President Ahmadinejad Visit to Tajikistan

New Delhi: President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran arrived here Monday morning on the first leg of his Central Asian tour. ...

Iran blames the US in a deadly mosque bombing

Iran has accused the US of an involvement in a recent mosque bombing that killed many in the south-eastern volatile region of the Islamic Republic of Iran. " An Iranian official accused the United States on Friday...

Iranian VP calls for Israel's destruction

And the beat goes on. and the world yawns at Iranian statements. But Oh if it was said about any other country the UN would be calling a security council meeting. "Esfandyar Rahim Mashaei, who caused a stir...

Report: Some 44 Iranians killed in Kyrgyzstan plane crash

A plane crash in Kyrgyzstan has killed 44 Iranians. The flight was being operated by a private company, and crashed shortly after takeoff. In total 65 people were killed and 25 were injured. "Some 44 Iranians died in the crash of a Boeing-737 plane near Bishkek, capital of...

Ahmadinejad target of Rome murder plot

The Iranian rhetoric is attaining a new level of paroxysm, ..."Enemies of Iran should know that they would face Iranians' iron fist in case of making any mistake against the country,' Revolutionary Guard's Deputy...

Newspaper Questions Ahmadinejad, Gets Shut Down, Links to Political Rival Pro...

UPDATE: This clash between Ahmadinejad and freedom of the press (or what passes for it in countries like Iran) is a story that's gaining legs, as they say. Reuters notes: that the newspaper  "was seen as being close to Tehran Mayor Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf, a conservative...

'Ball of fire' if Iran hit

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIsrael professing they are a peaceful people, take to the skies with jet fighters along the med as a show of force to show Iran it means business.  Certainly belies...

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...

Iran to boycott Paris book fair

Tehran (ANTARA News) - Iran said on Saturday it is boycotting this year's Paris book fair in protest at Israel being invited as guest of honour, the state-run IRNA news agency reported."The Islamic Republic of Iran has participated in previous fairs but this year because of...

Iran hangs 13 on single day: reports 03

"Eight people convicted of murder, including one woman, were hanged in Tehran's Evin prison on Wednesday morning, according to the ISNA news agency. Three drug smugglers were publicly executed in the holy city of Qom, south of the capital, the official IRNA news agency...

ANTARA elected OANA president

"The OANA general assembly is being attended by 22 delegations from OANA member agencies, including Bernama (Malaysia), Kyodo (Japan), Itar-Tass (Russia), Kuna (Kuwait) and Irna (Iran) as well as observers from the Middle East News Agency, AFP, AMAN, Pajhwok Afghan News and...

IRNA asks OANA to raise fund for journalist training

"The seminar, held by ANTARA as host of the 13th OANA general assembly, featured Prof Oliver Boyd-Barrett PhD from Ohio University and Prof Alwi Dahlan from the University of Indonesia Prof Barrett at the seminar presented a paper on the Future of National News Agencies in...

Iran builds new centre for Jews

A strange twist in the PR war that is now intensifying in the Middle East between the US and Iran.  What does this signal?"Tehran - Iran started building a huge new cultural and sports complex for its Jewish...

Iran Develops Smart Bomb

"cc TEHRAN - Iran has developed a 2,000-pound (900 kg) “smart bomb”, official media quoted a Defense Ministry statement as saying on Wednesday, in the latest announcement from Tehran about progress regarding...

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