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  • Iran upgrading nuclear program IAEA

    Tehran has reportedly upgraded its nuclear program by adding advanced uranium enrichment facilities and building a plutonium-producing reactor according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA report reflects the increased international concerns about the potential proliferation dangers it represents as the completion date approaches, the Huffington Post reports. According ...

  • US slaps new sanctions on Iran over weapon programs

    The US government on Thursday slapped new sanctions on Iran's 20 individuals and entities for their involvement in Tehran's nuclear and missile programs. In a written statement, the Department of Treasury accused these individuals and entities of "moving supplies and providing essential services to Iran's clandestine nuclear and weapons programs." The Treasury said ...

  • Magnitude-5.1 quake hits southern Iran

    An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted southern Iran at 2244 GMT on Thursday ( 0644 Beijing Time on Friday), the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 9.80 km, was initially determined to be at 27.2095 degrees north latitude and 53.6110 degrees east ...

  • Cannes Film Festival 2013 Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes

    Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest film, publicists for the movie said ...

  • Barred from poll ex-president Rafsanjani calls Iranian leaders ignorant

    Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran's leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on Thursday.Rafsanjani's comments appeared to add to the political conflict between those loyal to the leadership and opposition groups who have been marginalized since ...

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Mercury Rising

"Mercury Rising" has numerous flaws, but there is one that really stands out: its central plot device is unnecessary. That's right. The major aspect of the film, that which is supposed to make it different from other routine government conspiracy / action flicks could be dropped from the beginning, and the movie would turn out exactly the same, if not better. This central device is the fact that a ... ...

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  • Hot weather and fast does not keep Iranians from Quds Day established by imam Khomeini

    Hot weather and fast does not keep Iranians from Quds Day established by imam Khomeini Palestine-Iran, Politics, 8/26/2011 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today Zionist regime's existence "is not merely a threat to the Palestinian and the entire regional nations, rather its establishment and continued survival contrast interests, independence and dignity of all ...

  • Ahmadinejad Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq

    Ahmadinejad: Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/26/2011 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that the Iran fully backs restoration of security and progress in Iraq, in a meeting with visiting Iraqi deputy chairman of Iraqi Kurdistan administration Nechirvan Barzani. IRNA reported saying "Given historical and cultural affinities ...

  • Barred from election former president slams Iranian leadership

    Former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran's leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on Thursday.Mr. Rafsanjani's comments appeared to add to the political conflict between those loyal to the leadership and opposition groups who have been marginalized since ...

  • UANI Launches Iranian Regime Election Repression Toolkit

    Election Repression Toolkit highlights the Iranian regime's use of Western and Asian technology and equipment to stifle political dissent and deny voters basic rights of free expression and protest. Interested parties can ...

  • National Council of Resistance of Iran Deplores Christian Detentions in Country

    The National Council of Resistance of Iran has advocated on behalf of persecuted religious minorities in Iran and has called for the humane treatment of Christians in prison in light of deteriorating conditions in some of the country's most notorious ...

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