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The UN atomic watchdog's incoming chief Yukiya Amano promised ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:21:05 GMT

(AFP) - The UN atomic watchdog's incoming chief Yukiya Amano promised Friday to do his "utmost" to resolve a long-running nuclear standoff with Iran after governors formally gave their nod of approval to his appointment.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)

International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Director General Mohamed ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:11:29 GMT

(Reuters) - International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei attends a board of governors meeting in Vienna June 18, 2009. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer/Files

Iranians chant anti-US and Israeli slogans during weekly prayers ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:33:49 GMT

(AFP) - Iranians chant anti-US and Israeli slogans during weekly prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric says local British embassy staff -- who were arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest -- will be put on trial, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:33:49 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

In this photo released by the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:15:11 GMT

(AP) - In this photo released by the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), a model of Iranian Airbus Flight 655 floats in the sea, Friday, July 3, 2009, about 810 miles (1350 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, as an Iranian military speed boat observes, during a ceremony commemorating the 21st anniversary of the US warship Vincennes missile attack on the Iranian airliner, killing 290 people on July 3, 1988 over the Persian Gulf. (AP Photo/ISNA, Abolfath Davari) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT

Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and Israel slogans during ...

(AFP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:35:51 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and Israel slogans during weekly prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric has said that British embassy staff arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest will be put on trial, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)

An Iranian worshipper chants anti-US and anti-Israel slogans ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:47 GMT

(AP) - An Iranian worshipper chants anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a Friday prayer's ceremony, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:27 GMT

(AP) - Iranian worshippers chant anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a Friday prayers ceremony, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian Air Force soldiers chant anti-US slogans during a Friday ...

(AP) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:03:10 GMT

(AP) - Iranian Air Force soldiers chant anti-US slogans during a Friday prayer ceremony, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

A view of the US Treasury. The US Treasury Department said it ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:20:20 GMT

(AFP/File) - A view of the US Treasury. The US Treasury Department said it froze the assets of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an adviser to the commander of Iran's Qods Force, an arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Shiite "extremist" group Kata'ib Hezbollah for being a security threat in Iraq(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)

Russian matryoshka nesting dolls decorated with the images of ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:03:58 GMT

(AFP/File) - Russian matryoshka nesting dolls decorated with the images of US President Barack Obama(L) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. Obama leaves for Russia Sunday, seeking to honor a US vow to "reset" strained but tentatively easing ties with Moscow and to muster a united front against Iran's nuclear program.(AFP/File/Oxana Onipko)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Gorki residence outside ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:03:58 GMT

(AFP/File) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Gorki residence outside Moscow on June 30, 2009. President Barack Obama leaves for Russia Sunday, seeking to honor a US vow to "reset" strained but tentatively easing ties with Moscow and to muster a united front against Iran's nuclear program.(AFP/File/Dmitry Astakhov)

US President Barack Obama, seen here on July 01, 2009, leaves ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:03:58 GMT

(AFP/File) - US President Barack Obama, seen here on July 01, 2009, leaves for Russia Sunday, seeking to honor a US vow to "reset" strained but tentatively easing ties with Moscow and to muster a united front against Iran's nuclear program.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton(L) with Chinese President ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:45:32 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton(L) with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing in February 2009. On the sidelines of Group of Eight Summit in Italy, US President Barack Obama will meet Jintao, with whom he first held talks at the G20 economic summit in London in April.(AFP/Oliver Weiken)

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (left) is escorted by ...

(AFP) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:01:43 GMT

(AFP) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe (left) is escorted by Libya's Justice Minister Mustapha Abdul Jalil after arriving in Sirte, June 30. Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cancelled his visit to Libya, sparing an African summit a diplomatic dilemna that threatened to eclipse talks on a continental government.(AFP/Mahmud Turkia)

A view of the reactor at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:06:07 GMT

(Reuters) - A view of the reactor at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, 1200 km (746 miles) south of Tehran in this February 25, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files

A Russian technician works in the control room at the nuclear ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:35:57 GMT

(Reuters) - A Russian technician works in the control room at the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, 1200 kilometers (746 miles) south of Tehran in this February 25, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/Files

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon attends a news conference at ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:36:35 GMT

(Reuters) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon attends a news conference at the Presidential Residence in Helsinki May 26, 2009. REUTERS/LEHTIKUVA/Heikki Saukkomaa/Files

Iraqis roll over a destroyed vehicle following a car bomb at ...

(AFP) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:45:56 GMT

(AFP) - Iraqis roll over a destroyed vehicle following a car bomb at a central market in the northern city of Kirkuk, 255 kms from the capital Baghdad. Iranian support for armed insurgents in Iraq has fallen slightly amid stepped up security along their joint border, the top US commander in Baghdad, General Ray Odierno, said Tuesday.(AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)

A North Korean soldier looks toward the South side at the truce ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:17:05 GMT

(AFP/File) - A North Korean soldier looks toward the South side at the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the two Koreas on June 9, 2009. The United States ordered sanctions on an Iranian firm for allegedly aiding North Korea's nuclear missile program, officials said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here in February ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:18:21 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here in February 2009, decried on Monday Iran's "deplorable" treatment of British embassy staff arrested on accusations they stoked post-election unrest.(AFP/POOL/File/Greg Baker)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, seen ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:11:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, seen here at a Memorial Day observance in Arlington National Cemetery in May, has said he is hopeful Washington and Warsaw can wrap up talks on a military deal tied to a planned missile shield that the US says is needed to counter threats by Iran.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he addresses ...

(AFP/ISNA/File) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:58:35 GMT

(AFP/ISNA/File) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he addresses the annual judiciary summit in Tehran on June 27, 2009. The United States on Sunday reiterated its intent to continue discussions with Tehran over its nuclear program but downplayed any role that Ahmadinejad would have in formulating policy.(AFP/ISNA/File/Arash Khamooshi)

Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves No. 10 Downing Street on ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:46:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves No. 10 Downing Street on June 24. Brown announced on June 23 that Britain was expelling two Iranian diplomats in a tit-for-tat act after Tehran ordered two British diplomats to leave the Islamic republic. Iran has arrested eight local British embassy staff further exacerbating tensions with the West over the post-election turmoil in the Islamic republic.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

In this photos released by ABC, President Barack Obama's top ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:44:48 GMT

(AP) - In this photos released by ABC, President Barack Obama's top adviser, David Axelrod, is interviewed on ABC's show 'This Week' in Washington Sunday, June 28, 2008. Axelrod said Iran's President Ahmadinejad isn't in charge of Iran's foreign policy decisions, and that the U.S. plans to keep the meeting in Paris, alongside its European allies, with Iran in an effort to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions. This, not to reward Iran, Axelrod said, but to offer them two paths: one which brings them back into the community of nations, and the other which has some very stark consequences. (AP Photo, ABC, Fred Watkins)

In this photos released by ABC, President Barack Obama's top ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:43:46 GMT

An Iranian resident in Japan holds a placard denouncing Iranian ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:30:45 GMT

(AP) - An Iranian resident in Japan holds a placard denouncing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a rally against the results of the presidential election in Iran in front of the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Iranian residents in Japan hold the placards during a rally ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:00:35 GMT

(AP) - Iranian residents in Japan hold the placards during a rally against the results of the presidential election in Iran in front of the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

An Iranian resident in Japan, along with others, holds a placard ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:54:54 GMT

(AP) - An Iranian resident in Japan, along with others, holds a placard denouncing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and shouts slogans during a rally against the results of the presidential election in Iran in front of the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Iranian residents in Japan, along with others, holds a placard ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:48:23 GMT

(AP) - Iranian residents in Japan, along with others, holds a placard denouncing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and shouts slogans during a rally against the results of the presidential election in Iran in front of the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, June 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

An Iranian resident in Japan, along with others, holds a placard ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:28:21 GMT

An Iranian resident in Japan, along with others, holds a placard ...

(AP) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:55:49 GMT

Two demonstrators protest against the recent Iranian elections ...

(AFP) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:26:17 GMT

(AFP) - Two demonstrators protest against the recent Iranian elections in Trieste, Italy. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again slammed US President Barack Obama for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election continued.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)

Demonstrators take part in a protest against the recent Iranian ...

(AFP/DDP) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:26:17 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - Demonstrators take part in a protest against the recent Iranian elections in the central German city of Frankfurt/M. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again slammed US President Barack Obama on Saturday for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election showed no sign of abating.(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again slammed US President Barack Obama ...

(AFP/ISNA) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:26:17 GMT

(AFP/ISNA) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again slammed US President Barack Obama on Saturday for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election showed no sign of abating.(AFP/ISNA/Arash Khamooshi)

Iranian demonstrators hold placards during a protest against ...

