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Iranians flash the victory sign as they hold posters showing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, late Ayatollah Khomeini, second right, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center and left, at a rally commemorating the anniversary of 1979 Islamic revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power, in Azadi Square, Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013. In his statements to the rally, Ahmadinejad said he is ready to have direct talks with United States if the West stops pressuring his country. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran president still fiery in twilight of term

Brian Murphy, Nasser Karimi -

February 10, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2012 file photo obtained from the Iranian Mehr News Agency, Iranian army members prepare missiles to be launched, during a maneuver, in an undisclosed location in Iran. President Barack Obama may have to decide this year whether to use military force to fulfill his vow to prevent Iran from being able to build nuclear weapons, foreign policy experts say. But America's economic and military realities argue intensely against attacking the Islamic Republic and for muddling through by, perhaps, further tightening sanctions that have cut deeply into Tehran's economy. (AP Photo/Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour, File)

Analysis: Diplomatic window closing on Iran

Brian Murphy, George Jahn -

February 5, 2013 5:00 am

Iran bans ‘luxury’ imports as sanctions bite

Iran bans ‘luxury’ imports as sanctions bite

Brian Murphy, Nasser Karimi -

November 8, 2012 5:00 am

In this picture taken on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, members of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra rehearse at the Roudaki hall in Tehran, Iran. Iran's national symphony orchestra has been disbanded for lack of funds, musicians said, another sign of the effects of Western economic sanctions. Orchestra members told the semiofficial ILNA news agency Monday Oct 29 2012 that they have not rehearsed together and have not been paid for three months(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran orchestra finale rings of hard-line pressure

Brian Murphy, Nasser Karimi -

October 30, 2012 4:00 am

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 file photo, Iranian women use computers at an Internet cafe in central Tehran. Iran's cyber monitors often tout their efforts to fight the West's 'soft war' of influence through the web, but trying to ban Google's popular Gmail may have gone too far with complaints coming even from email-starved parliament members. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran swipe at Web brings angry reply

Brian Murphy, Nasser Karimi -

September 30, 2012 4:00 am

This photo released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, shows opening session of the Nonaligned Movement, NAM, summit, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Egypt's new president described the Syrian regime as

Egypt leader in Iran: World must back Syria rebels

Brian Murphy, Nasser Karimi -

August 30, 2012 4:00 am