Iranian president to pay rare visit to Saudi
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make his first official trip to Saudi Arabia, a major U.S. regional ally, on Saturday amid a growing international standoff over Tehran's nuclear program.
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Iran was sending mixed messages on Tuesday regarding the development of its nuclear program. Iranian President Mohammed Khatami said on Tuesday that his country would
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to brief members of the U.N. Security Council about his country's nuclear program, state television reported on Sunday.
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Iranian lawmakers have urged the  president to review ties with Denmark and the Netherlands over  reprints of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in  Danish and Dutch newspapers, state radio said on Monday.
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Iran's hardline president will honor an American scholar's request to be buried in a historic Iranian city when he dies, the state broadcasting company said Thursday.
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The visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will tackle the Middle Eastâs growing sectarian and political crises.
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A former Iranian leader once seen as the harbinger of moderation and better relations with the United States is making the case for dialogue nearly on the doorstep of the White House.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran Tuesday for his first official visit to Iran since taking office in May, Iraqi state television reported.
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U.S. President George W. Bush, trying to counter Iran's growing military clout, made clear his commitment on Monday to go ahead with a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia as he began his first visit to the Islamic kingdom.
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The Iranian President arrives at the United Nations shrouded in controversy
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France's president offered Saudi Arabia help in exploring a possible civilian nuclear energy program as the French leader began a visit to the oil-rich kingdom on Sunday.
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Washington is sending a veteran Middle East hand. Tehran's envoy is a British-educated diplomat considered one of Iran's top analysts of the West. Combine that with a flexible agenda and a matchmaking Iraqi host &#151; and the international gathering Saturday to help steer Iraq's future also appears as a prime opportunity for some icebreaking overtures between Iran and the United States.
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Iran's foreign minister indicated Monday his country would take part in the international conference on Iraq on Saturday, which would be the first public U.S.-Iranian encounter in nearly three years.
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BEIRUT -- Iran's president heads to Saudi Arabia tomorrow for discussions with King Abdullah, an indication that weeks of talks between their envoys on simmering conflicts in Iraq and Lebanon have made some headway.
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The head of the U.N. atomic agency will visit Tehran this week to try to add momentum to his agency's investigation of Iran's past nuclear activities
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International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei will make a rare visit to Iran this week to try to push it into speeding up steps to defuse suspicions about its nuclear program.
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TEHRAN -- Iran yesterday touted its weekend summit with the Iraqi and Syrian presidents, scheduled only days before President Bush holds a summit of his own with Iraq's prime minister. With the United States looking for a way out of Iraq, Tehran is aiming to secure a larger role in the region.