Iran farmers fear possible sanctions
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As the annual pistachio harvest begins, Ali Bajvand has more to worry about than backbreaking labor and changes in crop prices. There is growing unease that possible economic sanctions over the country's controversial nuclear program could stifle the world's largest pistachio exporter.
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Some top politicians are concerned Iranian influence will affect the new democratic process.
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Some quotes about the new sanctions against Iran announced Thursday:
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Diplomats say Iran has replied to a European offer to avoid possible UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear program. But they say the Europeans may reject Iran&#39;s response.
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A U.S. military strike against Iran would have dire consequences in petroleum markets, say a variety of oil industry experts, many of whom think the prospect of pandemonium in those markets makes U.S. military action unlikely despite escalating economic sanctions imposed by the Bush administration.
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Iran is sending mixed messages on enrichment, and international powers have been slow to join and push sanctions.
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TEHRAN -- Iranian officials said yesterday that any further UN Security Council sanctions on the country could jeopardize its recent decisions to grant international inspectors greater access to nuclear sites and disclose information about past activities.
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Iran has condemned a G-8 warning that it could face more sanctions over its controversial nuclear program, the country's official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
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FARMERS are being invited to find out about con
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European Union officials have expressed concern that international sanctions targetting Iran's nuclear programme might not be enough to curb its atomic ambitions, in a document obtained by AFP.
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TEHRAN, Iran  - As Iran hurtles toward a confrontation with the United States over its nuclear program, the nation's economy remains a dysfunctional wreck. Neither wholly free nor entirely socialist, the Iranian market is a ramshackle hybrid buttressed by lofty oil prices.
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POTSDAM, Germany  - Major industrial nations threatened on Wednesday to support "further appropriate measures" if Iran failed to comply with U.N. resolutions demanding that it suspend nuclear enrichment.
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KOUTS, Ind.  -- The quiet country life can turn into a pressure cooker of stress at harvest time as farmers push themselves to their limits, agricultural experts say...
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Proposed new United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program call for travel bans and asset freezes for specific Iranian officials and vigilance on all banks in Iran, according to a draft text.
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The anger posed a threat to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was elected on a platform of bringing oil income to the nationâs households.
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European leaders are considering their own economic sanctions against Iran over its refusal to forgo parts of its nuclear program, France's foreign minister said Sunday, indicating that U.N.-imposed penalties have not been effective.
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VIENNA - Western diplomats say Iran has been producing large quantities of radioactive gas that could be used in weapons - just days before a ban on the practice comes into effect.