Al-Jazeera news channel said its policy is based on respecting religious leaders, stressing that it did not intend to offend the Shiite Muslim leader, Grand Ayatollah Sistani.
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May, 2007
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11 May
Iran’s Former N. Official Released on Bail
 Iran on Wednesday freed on bail a former nuclear official after holding him on national security-related charges for more than a week, the judiciary said.
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11 May
5+1 to Meet on Iran Thursday
Officials from six world powers are expected to meet Thursday for talks on persuading Iran to halt its uranium enrichment work.
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9 May
Quake Jolts Southeastern Iran
An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Bam in Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman on Wednesday.
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9 May
Iranian Divers Released
The 12 Iranian divers who had been arrested by the coast guard of the United Arab Emirates were released on Wednesday, Iran’s ambassador to the UAE Hamid Reza Asefi said.
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9 May
Speaker Underlines Iran’s Power
Iran has the last word in the region and the world, Iranian parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said here on Wednesday addressing a meeting of Baseej (mobilized troops) commanders.
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9 May
Iran Warns against Curtailment of NPT
A prominent Iranian MP warned here on Wednesday that if some of the rights stipulated in the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are excluded, then Iranian parliament would not approve Iran’s membership in such a pact.
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9 May
Iran’s Deputy FM Dismisses Financial Times Report
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his statements about Iran’s readiness to cooperate with the US for withdrawing its troops from Iraq are the result of a wrong quotation by Financial Times.
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9 May
Iran, Tajikistan Ink 5 MoUs
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Tajikistan here on Wednesday signed five Memoranda of Understanding (MoU).
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9 May
Countries Should Dismantle Chemical Weapons by 2012
Secretary of Iran’s National Committee for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) stressed the need for those countries in possession of chemical weapons to dismantle their chemical arsenals by the year 2012.
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