Iran says that there was no need for any international concern over Shirin Ebadi's safety and that the government will protect her, as it protects each and every Iranian citizen. This followed widespread international concern over Ebadi's safety following several incidents -- including the closure of her center in Tehran and accusations by hard-liners that she has an Israeli bias regarding the Gaza crisis. Fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams, who along with Ebadi and several other Nobel Peace laureates established the Nobel Women's Initiative, tells RFE/RL's Golnaz Esfandiari that she remains concerned about the safety of her Iranian colleague.
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Thousands of Iraqi Shi'a have flocked to holy sites to observe a religious rite amid tight security days after a bomber killed at least 35 pilgrims.
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Iran has said the closing of the office of Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi was a legal matter and the authorities would provide security for her if she needed it.
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Iran has told Egypt it is ready to treat people wounded in the Israeli assault on Gaza and is seeking permission to set up a field hospital nearby, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said.
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The United States has opened its new embassy building in Baghdad, a step symbolizing its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.
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Iran has warned Iraq that an "intensely treacherous" United States habitually breaks pacts like the one it recently concluded on American troops quitting Iraq by 2011.
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At least three children were among a dozen Palestinian civilians killed on January 5 as Israeli troops pressed home a ground assault on Hamas militants in the face of French-led diplomatic efforts to broker a cease-fire.
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An Iranian military commander has called on Islamic countries to cut oil exports to Israel's supporters in response to the Jewish state's offensive in Gaza, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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A female suicide bomber infiltrated a crowd of Shi'ite pilgrims, killing at least 35 people and wounding at least 79 at a Shi'ite shrine in Baghdad.
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The U.S. military has taken a step toward pulling combat troops from Iraqi cities, moving out of a Baghdad base that Iraqi officials said would be dismantled and converted back into a shopping mall.
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