And, finally, we have questions from Iran, Afghanistan and Indonesia about how to pay for an education through loans or jobs.

VOA: special.2009.01.15

Enriched uranium can be used as fuel for nuclear energy as Iran says or it can be used for nuclear bombs.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

But supporters said it was the best way to protect the United States and its European allies from countries like Iran or North Korea.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

"If Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons, it could give a nuclear umbrella to terrorists, or worse it could actually give terrorists nuclear weapons, and that would put us all in grave peril."

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said Tehran will not be affected by deadlines or threats about its nuclear activities.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

The IAEA chief acknowledged Israel's concerns about a nuclear armed Iran or any other hostile country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

And at that point, I think,we'll understand what Iran is either willing or unwilling to do.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

He says Iran must come clean about its nuclear program or face the consequences.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

"Supporters of Iran or affiliates such as Hezbollah or Hamas, they quickly have picked up on the signal that Iranian influence is perhaps not as valuable as Turkish influence."

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"It sends a clear message to those who do business with Iran's petroleum sector, you can trade with Iran and its less than or you can trade with the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Earlier this month, as part of a energy and water funding bill, the Senate approved a provision preventing companies selling or shipping gasoline to Iran from supplying oil to the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

The Iranian News Network (IRINN) says that the UN inspectors will spend two or three days in Iran to complete their inspections of the new facility, which is still under construction.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

In an effort similar to action in the House of Representatives, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation targeting Iran's gasoline imports, including companies supporting Iran's energy sector or insuring fuel shipments to Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

President Obama has restricted the conditions under which the United States would consider using nuclear weapons, but stipulated that the limitations do not apply to any potential confrontation with Iran or North Korea.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Therefore,we would not be committed to any of this." A hardline Iranian member of parliament,Mohammed Karamirad, warned Saturday that Tehran could pull out of negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency or stop it from inspecting Iran's nuclear facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

But the report says the number of attacks with high-powered roadside bombs provided by Iranian forces declined in recent months, and many leaders of Iraqi groups allied with Iran have been killed, captured or exiled, or have gone into hiding.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

Republican Representative Chris Smith was among seven members of Congress who wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing concern that programs promoting democracy, civil society and rule of law in Iran were being de-funded or halted.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

But Kian is not alone. Researchers say it's not uncommon for journalists who cover traumatic events - like 9/11, Haiti or the Iran elections - to experience high levels of emotional and psychological distress, even long after the immediate danger has ended.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

The Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, which has overwhelming bipartisan support with more than would expand existing sanctions and effectively prohibit any non-U.S.company involved in selling,or enabling the sale or transport of, refined petroleum products to Iran from doing business in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Like the House version,the Senate measure would amend the 1996 Iran Sanctions Act to allow the president to sanction foreign companies involved in enabling the shipment of gasoline and other refined petroleum products to Iran, or helping to maintain its existing refining capacity.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

The legislation crafted by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman, like a similar bill in the Senate, would prohibit non-U.S.companies selling, or enabling the sale or transport of refined petroleum products to Iran, from doing business in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

He also sees diplomacy as not succeeding and insufficient to persuade Iran or to stop Iran from going nuclear, And I think he will be showing his frustration to President Obama that what the U.S.administration is trying to do now is too late and not enough."

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Meir Javedanfar,an Iranian-born Middle East analyst in Tel Aviv says that he thinks the United States will have to make substantial concessions before the Iranian leadership considers improving ties with Washington: "I think if America can offer Iran something that has equal value or exceeds the value of Iran's nuclear program, then the Iranians might consider it.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

"I think that the proposal that the President made in Geneva to have Iran withdraw its enriched uranium, or a good portion of it, outside Iran is a positive first step in that direction and I support and appreciate the President's ongoing efforts to unite the international community to address the challenge of Iran's attempts to become a nuclear military power,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.30