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Iran's Rafsanjani Warns U.S. of 'Bloody' War
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February 08, 2002
Reuters
TEHRAN - Influential former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani warned the United States on Friday it would face a ``bloody quagmire'' if it decided to attack his country.
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Britain downgrades relations after Iran rejects Reddaway as ambassador
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February 08, 2002
BBC
London, 8 February: The British government confirmed Friday [8 February] that it was effectively downgrading relations with Iran after the Islamic Republic rejected its nomination of David Reddaway as UK ambassador to Iran.
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Anger as Tehran rejects Britain's new envoy
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February 08, 2002
Financial Times
Iran's diplomatic relations with Britain were dealt a severe blow yesterday after Tehran conclusively rejected London's new ambassador's appointment.
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Nunn Warns of Pitfalls Threatening Russia-US Ties
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February 08, 2002
Reuters
MOSCOW - Influential former U.S. senator Sam Nunn urged Moscow and Washington on Friday to quickly flesh out their new relationship or see their improved ties eroded by disputes over Iran and Iraq.
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Alienating Iran
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February 07, 2002
The Economist Global Agenda
Iran has reacted with predictable fury to the accusation, by President George Bush in his state-of-the-union speech, that it is part of an axis of evil with Iraq and North Korea. Reform-minded Iranians detect the work of their own hardliners, determined to prevent detente, behind Mr Bush's attack.
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Reports of Iranian Aid to Volatile Afghan Warlord Worry Kabul
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February 08, 2002
Washington Post
KABUL Iran has begun funneling money and weapons to one of Afghanistan's most unpredictable warlords, a move that could further destabilize a country where order remains fragile at best, according to government authorities here.
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Iran arrests Taliban backers
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February 08, 2002
Financial Times
Ali Yunesi, intelligence minister, said a "large number" of Taliban supporters had illegally entered Iran through Pakistan and many more were preparing to cross the border. "We have arrested a large number of them, smashed several human smuggling rings and seized false passports," he told Iran's IRNA news agency.
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Eastern Alliance
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February 04, 2002
The New Republic
On November 12, in the corridors of the United Nations, Colin Powell crossed paths with Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi. But unlike every secretary of state since 1979, Powell didn't snub his Iranian counterpart; rather, he shook his hand.
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Judge: Iran Should Pay Family $183 Million
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February 07, 2002
AP
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge has ruled that Iran should pay $183.2 million to the family of an American killed in a 1996 terrorist bombing of a bus in Israel.
The widow and three children of New York native Ira Weinstein sued Iran under a federal law that allows victims to seek damages from nations that sponsor terrorism.
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"The World's Largest State Sponsor of Terrorism"
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February 06, 2002
The New York Times
Text of U.S. Senators Question and Answer with Director Tenet of CIA (for full text of statement see yesterday's edition of Iranvajahan)
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Film explores U.S. intolerance toward Iranians
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February 07, 2002
Reuters
BERLIN - When film director Babak Shokrian moved to Los Angeles as a boy from Iran in 1971 he was popular at school and developed flawless English and an easy Californian manner.
Shokrian's life, and that of others in the Iranian community in Los Angeles, the largest outside Iran, changed dramatically on Nov. 4, 1979, when radical students in Tehran took 52 U.S. diplomats hostage.
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