
Iran hit by second moderate quake in 2 days
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit southern Iran on Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, a day after another moderate quake in the country’s northeast left 170 people injured.

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit southern Iran on Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, a day after another moderate quake in the country’s northeast left 170 people injured.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Iran on Friday, injuring 110 people, according to state-run media.

A protest Friday afternoon outside Iran’s U.N. mission in New York kicks off a weekend of events demanding the country release three American hikers it has held for one year.

The head of Iran’s atomic energy agency says the country’s desire for enriched uranium could be met by an outside source, semi-official media reported Friday.

The exasperated and infuriated mothers of the three U.S. hikers seized by Iranian forces along the Iraqi border say it’s time for the regime to free their children, who will be in custody for exactly a year this Saturday.

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Iran is ready for “effective cooperation” to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview with state media.

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Iran was defiant Tuesday after the European Union approved new sanctions against the country, saying the measures are “ineffective and unconstructive.”