Iran says West may have seized ex-defense official
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Western intelligence services may have kidnapped a former Iranian deputy defense minister who went missing in Turkey, Iran's police chief was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
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"Responsible authorities recognized that this person was engaging in undiplomatic behavior and has to leave Iran"  Iran has expelled a German diplomat for 'undiplomatic' behavior, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.The expulsion comes after a media report claiming that Germany expelled an Iranian consular attache last July after he apparently attempted to acquire equipment that could be used for uranium enrichment. Both the Foreign Ministry in Berlin and Iran have declined to comment on the report, which cited no sources.On Sunday, a German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said she could only 'confirm that a German diplomat has left Iran.' The spokeswoman, who declined to elaborate, spoke on condition of anonymity because of ministry rules. Read more
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Iran said on Friday it might extend its  partial freeze of uranium enrichment in order to ease Western  fears about its nuclear ambitions but a senior U.S. official  dismissed this as a ploy to fend off tough U.N. action.
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Belgian police are holding an Iranian  who claimed to be involved in a plot to bomb a passenger plane  in Belgium but have found no evidence to corroborate his story,  the federal prosecutor's office said on Thursday.
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A person working for a telecommunications firm has been arrested for being behind a rumour that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be assassinated in Tehran last October, a news agency said on Tuesday.
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Iran confirmed on Sunday it had detained a fourth Iranian-American, who an Iranian news agency earlier said was being probed over security-related issues.
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The State Department accused Iran on Friday of detaining at least four student activists and called for their release.
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Iraqi and coalition forces on Sunday seized a "suspected terrorist " with links to Iran's weapons and training network during a raid in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
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The United States said on Friday it  is concerned Iran has arrested a journalist and stopped him  picking up a rights award in New York in a sign of what it  called worsening violations in the Islamic republic.
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Iran said on Friday it might extend a partial freeze on uranium enrichment in order to ease Western fears about its nuclear ambitions, but a senior U.S. official dismissed this as a ploy to fend off tough U.N. action.
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An Iranian diplomat who was seized in Iraq last month is freed, but the fate of other hostages is unclear.
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Iran on Wednesday released liberal intellectual Ramin Jahanbegloo, who was accused of working with the U.S. to overthrow the government, a human rights activist said.
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The FBI is investigating a mid-level Pentagon official who specializes in Iranian affairs for allegedly passing classified information to Israel, and arrests in the case
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Reports from Iran say a prominent trade union leader, Mansour Osanlou, has been arrested in Tehran.
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The most senior US military officer says Iran's government may not be directly involved in arming Shias in Iraq.
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A semi-official Iranian news agency reported yesterday that California businessman Ali Shakeri is in custody in Tehran and is under investigation for possible national security violations. It is the first confirmation by Iran of his detention after repeated statements from the Tehran regime that it...
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A kidnapped Iranian diplomat has been released after more than a month in captivity, the Iranian Embassy said Monday.