U.S. says Iran abusing global financial system
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson   said on Wednesday that Iran was abusing the global financial   system and putting its security at risk.
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Iran on Monday slammed the US for its alleged phone tapping on the conversations between the UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed El Baradei and Iranian officials, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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The United States accused Iran Wednesday of threatening global peace with its plans to process 37 tons of raw "yellowcake" uranium, which one Western nuclear expert said would be enough to build five atomic bombs.
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While American officials have increasingly accused Iran of interfering in Iraq, from Iranâs perspective it is the United States that is meddling in its backyard.
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Iran's supreme leader warned today that any U.S. attack on his country would trigger Iranian retaliation against U.S. interests "around the world."
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The United States has hardened its tone against Iran for its alleged efforts to obtain nuclear weapons, adopting a &quot;bad cop&quot; role against Europe&#39;s &quot;good cop&quot; line toward Tehran.
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President Bush said Tuesday a nuclear-armed Iran would blackmail the free world and raise a mortal threat to the American people.
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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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The Bush administration has imposed economic penalties on several Chinese companies because it says they helped Iran in its effort to improve its weapons programs, administration documents show.
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U.S. sanctions against Iranian banks do not contravene foreign-exchange rules, an International Monetary Fund spokesman said on Monday, after Tehran asked the IMF to determine whether the actions were legal.
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The Bush administration expressed concern on Tuesday about Iran's pursuit of longer-range ballistic missiles and imposed U.S. economic penalties against Chinese companies it accused of helping Tehran in those efforts.
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Two European banks have limited or ended operations. The US says Iran taps banks for illicit activities.
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Iran is "thumbing its nose" at the international community by expanding its uranium program, a top U.S. official said, setting the stage for difficult negotiations on new U.N. sanctions, with the U.S. likely to push for tougher measures.
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The US cuts an Iranian state-owned bank from its financial system, accusing it of helping to move terrorist funds.
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Iranian President Mahmoud   Ahmadinejad accused the West on Tuesday of abusing the United   Nations to try to deny Iran the right to the peaceful nuclear   technology which Western states enjoy.
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The Bush administration has stepped up a broad effort to choke off Iran's ability to finance militant groups and acquire weapons technology by cutting off suspect banks and firms from the international banking system, U.S. officials said yesterday.
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Iran, under fire on suspicion of  secretly seeking nuclear arms, accused the United States on  Friday of "lawless militarism" in Iraq and called Israel the  biggest threat to peace in the Middle East.