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Sat 11 Nov 2006Human rights abuses in Iran 'ignored'IRAN:Nobel prizewinner Shirin Ebadi says the international community's focus on Iran's nuclear programme means it has forgotten charges of tortureThe world's focus on Iran's nuclear programme, which many fear could produce nuclear weapons, has made it ignore human rights abuses there, Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi has said.