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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iran Herald.com http://www.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/ en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:14:15 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:14:15 -0500 30 An Iranian website with close ties to the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has laid out the legal and moral justifications to kill all Jews and annihilate Israel. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203298463/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:10:02 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203298463/cs/1/ India and Iran have reached an agreement for the payment of oil, said Tehran's envoy to New Delhi Seyed Mehdi Nabizadeh. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203295551/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:50:04 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203295551/cs/1/ The United Kingdom was forced to plead with the US to take part in the flotilla challenging Iranian power in the Gulf after American commanders decided the British military had nothing to contribute t http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203294991/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:50:14 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203294991/cs/1/ The U.S. has imposed a fresh set of sanctions on the Iranian government to pressure the latter to halt its nuclear program. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203294437/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:30:01 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203294437/cs/1/ The Simpsons have joined Barbie on the list of dolls prohibited in Iran as part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of western culture. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203292329/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:40:06 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203292329/cs/1/ Pakistan has assured Iran that it would implement, on a fast track basis, multi-billion-dollar gas and electricity import projects, despite international sanctions and concerns over the latter's nucle http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203291186/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:50:07 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203291186/cs/1/ Iranian authorities have reportedly arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203291172/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:20:07 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203291172/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama has ordered the freezing of Iran's property under American jurisdiction, including that of the country's central bank, the White House said. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203286214/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203286214/cs/1/ Implementation of the India-US civil nuclear deal, sanctions against Iran and the Af-Pak situation are among the host of bilateral and regional issues expected to figure in talks between Indian Foreig http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203269995/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203269995/cs/1/ Brent futures rose above $116 on Tuesday, extending gains after prices settled at a six-month high in the previous session as a cold spell in Europe and supply concerns from the Middle East ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296808/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:05:23 -0500 Trade Arabia http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296808/ TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday denounced as "an antagonistic move" a tightening of U.S. sanctions targeting Tehran's central bank and giving U.S. banks new powers to freeze ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296779/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:05:12 -0500 West Australian http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296779/ FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Falls Church, Va. President Barack Obama announced tough new sanctions on Iran's Central Bank Monday amid increased ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296770/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:59:41 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296770/ Iranian blogger Mehdi Khazali has been sentenced to 13 years and 10 months in prison and 10 years in exile. In his blog, Khazali has criticized Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203297244/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:57:00 -0500 Radio Free Europe http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203297244/ The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Iranian authorities have detained more than 65 Arab residents of Iran as part of alleged "security sweeps" in Iran's Arab-majority ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203295608/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:56:56 -0500 RadioFreeEurope http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203295608/ Don’t have a jihad, man!Iran is blacklisting dolls of "The Simpsons," saying Bart, Homer, Lisa and Marge corrupt the youth of the Islamic Republic."Imports of all kinds of dolls ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203295954/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:53:44 -0500 New York Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203295954/ Iranian Jews look at the Torah scroll during a morning service for Shabbat, on the Jewish festival of Passover, at the Pol-e-Choubi Synagogue, in Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2011. Iran has the largest ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296777/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:52:46 -0500 NPR http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296777/ Syria's Free Syrian Army has said that Turkey mediated the release of 11 kidnapped Iranians and thanked Turkey for its support. Gunmen kidnapped 11 Iranian pilgrims heading to the Syrian ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296815/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:52:23 -0500 News.Az http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296815/ Iran on Tuesday rejected as an "antagonistic move" a tightening of U.S. sanctions that targets the Islamic state's central bank and gives U.S. banks new powers to freeze assets linked ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296755/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:39:46 -0500 Haaretz http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296755/ KUWAIT CITY/SINGAPORE -- Oil prices could soar to as high as US$160 a barrel if tension over an Iranian oil embargo persists or in the event of conflict, a top Kuwaiti oil executive said in remarks ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296575/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:06 -0500 The China Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296575/ Iranian scientists have already managed to enrich enough radioactive material to successfully produce not just one, but four nuclear bombs, Israel's military intelligence chief has ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203297246/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:20:59 -0500 RT http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203297246/ In this file picture, samples of rice are seen on the desk as a rice wholesaler checks his books while waiting for customers at his shop in south Tehran June 18, ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296749/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:01:24 -0500 Reuters http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296749/ A group of pro-government Iranian students have gathered outside the parliament building in Tehran to call on the government to stop oil exports to Europe. The protest comes after the EU banned all ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296517/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:52:05 -0500 Euro News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296517/ Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country. The Mehr news agency says they were involved in ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296258/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:47:40 -0500 BBC http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296258/ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A simple trip to the store in Iran these days offers a crash course in life under Western economic sanctions. The prices of many imported goods -- from South Korean ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296782/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:31:07 -0500 News and Sentinel http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296782/ JERUSALEM (AP) -- For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296784/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:31:02 -0500 News and Sentinel http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296784/ An Iranian vendor sells pistachio in Tehran's old main bazaar last week. The price tags on many imported goods are double from last year, while Iranian currency has plunged in value against the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296772/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:25:33 -0500 Denver Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296772/ Iranians Expect to Feel Sanctions Many more had trouble paying for food, shelter last year by Steve Crabtree February 7, 2012 ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296803/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:13:30 -0500 IMRA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296803/ Voters nationwide remain firmly convinced that Iran is likely to develop a nuclear weapon in the near future, and if so, will use it against Israel. At the same time, most also think an Israeli ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296802/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:13:30 -0500 IMRA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296802/ PALO ALTO, California - United States President Barack Obama has contradicted both his defense secretary and head of intelligence by laying a small though significant speed bump ahead of the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296745/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:56 -0500 Asia Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203296745/ Iran's electricity exports have witnessed a 27% rise during the first 10 and a half months of the Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2011). The Iranian Ministry of Energy announced on ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203291907/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:52:35 -0500 News.Az http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203291907/ Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency reported yesterday that they had produced content and reported to the BBC. It said they facilitated training and hiring of some Iranian journalists and ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203291196/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:20:41 -0500 The Independent http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203291196/ The fuel for this manic trade is not an actual economic collapse - the new European oil embargo has yet to take effect, and there is plenty of food on the shelves - but a rising sense of panic about ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203292170/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:52 -0500 New York Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203292170/ Around 250 journalists have been arrested and given long jail terms during the past two years in Iran. Journalists and newspapers that fail to toe the regime's line are exposed to the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203292438/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:47:07 -0500 Reporters without Borders http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203292438/ Download The question for Washington, ';what to do about Iran’s nuclear program?'; is not a new one. But in recent weeks, another question has made things more complicated for the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287746/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:49:15 -0500 The World http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287746/ Washington o Targeting Iran's economy, the U.S. ordered tough new penalties Monday to further pinch the country's financial system and encourage Israel to give sanctions more time before ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287726/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:47:53 -0500 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287726/ White House spokesman Jay Carney isn't offering much in the way of explanation for why President Barack Obama and his intelligence chief offered dramatically different opinions in recent days ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287735/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:39:27 -0500 Politico http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287735/ about Iran's attempt to rebrand the Arab Spring. The Iranian government recently flew in hundreds of young activists from around the region for a conference on the "Islamic ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287599/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:37:31 -0500 NPR http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287599/ Film director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. AA photo Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has canceled his trip to Tehran allegedly due to his father's illness, Tehran Times cited festival organizers ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287668/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:28:36 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287668/ joined the shapely Barbie among Western toys targeted by a new crackdown in Tehran. ';The Simpsons dolls are merchandise from an animated series, of which some episodes are even banned in ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287528/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:55:02 -0500 National Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287528/ Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. proposal to sanction Iran’s state-owned oil company and its main tanker fleet may ensnare any person or business in the world involved in purchasing or shipping ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203286463/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:53:35 -0500 Business Week http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203286463/ The Strait of Hormuz, the slender water passageway for 20 percent of the world's oil, is seen from space. In this June 1991 view from the space shuttle Columbia, the Persian Gulf is at the top ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287167/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:35 -0500 National Geographic News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287167/ Iran 's supreme court has upheld death sentences for two men convicted of killing three Sunnis with the help of a British spy, according to reports in Iran.The semi-official Mehr news agency ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287507/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:38:03 -0500 The Guardian http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287507/ President Obama said he wants to exhaust all non-military means and lower the heat in the Mideast. "We have done extensive planning on all our various options in the Gulf. We are prepared to ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287749/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:35 -0500 Fox News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287749/ Speaking at a campaign event in Golden, CO Monday, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said American hostages arrested in Egypt, is similar to the Iranian hostage crisis, during President Jimmy ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287602/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:28:37 -0500 CBS News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287602/ India did not sign a contract to develop the Farsi offshore block for fear of being blacklisted by the US under the 1996 Iran-Libya Sanctions Act of the US that barred any entity to pump more than ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287707/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:01:45 -0500 Times of India http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203287707/ because they supposedly promote Western culture. So that means Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and, of course, Bart, join Barbie on the list of toys deemed to be too hot for Iranian children to handle. ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282529/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:42:45 -0500 NPR http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282529/ Iran said that Tehran supports Syria today more than ever because the "majority of Syrians still support the [Syrian] regime," Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi said ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282538/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:55 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282538/ February 6, 2012 A senior Iranian military commander said Monday that war games staged by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) were just for defensive purposes and should not be regarded as a military ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203283111/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:11 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203283111/ Iran's Petroleum Engineering and Development Co. signed a deal in Tehran on Monday, worth around $200 million, with a domestic company to develop the Changooleh oilfield, which is associated ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282218/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:32:37 -0500 Hispanic Business Magazine http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282218/ Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird is in Tel Aviv, Israel, and discusses the decision by China and Russia to veto a UN resolution aimed at stopping Damascus' crackdown in Syria. He explains ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282572/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:21:42 -0500 CTV http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282572/ WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said the United States had a good fix on the progress of Iran's nuclear programme and had long prepared a military response in the Gulf should it become ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203280837/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:19:34 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203280837/ VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is believed to be expanding uranium enrichment activity deep inside a mountain, diplomatic sources said on Monday, a move likely to add to tension with Western powers that ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282500/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:11:18 -0500 The Star http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282500/ India has reportedly agreed to pay Tehran in gold for the oil it buys, in a move aimed at protecting Delhi from US-sanctions targeting countries who trade with Iran. China, another buyer of Iranian ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282664/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:09:55 -0500 RT http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282664/ - The Heritage Foundation's Web Memo is an online exclusive analysis that supplies Heritage.org visitors with the information they need to follow fast-breaking policy ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282563/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:06:33 -0500 Heritage Foundation http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1b76a2b4cf7810bd/id/203282563/