U.S. aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. aircraft carrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident on Sunday, a day after Iran backed away from an earlier threat to take action if an American carrier returned to the strategic waterway.
Bomb kills Iranian nuclear expert (AP)
AP - Two assailants on a motorcycle attached a magnetic bomb to the car of an Iranian university professor working at a key nuclear facility, killing him and his driver Wednesday, reports said. The slayings suggest a widening covert effort to set back Iran's atomic program.
Video game maker linked to US prisoner in Iran (AP)
AP - Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, the American sentenced to death by the Iranian government, is linked to a small New York company specializing in video games that recreate real-life conflicts in the Middle East and beyond.
Iran’s leader visits Venezuela amid tensions (AP)
AP - President Hugo Chavez defended his close ally Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday and warned of "U.S. warmongering threats" amid tensions over Tehran's nuclear program and a death sentence against an American man convicted of working for the CIA.
Iran sentences ex-Marine to death in CIA case (AP)
AP - A former U.S. Marine interpreter arrested while on a trip to visit his Iranian grandmothers has been sentenced to death as a CIA spy, state radio reported Monday, in a case likely to become a new flashpoint in the escalating tensions between Tehran's defiance over its nuclear program and Washington's efforts to impose more crippling sanctions.
Iran starts uranium enrichment, condemns American to death (Reuters)
Reuters - Iran has begun enriching uranium deep inside a mountain and sentenced an American to death for spying, angering the West and undermining hopes that diplomacy could avert further sanctions or war.
US condemns Iranian death sentence for American (AP)
AP - The Obama administration denied on Monday that an American man sentenced to death in Iran was a CIA spy, and sharply criticized the Islamic republic in Tehran for what it called a pattern of arresting innocent people for political reasons.
Iran sentences U.S.-Iranian man to death for spying (Reuters)
Reuters - Iran's Revolutionary Court has sentenced an Iranian-American man to death for spying for the CIA, officials said on Monday, a move likely to aggravate U.S.-Iranian tensions already high because of Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
Iran sentences American man to death in CIA case (AP)
AP - An Iranian court has convicted an American man of working for the CIA and sentenced him to death, state radio reported Monday, in a case adding to the accelerating tension between the United States and Iran.
Venezuela’s Chavez welcomes ally Ahmadinejad (Reuters)
Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dismissed a U.S. warning to avoid close ties with Iran on Sunday, denouncing what he said was Washington's attempt to dominate the world as he welcomed the Iranian president to the Latin American nation.
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