Iran Claim of US Warplane forced down in Iran Erroneous

Iranian Media related that Iran had forced down a US warship and interrogated the soldiers aboard.  The Pentagon related that no aircraft were missing or in distress.  Nearly an hour later Iran...

Iran`s Revolutionary Guards Hold War Games

Calm down..soldier!"Iran`s elite Revolutionary Guards began military manoeuvres on Monday, news agencies said, the same day the U.S. Navy said it was carrying out an exercise in the Gulf. The war games were conducted by missile units of the Guards` naval and air forces, the...

Iran Closes Semi-Official News Agency for Alleged False Report

Another Iranian crackdown on news. The government says that Fars was guilty of "disturbing public opinion"."Oran's state news agency IRNA says authorities have ordered the temporary closure of a semi-official news agency, Fars, for false reporting and disturbing public...

Bomb explodes in Iranian mosque, 9 killed

UPDATE: 11:38PM ESTReuters is now reporting that 9 people have been killed in the bomb blast earlier today, and about 105 people have been wounded."A bomb exploded in a mosque in the southern Iranian city Shiraz...

Iranian “Sport Victory” on Israel

  Here is the whole news statement, VERBATIM, as issued by Farsnews  "Iran Blocks Israel’s Participation in World Armies’ Olympic Games (2007-10-07) TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s...

Iran hangs three rapists in public

"Iran hanged three men in public today for raping and robbing 12 young women, Iranian media reported. The men were executed in front of thousands of spectators at a sports complex in the northern city of Babol. Babol Public prosecutor Fazlollah Vakilirad said they began their...

Separated at Birth

"Report: Iranian president to attend UN General Assembly Ahmadinejad to stay in New York for two days before heading to Venezuela, Iranian news agency reports Dudi Cohen Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will...

Sir Salman Rushide Bounty Increases to $150K

Attention has returned to the head of Salman Rushdie. As soon as the sword passed over his shoulders knighting him the bounty on his head increased and it was made clear that he shall never ever be forgiven....

Report: Iran Set to Unveil Herbal AIDS Cure

"Along with the claim of nuclear "rights," Ahmadinejad was set to tout a purported "herbal" cure for AIDS, the news agency Fars reported. "The drug named 'IMOD' is completely effective and safe with no proven side effects," Iran's Minister of Health Kamran Bagheri Lankarani...

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