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  • 61 killed in Iraq attacks

    A series of car bombings and shootings, mainly targeting Shia Muslim areas across Iraq, Monday killed at least 61 people, including Iranian pilgrims, and wounded around 200 others, officials said. The worst violence occurred in Baghdad, when eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods in the capital city, killing 12 ...

  • Iranian director Asghar Farhadi breaks language barriers

    "I didn't want to portray Paris as tourists saw it," says Asghar Farhadi. "So we found a house just outside ofParis to situate this ...

  • Iran throttles Internet ahead of upcoming presidential vote experts say

    A protester who has her face painted in the colours of the Iranian flag with a blooded hand, as protesters gather outside the Iranian Embassy in London, Thursday June 18, 2009. Internet users in Iran say new online restrictions are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since the hotly contested 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - denied by the government - kindled months of ...

  • Explainer Iran’s Process For Vetting Presidential Candidates

    The official shortlist of candidates that will be bidding to succeed Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad in the June 14 election is set to be announced this week. More than 600 men and women registered their names to become presidential candidates during a five-day registration period that ended on May 11. The task of vetting the nominees and determining a shortlist of approved candidates ...

  • Tehran Arrests Two Terrorist Groups

    Tehran, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Iran's security service agents arrested two groups of terrorists that introduced smuggled weapons in the Islamic Republic, said a communique released today by the Intelligence Ministry. The two groups operated in the western province of Kermanshah and in southeastern Sistan Beluchistan, according to the communique, published by the IRNA news agency. The ...

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Repulsion [DVD]

Repulsion [DVD]

One of the first books to take a significant critical look at the horror genre was Ivan Butlers Horror in the Cinema, which was published as part of Paperback Librarys International Film Guide Series in 1967. Butler was one of a few critics willing to take the genre seriously at that ... ...

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  • Irans Guardian Council rejects Mashaei Rafsanjani

    In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 photo, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei during a press conference after registering his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry, in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim ...

  • Saudi Arabia detains 10 more in Iran spying case

    RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 10 more people in a spying case it announced in March that it said was linked to Iran, state television reported on ...

  • Reports boost speculation that Iran has barred 2 prominent figures from presidential ballot

    TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian news websites have boosted speculation that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot. The hardline website Tasnimnews.com says the Guardian Council has rejected former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confidant of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The ...

  • Iranians face internet curbs before prez election

    Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - denied by the government - kindled months of protests organised in part via ...

  • Irans candidate list expected Wednesday

    The final list of candidates allowed to compete in the June 14 Iranian presidential elections is to be released Wednesday, an interior minister said. More than 600 candidates registered to compete in the presidential race. Iranian nationals with political or clerical credentials are eligible to register, though the 12-member Guardian Council has the final say on candidates. Deputy Interior ...

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