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Iran Detains 5 UK Sailors on Yacht

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Iran is holding five British sailors whose racing yacht may have strayed inadvertently into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf, the British government says. The crew's detention could increase tensions between Iran and world powers, including the U.S. and Britain, demanding Tehran halt its nuclear program.
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Iran Approves Plan for 10 Nuclear Plants

Iran's government announces a plan to build 10 uranium enrichment plants, dramatically expanding its nuclear program in the face of U.N. efforts to halt it.
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Carter Defends Handling of Hostage Crisis

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he could have attacked Iran in retaliation for the 52 American hostages who were taken by Islamic militants 30 years ago. But he states that doing so, as his main advisers insisted he do, would have been destructive: "[I]t was likely the hostages' lives would be lost, and I didn't want to kill 20,000 Iranians. So I didn't attack."
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Iran Deploys Internet Police Force

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Detained Americans Accused of Spying

Three young Americans who were arrested after straying into Iran from Iraq are accused of espionage by a senior prosecutor in Tehran -- a signal the trio may be put on trial. The timing of the allegations raises the possibility Iran is using the case for leverage in negotiations with the United States over its nuclear activities.
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Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal are seen dancing in Iraq in an image from a July video. The families of three Americans being held in Iran say the footage proves the three were on vacation and had no underhand intentions when they strayed across the border.
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Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, Americans who are being held in Iran, are seen dancing in Iraq in an image from a video released by their families.

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Mother Recalls Neda's Bravery, Death

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