Iran Builds Pilotless Drone
Region: Iran
Tehran, Iran: Iran has built the unmanned aircraft with the range of more than 600 miles, enough to reach Israel, a top Iranian defense official said. Deputy defense minister Ahmed Vahidi said that he could not provide more details, but the making of the pilotless aircraft, is a great achievement. Iran says that it is fighting an intelligence battle with United States and Israel, which accuse ... more
Views: 1566Iran Offers Nuclear Plants Deal To Arab Countries
Region: IranThe head of Iran's nuclear power agency said Sunday the country is willing to help neighbouring Arab countries build joint light-water nuclear power plants if they are interested. There was no immediate reaction from Arab countries, many of whom are deeply suspicious of the Islamic Republic's intentions regarding its controversial nuclear program. Several Arab countries have announced plans to develop their o... more
Views: 968Iran's Newest Missiles Capable of Reaching Israel, Southeastern Europe
Region: IranNews have come that could spell problems for current US President George W. Bush and US President-Elect Barack Obama. This could possibly bring up the topic of the missile defense shield in the spotlight once again. So far, it has been revealed that Iran has successfully fired a new type of long range surface-to-surface missile. The results show that these missiles can hit southeastern Europe with great precision. ... more
Views: 1139Holocaust Cartoons Mock Victims
Region: Iran
TEHRAN – Iran has released a highly controversial book of cartoons mocking the extermination of Jews during World War II. Titled 'Holocaust', the book seeks to cast doubt over the massacre of over 6 million Jews during Adolf Hitler's brutal dictatorship of Germany. Student members of the Basij militia close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wrote the book. One of the cartoons depicts a man on a hospital bed dra... more
Views: 1519International Campaign Supports Jailed Iranian Physicians
Region: Iran
Posted by Hamid Tehrani to Global Voices Online As the XVIII International Aids Conference started on August 3 in Mexico, two internationally recognized Iranian HIV/AIDS specialists who were supposed to attend the meeting, are being held in prison accused of planning to overthrow the Iranian state. The two physicians, Kamira and Arash Alaie, are brothers, and have pioneered educational and harm reduction campaigns a... more
Views: 1291Iranian Cleric's Protest Walk Ends in Jail
Region: Iran
Posted by Hamid Tehrani to Global Voices Online An Iranian cleric named Ali Reza Jahanshahi was arrested about two weeks ago, shortly after beginning a 960 kilometer (590 miles) protest walk from the southern Iranian city, Sirjan to Tehran. The cleric was protesting corrupt land appropriation in Sirjan, and complained the government was not doing enough to stop it. Jahnashahi was arrested after walking about 30 kilome... more
Views: 1553Noble Prize Winner warned West against attacking Iran
Region: IranNoble Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi warned the west not to take any military action against Iran. She is also against of imposing economic sanction over its nuclear programme. According to him Western, countries would spread destitution in Iran and Iran will do its best for overcoming this situation. Her speech marked the formation of National peace Council that has 70 dissident Iranian politicians,social activitis... more
Views: 1354Iranian University Vice President Caught Red-Handed, Students Furious
Region: Iran
Earlier this month, students at Zanjan University in northwest Iran recorded and uploaded a video of their school's vice president, Hassan Madadi, with his shirt unbuttoned, allegedly preparing to have sex with a female student. Several Iranian websites and blogs say the female student had alerted her university's Islamic Student Association that she was under pressure by the vice president to have sex with him. Stude... more
Views: 1201Iranians Count Cost of War, Two Decades On
Region: Iran
Disabled veterans say they get little recognition or reward for their role in the Iran-Iraq conflict. By Fariba Pajooh in Tehran Twenty-two years ago, Keyvan lost both legs below the knee in an Iraqi mortar attack near the southern Iranian city of Abadan. Under-age when he signed up to fight in the Iran-Iraq war, he insists he would fight for his country again if the need arose. Keyvan is just one of the 300,000 I... more
Views: 1250Iran: Judicial Investigator Publically Accuses Ayatollahs of Corruption
Region: Iran
A member of Iran's Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, Abbas Palizdar, caused commotion among Iran's political elite earlier this month by accusing several top clerics and influential members of the Islamic Republic of corruption in a speech a Booali University in Hamadan. He offered details of illegal business deals and criminal offences, and accused several of Iran's leading political figures of illega... more
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