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EHRAN, Iran — Iran's army chief on Tuesday warned an American aircraft carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf in Tehran's latest tough rhetoric over the strategic waterway, part of a feud with the United States over new sanctions that has sparked a jump in oil prices.

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Iranian students storm British Embassy in Tehran 11/29/11 - 9:47am

TEHRAN, Iran— Hard-line Iranian students stormed the British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, bringing down the Union Jack flag and throwing documents from windows in scenes reminiscent of the anger against Western powers after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran's president predicts arrested American hikers, sentenced to 8 years, will be set free 09/13/11 - 11:44pm

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president predicted Tuesday that two Americans arrested while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border and sentenced to eight years in jail on espionage-related charges could be freed "in a couple of days" after a court set bail of $500,000 each. The events appeared timed to boost the image of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad coinciding with his visit to New York next week for the U.N. General Assembly session. Last year, a third American was released on bail around the same time.

Lawmakers in Iran call for opposition leaders to face trial 02/17/11 - 1:11am

TEHRAN, Iran — Hard-line Iranian lawmakers called on Tuesday for the country’s opposition leaders to face trial and be put to death, a day after clashes between opposition protesters and security forces left two people dead and dozens injured.

German journalist, photographer imprisoned in Iran for covering stoning story see family 12/30/10 - 1:10am

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran allowed two imprisoned German journalists to meet family members for about 12 hours overnight, the first visit in the nearly three months since they were arrested while covering the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning.

Iran restricts social sciences seen as 'western' 10/26/10 - 12:46pm

Iran restricts some social sciences as too ‘Western’

Iran postpones American woman's release 09/11/10 - 12:32am

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Iran to free female American for holiday clemency 09/10/10 - 12:31am

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Iran inaugurates nation's first unmanned bomber 08/23/10 - 12:38am

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies.