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Ahmadinejad challenger calls for a 'return to rationality'

Ahmadinejad challenger calls for a 'return to rationality'Tehran - The main challenger of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June 12 presidential election called Tuesday for a "return to rationality", ISNA news agency reported. "For me the first task of the new government should be return to rationality," Mir-Hossein Moussavi said in a speech in the western city Kermanshah.

Iran says Saberi case internal matter, rejects foreign interference

Iran says Saberi case internal matter, rejects foreign interference

Iranian Nobel peace laureate not yet allowed to see Saberi in jail

Iranian Nobel peace laureate not yet allowed to see Saberi in jailTehran - Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has not yet been allowed to visit Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi in the Evin jail in northern Tehran, Saberi's lawyer said Saturday. "As far as I am informed, Ebadi and her colleagues have already followed up the case but not yet succeeded to visit her in jail for getting her signature for the mandate," Abdolsamad Khoramshahi told the labour news agency ILNA.

Saberi was sentenced to an eight-year jail term last week on charges of spying for the US government.

Iranian clergy deplores Clinton remarks on tough sanctions

 Iranian clergy deplores Clinton remarks on tough sanctions Tehran  - A senior Iranian clergy member on Friday deplored recent remarks by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on preparing renewed tough sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programmes.

"What kind of talk is that and where is the difference to the policy adopted against Iran during the (former US president George W) Bush era?" ex-president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said at the Friday prayer ceremony.

Three judges to hear Saberi's appeal against spy charges in Iran

Three judges to hear Saberi's appeal against spy charges in Iran Tehran - The head of the Tehran court said Friday that three judges were likely to preside over the appeal court of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, who was sentenced to an eight-year jail term last week on charges of spying for the US government.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and judiciary head Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi called for a fair appeal court for Saberi and said she should be provided with all possible legal facilities.

Ahmadinejad says Obama should have attended UN racism conference

Ahmadinejad says Obama should have attended UN racism conference Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinjed said Wednesday he had expected his US counterpart, Barack Obama, would have attended the UN racism conference in Geneva in order to prove his willingness to change American policy.

"The new US president, who claims to want change, should have come to Geneva and voiced his opposition to any form of racism," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in Varamin, south-east of the capital Tehran.

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