Russia, as a permanent member of the UN's Security Council, is also slowly coming around to the idea of new sanctions on Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme.

此外，作为联合国安理会常任理事会的一员，俄罗斯渐渐地倾向于支持对伊朗进行新制裁，以回应伊朗的核计划。

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In Washington, officials with the Council on American Islamic Relations said the five were Muslims who had disappeared from their homes in Northern Virginia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Nihad Awad of the Council on American-Islamic Relations,or CAIR.

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The powerful council, which supervises elections and has wide-ranging powers in the Islamic government, said a random recount of 10 percent of the ballot boxes nationwide upheld Mr.Ahmadinejad's landslide victory over reformist challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

The predominantly Shiite Iran has long-standing ties to Iraq's Shiite parties, including the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq.

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Hooper, the spokesman for the Islamic Council, said Muslims in the United States have been asked to exercise caution.

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State of Law also faces a challenge from Shiite rivals the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council and followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

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