Iran says Gulf shields its banks from U.S. pressure
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U.S. allies such as Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are helping shield Iran's banking system from Washington's "financial terrorism", the governor of Iran's central bank said on Tuesday.
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Iran's parliament speaker has dismissed U.S. accusations that Iranian boats aggressively approached three U.S. Naval ships in the Gulf this week as part of a "propaganda campaign" against the Islamic state.
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New sanctions to target Iran's institutions show that Washington, frustrated by resistance at the U.N., is moving toward a different strategy to pressure Tehran &#13;&#10;
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Deep fears about the war in Iraq and growing tension between the United States and Iran are driving the wealthy oil states of the Persian Gulf to go on shopping sprees for helicopters, ships and tanks, officials say.
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The Bush administration expressed  concern on Tuesday about Iran's pursuit of longer-range  ballistic missiles and imposed sanctions on Chinese companies  it accused of helping Tehran in those efforts.
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Despite the government's insistence that U.S. and U.N. sanctions aren't causing any pain, some leading Iranians have begun to say publicly that the pressure does hurt. And on Tehran's streets, people are increasingly worried over the economic pinch.
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MANAMA, Bahrain -- Iran's foreign minister delivered a blunt challenge to the United States yesterday, saying Tehran is willing to help US troops withdraw from Iraq, but only if Washington makes tough policy changes.
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The top U.S. military commander in the Mideast said Friday that Iran runs the risk of triggering an unintended conflict if its boats continue to harass U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.
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Iran is to move its foreign currency reserves from dollars to euros as the US continues to press for sanctions against Tehran.
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Iran backed down on a demand to exempt sensitive equipment from a freeze on uranium enrichment that can make atomic weapons, in a move that should save it from possible UN sanctions, diplomats said.
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A tense encounter between U.S. Navy ships and Iranian boats in the Gulf shows Iran poses a threat and the United States is ready to counter it, the top U.S. military officer said on Friday.
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Iran said on Sunday the threat of   sanctions was a "psychological game" aimed at putting pressure   on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, which the   West fears is aimed at producing atomic weapons.
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The Christian Science Monitor - American attempts to persuade Europe to think again about financial involvement in Iran may be starting to bear fruit, according to European banking officials. Whether such "back-door sanctions" will work is far less apparent, experts say.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards test-fired missiles on Thursday that a commander said could sink "big warships" in the Gulf, the Sea of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean, the state broadcaster said.
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U.S. President George W. Bush warned Iran on Wednesday of "serious consequences" if it attacked U.S. ships in the Gulf.
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Iran accused the United States on Sunday of pushing Europe away from a possible compromise on Tehran&#039;s disputed nuclear program.
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The US threatens tough penalties against international energy companies that do business with Iran.