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Iran issues local credit cards for the first time in decades
Credit limits and fee percentages will be fixed by Iran's Central Bank
 "Iran issues local credit cards for the first time in decades")
Iran launches home-grown ballistic missile
'Zolfaqar' runs on solid fuel and can hit the targets with a pin-point accuracy in a range of 750 km
 "Iran launches home-grown ballistic missile")
US grants Airbus, Boeing a chance to sell airplanes to Iran
Both companies have announced separate $25-billion deals to sell aircraft to airlines in the country
 "US grants Airbus, Boeing a chance to sell airplanes to Iran")
Iran urges US to unblock aircraft deals, seeks investors
Iran provisionally agreed earlier this year to buy over 200 jets worth $50 billion at list prices from Airbus and Boeing
 "Iran urges US to unblock aircraft deals, seeks investors")
Iran begins construction on 2nd nuclear power plant
The project will cost more than $8.5 billion and produce 1,057 megawatts of electricity
 "Iran begins construction on 2nd nuclear power plant")
UN nuclear report notes Iran is making sensitive parts
For 5,060 low-tech centrifuges, Iran, Tehran must use spare parts stripped from old or idle machines, else it will violate regulations
US commander slams Iran for provocative moves in Gulf
The US maintains a near-continuous naval presence in the Gulf and thus has frequent, mostly benign, encounters with Iranian vessels
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Iran deploys S-300 air defence around nuclear site
Video footage posted at late Sunday on state TV's website showed trucks arriving at the site and missile launchers being aimed skyward
Iran says 'nuclear spy' arrested, bailed
On August 16, Tehran announced the arrest of a British-Iranian on suspicion of links to Britain's intelligence service
US naval ship fired warning shots at Iranian vessel
Iranian ships harassed US naval vessels in three recent incidents, including one that prompted an American ship to fire warning shots
Iran releases images of new missile defence system
Hasan Rouhani also unveiled the first Iranian-made turbo-jet engine, saying it was capable of flight at 50,000 feet
Iran releases images of new missile defence system
Its first domestically built long-range missile defence system on Sunday
 "Iran releases images of new missile defence system")
Iran confirms execution nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri
Amiri described being kidnapped and held against his will by Saudi and American spies, while US officials said he was to receive millions of dollars for his help
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Iran nuclear scientist in US spy mystery reportedly executed
Amiri disappeared in Saudi Arabia in 2009, reappearing a year later in the US
Iran executes nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri
The scientist, who was born in 1977, went missing after taking a pilgrimage to Mecca in 2009
Iran says 20 Sunni 'terrorists' executed in single day
Iran's intelligence ministry said 24 armed attacks between 2009 and 2011, including bombings, were done apparently by a single group
Iran says crude market oversupplied, balance to be restored
Under Iran's buy-back system foreign firms have been banned from booking reserves or taking equity stakes in Iranian companies
 "Iran says crude market oversupplied, balance to be restored")
Confidential text eases Iran nuke constraints
Key restrictions on Iran's nuclear program imposed under an internationally negotiated deal will start to ease years before the 15-year accord expires
Iran hopes to join ITER project to produce nuclear fusion power
Iran has not made a formal application and new members must be approved unanimously by the ITER council
UN chief calls on Iran to stop conducting missile launches
Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the UN Security Council on implementation of a resolution endorsing the landmark deal to rein in Iran's nuclear program
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