles Times

Posted 28/8/2008 @ 8:18:18 GMT Iran General says Israel Too Vulnerable to Attack The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Ali Jafari, said on Wednesday that Israel is too vulnerable to Iran's longer-range missiles to dare launch an attack. more By AFP

Posted 28/8/2008 @ 8:12:30 GMT Make a Deal with Iran Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE), the presumptive Democratic nominee for vice president, last year listed both Iran and Russia as threats to U.S. interests. Unfortunately, he did not offer a way to prioritize the challenges posed by Tehran and Moscow. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), for his part, has shifted his public statements in recent months, giving greater attention to Russia as a challenge for Washington and the West, and de-emphasizing (at least in his speeches) the threat posed by Iran. more By National Interest Online