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  • Iranian spies die in dawn hanging Iranian spies die in dawn hanging

    Two spies have been hanged in Iran following a Revolutionary Court judgement. Press TV has reported the spies, who worked for the US Central Intelligence Agency and the Israeli spy agency, the Mossad, were hanged at dawn on Sunday. Sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court, the men have been named as Mohammad Heidari, a Mossad agent and Kourosh Ahmadi, who was convicted of working for ...

  • Iran executes two alleged spies

    Iranian authorities have executed two men after they were charged and convicted for spying Israel and the United States. Iran has repeatedly accused Israel and the U.S. of carrying out covert intelligence operations following ongoing pressure on the country over its nuclear programme, which the Western nations suspect as being used to build an atomic weapon, despite Tehran's insistence that the ...

  • Azerbaijan works to return citizens detained in Iran

    Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry continues the coordination work to get released Azerbaijani scholar Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamkhal Huseynov, who have been detained in Tabriz earlier. The statement came from spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan Elman Abdullayev at a press conference ...

  • Iran electoral watchdog hints at Rafsanjani rejection

    Iran 's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former ...

  • Iranian elections Opposition There is no such word here

    opposition Green Movement and its violent suppression over the months that followed."I don't know who is actually running since no one knows who'll be on the final list vetted by the Guardian Council," Arash adds. In 2009, 475 Iranians registered to run for president. Only four were approved as candidates after vetting by the council of religious and legal experts. This year, ...

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The Thing

The Thing

I seriously doubt it was on screenwriter Bill Lancasters mind, but he wrote the perfect set-up for a prequel-cum-remake when he penned the script for John Carpenters The Thing, a chilly, fantastically grotesque, and nerve-rattling adaptation of John W. Campbells 1938 novella Who Goes ... ...

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  • Iranian FM to trip to Azerbaijan

    Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi plans to visit Azerbaijan soon, Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan reports. Salehi had a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov ...

  • Report Iran inaugurates production of new air defence missile system

    < Iran (AP) ' Iran says it has started mass producing a new sophisticated air defence missile system capable of engaging low-altitude ...

  • Ras al-Khaimah Ruler receives Iranian Consul

    WAM RAS AL-KHAIMAH, May 20th, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah today received at al Dhait Palace the Consul General of Iran in the UAE, Ali Asghar Shafi'i, who paid a courtesy visit at the end of his tenure in the UAE. Sheikh Saud wished Shafi'i success in his new assignment. The meeting was attended by Sheikh ...

  • Senegal breaks with Iran over arms smuggle

    Senegal today has broken all ties with Iran, following the January seizure of an arms shipments destined to its Casamance rebels. The move could spell a large setback for Iran all over ...

  • 50000 IKCO cars to enter global markets

    "Based on the latest survey, the demand for IKCO cars is accelerating and this means this brand's sale will be boosted in those markets," he added."Presenting cars as Runna and Soren to be soon followed by Runna which meets required standards for international markets indicates that IKCO will enjoy a boost in global sales this year," claimed Najmeddin.According to the ...

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