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    TEHRAN, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have inspected Iran's second cascade of centrifuges used for uranium enrichment, the official IRNA newsagency reported on Sunday.

    Two IAEA inspectors "visited nuclear sites in Isfahan and Natanz and inspected operation of second cascade of centrifuges for enrichment of uranium," IRNA said, quoting an Iranian nuclear official.

    The experts arrived in Tehran on Friday and will stay for four days to carry out their inspections in line with Iran's commitment to the safeguards agreement of Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the official said.

    The inspectors will provide the results of their inspection to IAEA chief Mohammed El Baradei, who is expected to deliver a report to a meeting of IAEA Board of Governors scheduled on Nov. 30, according to the IRNA report.

    Iran announced in late October that it had fed gas into a second cascade of centrifuges at a uranium enrichment facility and obtained the product.

    The United States has been seeking to impose sanctions on Iran through the UN Security Council on the grounds that Tehran is developing a nuclear-weapons program under the guise of a civilian-use program.

    However, Iran has insisted that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and voiced hope for talks with Europe, Russia, China and the United States, but the Islamic Republic rejected a prerequisite of suspending nuclear work for such talks.

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    TEHRAN, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian deputy navy chief said on Friday that the Iranian army launched three new missiles earlier during their ongoing military maneuver was a strong message for the United States to cease its military drills in the Gulf region, the state radio reported.

    "I think the enemies of the Islamic Republic should stop their hostility in the Persian Gulf, and they should not make any move that could intensify the tensions in the region," Admiral. Sardar Fadavi, the deputy navy chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, told the radio. Full Story

Iran fires ballistic missiles in drill

    TEHRAN, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Iran on Thursday launched several types of missiles at the start of a large-scale military maneuvers, including the Shahab-3 ballistic missiles with a range of more than 2,000 km, the state television reported.

    "The Shahab missiles carrying cluster warheads have a range of 2,000 km, they were fired from the desert of Qom," a city 120 km south of Tehran, the television reported. Full Story