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  • Two Mossad CIA spies executed in Iran

    Two Iranian spies working for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad were hanged in Iran on Sunday morning, the state IRIB TV said.Mohammad Heidari, one of the executed men, had prepared information in a number of security issues of the country and had given them to the Israeli Mossad in several meetings outside of the country, said the report.Heidari ...

  • Report Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying for Mossad CIA

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA spy agency. Sunday's report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return of money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, were hanged. The report didn't say ...

  • Iran internet goes into coma as presidential election looms

    IRAN is reportedly tightening internet controls ahead of next month’s presidential election, mindful of violent protests inspired last time around over claims of fraud. Authorities deny such allegations but have not explained exactly why service has become ...

  • Iran Two executed for spying for Israel and US

    Iran has hanged two convicted spies, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office announced. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the Mossad," Israel's intelligence agency, a statement said. Koroush Ahmadi was found guilty of ...

  • Two hanged in Iran for spying prosecutor

    TWO convicted spies have been hanged in Iran, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office says. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving payment to provide intelligence on various security issues and national secrets in repeated meetings with the Mossad," a statement said. Koroush Ahmadi was found guilty of ...

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Blowup

Blowup

Michelangelo Antonioni's "Blowup" is an important film of the sixties that has not aged well. It seems to have been made with the intention of exploring the lack of morality and responsibility in "Swinging London" of the mid-sixties, but for better or worse, the culture of the nineties has sunk far below that level, and at this point, the film looks mostly tame. Inspired by a short story by Julio ... ...

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  • Irans president to attend Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Thailand

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit scheduled for May 19 to 20 in Thailand, semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday.Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi and Vice President Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh will accompany Ahmadinejad during his visit to Thailand, according to the report.The primary themes of the water summit, to be held in ...

  • Irans Jalili vows not to abdicate nuclear right if elected

    Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and presidential candidate Saeed Jalili pledged not to retreat from the Islamic republic's nuclear rights if he is elected as the president, Press TV reported Saturday.Jalili, who is also the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said that he will pursue a policy of resistance against Western pressures if he wins in the upcoming ...

  • 2 people killed 5 policemen kidnapped in clashes in Iraqs Anbar

    At least two people were killed in clashes between tribesmen and Iraqi security forces in the western province of Anbar on Saturday, while gunmen separately kidnapped five policemen in the province, a provincial security source said.The clashes erupted near the provincial capital city of Ramadi when an unit of security forces tried to enter a tribal area near Ramadi, some 100 km west of the ...

  • 5.7-magnitude earthquake hits southern Iran

    An earthquake measuring 5.7- magnitude on the Richter scale hit Goharan in Iran's southern Hormozgan province on Saturday at 14:33 local time (GMT 1003), according to Iranian Seismological Center.The epicenter, with a depth of 8 km, was initially determined to be at 26.74 degrees north latitude and 58.74 degrees east longitude.At 15:27 local time (GMT 1057), an after-shake of 5.5-magnitude ...

  • Bosnia expels alleged Iranian spies

    Dnevni Avaz that the two Iranians Hamzeh Doolab Ahmad and Jadidi Sohrab are no longer in Bosnia. Schindler, who has closely followed and written about the case of the alleged Iranian spies, wrote, " I am happy to report that the Bosnian Ministry of Security has announced that the two Iranian 'diplomats in question' have now left the territory of Bosnia and ...

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