Rafsanjani to lead key Iran body
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is elected speaker of the key clerical body that supervises Iran's Supreme Leader.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Baghdad next month for the first visit by an Iranian president to its neighbour.
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Iran's new top nuclear negotiator is scheduled to hold Tuesday his first international meeting about Tehran's contentious nuclear program since his appointment Â a one-day session in Rome with the European Union's foreign policy chief.
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Iran's president has reminded Iranians that matters such as nuclear policy are ultimately decided by the supreme leader not him, words analysts say may be aimed at deflecting criticism and denying a leadership rift.
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Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani told worshippers during prayers Friday, Iran could resume enriching uranium within six months.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems to be enjoying the spotlight at this year's U.N. General Assembly, easing his way into the international arena and trying to improve his image amid the controversy over his nuclear program and remarks about Israel and the Holocaust.
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Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday said Ali Larijani, who recently resigned as the country's top nuclear negotiator, would attend talks on Tuesday in Rome alongside the country's new top negotiator and the European Union's foreign policy chief.
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A top Iranian official tells the BBC Tehran is prepared to give more assurances over its nuclear enrichment plans.
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Former Iranian president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Friday stated that the way is open for the European Union to reach an agreement with Tehran on the nuclear issue if its representatives act more rationally and stop being too demanding.
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The U.N. atomic watchdog's No. 2 official goes to Iran on Wednesday to test Tehran's latest promise to answer questions about its nuclear agenda under the threat of stiffer sanctions.
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14 December 2004 -- A senior Iranian official has spoken of Iran and the European Union opening a &quot;new chapter&quot; in their relations after talks on benefits Iran is to receive for suspending its uranium-enrichment activities.
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Iran's Supreme Leader unexpectedly replaces the head of the country's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
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Clerics picked Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday to lead a powerful Iranian government body, in a boost for the former president who wants better ties with the West and a blow to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday replaced the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, a force U.S. officials have said Washington may label a terrorist group.
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of the powerful Expediency Council of Iran, on Sunday urged European countries to honor a nuclear deal with Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran wants to take part in a meeting of the U.N. Security Council to brief member states about Iranâs nuclear program, a government spokesman said.
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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.