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September 06, 2013

World powers to lay off Iran at IAEA, for now
Vienna (AFP) Sept 07, 2013
World powers are expected to give Iran a rare break at a UN atomic agency meeting starting Monday, in order not to jeopardise diplomatic efforts with Tehran's conciliatory-sounding new government. But diplomats said that if there was no real progress by the next quarterly gathering in November of the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-nation board of governors, Iran would again feel the heat. "Things have changed on the ground in Iran. We have a new government, a new president and there has ... read more

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