Iran

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International envoy Kofi Annan, left, shakes hands with secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Saeed Jalili, as he arrives for a meeting, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Annan said Tuesday that Iran must be "part of the solution" to the bloody crisis in its close ally Syria, and that the Tehran has offered its support to end the conflict. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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"The sanctions imposed against our country are the harshest and strongest ever imposed. If the enemies think they can weaken Iran with these sanctions, they are wrong." — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President

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Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard celebrate a millile launch during maneuvers Tuesday in an undisclosed location in Iran. The military said the firings included a long-range missile capable of hitting U.S. bases in the region as well as Israel, Iranian media reported. The belligerent posturing came the same day technical experts from Iran and world powers, including the United States, were scheduled to meet in Istanbul for another round of talks. (IRNA news agency via Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Tuesday, April 15, 2008, file photo, Iranian oil technician Majid Afshari makes his way to the oil separator facilities in Iran's Azadegan oil field southwest of Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

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Illustration Israeli Strike on Iran by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad poses June 20, 2012, for a photo at the United Nations conference on sustainable development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro. (Associated Press)

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Hundreds of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr demonstrated this month in front of a local Iraqi TV station in Baghdad that accused them of receiving their instructions from Iran. (Associated Press)

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Lt. Col. Oliver North became a household name during the Iran-Contra scandal and the televised congressional hearings it sparked in 1987. In the years since, he has run for the U.S. Senate, written books, appeared on Fox News and now is serving as a pitchman for a video game. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, speaks to the media after negotiations with the United States and five other world powers in Baghdad on Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right)and Chinese President Hu Jintao review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony Friday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Mr. Ahmadinejad held more sway at a security summit in China than he does with Iran's theocracy at home. (Associated Press)