(AFP) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:26:17 GMT

(AFP) - Iranian demonstrators hold placards during a protest against the results of the recent presidential election and in support defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi in Ankara. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again slammed US President Barack Obama on Saturday for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election showed no sign of abating.(AFP/Adem Altan)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again slammed US President Barack Obama ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:27:46 GMT

(AFP/File) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again slammed US President Barack Obama for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election continued.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)

A protester holds up pictures of Neda -- who was killed during ...

(AFP/DDP) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:12:03 GMT

(AFP/DDP) - A protester holds up pictures of Neda -- who was killed during street clashes in Tehran on June 20 -- during a protest in Frankfurt against the recent Iranian elections. Neda has become a poignant symbol for the Iranian opposition challenging disputed election results.(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)

Iranian supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:12:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - Iranian supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi hold signs during a demonstration outside the Iranian consulate in Dubai on June 15. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again slammed US President Barack Obama for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election continued.(AFP/File/Marwan Naamani)

Photos of Neda Agha Soltan -- shot dead during a rally in Tehran ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:12:03 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Photos of Neda Agha Soltan -- shot dead during a rally in Tehran -- are displayed at a New York rally organised by Amnesty International in support of Iranian election protesters. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again slammed his US counterpart Barack Obama for "interfering" in Iran, as debate raged over his disputed re-election.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)

Two demonstrators protest against the recent Iranian elections ...

(AFP) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:12:03 GMT

(AFP) - Two demonstrators protest against the recent Iranian elections in Trieste. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again slammed US President Barack Obama for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election continued.(AFP/Giuseppe Cacace)

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again slammed US President Barack Obama ...

(AFP/ISNA) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:12:03 GMT

(AFP/ISNA) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again slammed US President Barack Obama for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election showed no sign of abating.(AFP/ISNA/Arash Khamooshi)

Iranians pray at Tehran University. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ...

(AFP) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:40:13 GMT

(AFP) - Iranians pray at Tehran University. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has again slammed US President Barack Obama for "interfering" in Iran, as debate over the Iranian president's disputed re-election continued.(AFP/Atta Kenare)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seen here on June 24, ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:40:13 GMT

(AFP/File) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seen here on June 24, 2009. US President Barack Obama admitted Friday Iran's crackdown on demonstrators had dented his hopes for direct talks with Tehran, but said international multilateral nuclear talks would go on.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seen here on June ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:34:00 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, seen here on June 11, 2009 at the State Department in Washington, DC. The tense post-election climate in Iran and the Middle East peace process topped talks Friday between US diplomacy chief Hillary Clinton and Bahrain's crown prince, the State Department said.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)

Senior Iranian hardline cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami delivers ...

(AFP) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:24:33 GMT

(AFP) - Senior Iranian hardline cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami delivers the weekly Friday prayer sermon at Tehran University beneath portraits of Iranian Supreme leader Ali Khamene(R) and Ayatollah Khomeni. US President Barack Obama admitted Friday Iran's crackdown on demonstrators had dented his hopes for direct talks with Tehran, but said international multilateral nuclear talks would go on.(AFP/Atta Kenare)

US President Barack Obama (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...

(AFP) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:24:33 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address a joint press conference at the White House. Obama admitted Friday Iran's crackdown on demonstrators had dented his hopes for direct talks with Tehran, but said international multilateral nuclear talks would go on.(AFP/Saul Loeb)

US President Barack Obama, seen here addressing the press at ...

(AFP) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:24:33 GMT

(AFP) - US President Barack Obama, seen here addressing the press at the White House, admitted Friday Iran's crackdown on demonstrators had dented his hopes for direct talks with Tehran, but said international multilateral nuclear talks would go on.(AFP/Saul Loeb)

Iraqi policemen man a checkpoint in central Baghdad. The US ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:23:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - Iraqi policemen man a checkpoint in central Baghdad. The US troop pullback in Iraq next week will serve as a test for the United States, which wants to move from a warlike to a diplomatic footing with Baghdad despite fears of militants and Iran.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)

A US soldier stands next to an Iraqi solider as they man a checkpoint ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:23:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - A US soldier stands next to an Iraqi solider as they man a checkpoint in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The US troop pullback in Iraq next week will serve as a test for the United States, which wants to move from a warlike to a diplomatic footing with Baghdad despite fears of militants and Iran.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)