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2009-06-01
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Iran plans to drill an exploratory well in the Caspian Sea as the preliminary step for the construction of the Iran-Alborz semisubmersible drilling rig.
-- According to Gholam-Hossein Nozari, Oil Minister of Iran
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2009-03-05
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposed in Brussels that an international ministerial conference beheld on March 31 to contribute to stabilizing Afghanistan and fighting Taliban-led insurgency.
"If we move forward with such a meeting, it is expected that Iran would be invited as a neighbor of Afghanistan."
-- Hillary Clinton said.
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2009-03-05
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"Afghanistan is something that presents a great challenge, not just for our country, but for the rest of the world ... Obviously we hope that all of Afghanistan's neighbors are available and that the dialogue is constructive and moves us forward.
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I would expect that Iran would be invited as a neighbor and that we hope, if they decide to come, that they bring constructive solutions and ideas in working with the international community to address the challenges."
-- Robert Gibbs, White House spokesman, told reporters.
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2009-01-23
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Russia and Iran signed an agriculture agreement in Moscow. The Russian Minister of Agriculture called Iran a Russia "strategic partner." Although the agreement is a small step, this is the first time Russia using that phrase in public.
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2008-12-17
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"If it built even a primitive nuclear weapon like the type that destroyed Hiroshima, Iran would not hesitate to load it on a ship, arm it with a detonator operated by GPS and sail it into a vital port on the east coast of North America."
-- Ehud Barak, Defense Minister of Israel, speaking at a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University
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2008-12-07
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"We are willing to talk to them directly and give them a clear choice and ultimately let them make a determination in terms of whether they want to do this the hard way or the easy way.
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We need to ratchet up tough but direct diplomacy with Iran, making very clear to them that their development of nuclear weapons would be unacceptable, that their funding of terrorist organizations, their threats against Israel are contrary to everything we believe in.
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In terms of carrots, we can provide economic incentives that would be helpful to a country that despite being a net oil producer is under enormous strain, huge inflation, lot of employment problems.
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But we also have to focus on the sticks. In order for us to change Iran's behavior we may have to tighten up those sanctions."
-- Barack Obama, US President-elect, NBC's "Meet the Press" program
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2008-11-20
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Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb.
-- According to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors
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2008-10-12
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This was the first time an Iranian leader specifically took exception to the US military operations inside Pakistani territory.
Larijani, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, said Iran was concerned about the extent of the devastation and the death toll in Waziristan and that the US had exceeded the limits of the Geneva Convention in fighting terrorism. "Every single day, civilians are falling victim to the US-led fight against terrorism," he said, adding the US was "destroying" Waziristan under the "pretext of fighting terrorism".
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2008-10-06
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Handing back control of the Israeli-occupied West Bank to the Palestinians as part of a peace deal would simply strengthen the hand of Israel's Iranian foe.
"Any area we withdraw from will be taken over by Iran and its proxies.
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Both Lebanon and Gaza have become Iranian bases, and they would get a third one if we retreat from the West Bank."
-- According to Benjamin Netanyahu
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2008-10
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USA has deployed an advanced early-warning radar system in Israel for detecting incoming missiles. It is so sophisticated that, for now, U.S. Army crews will be stationed there to operate it.
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