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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 ...

  • Internet in Iran goes into coma ahead of presidential elections

    Iran has reportedly gone into 'internet coma' by tightening internet controls ahead of next month's presidential election, mindful of violent protests inspired last time around over claims of fraud. Authorities refuse to officially confirm the new restraints, but former officials and media reports have accused the Supreme Council of Cyberspace of ordering them, reports News.com.au. According ...

  • Iran executes two spies working for CIA Mossad

    Two Iranian spies, allegedly working for America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel's Mossad were Sunday hanged in Iran, state-run IRIB TV reported. Mohammad Heidari, one of the executed men, had prepared information in a number of security issues and had given them to Mossad in several meetings outside the country, Xinhua cited the report as saying. Heidari received money in ...

  • Iranian road accident kills smuggled Afghans

    TEHRAN: A car packed with Afghans smuggled into Iran collided with another vehicle and burst into flames yesterday, killing nine Afghans and five Iranians, media reported. The official IRNA news agency said the crash occurred shortly after midnight in the southeastern province of Sistan Baluchistan, on a route Afghans use to illegally cross the border in the hope of finding work in the Islamic ...

  • Turks Slam Gov’t Support for Insurgents in Syria

    From Page 1 The Qusayr area is considered of strategic importance because it lies between the capital and the Mediterranean coast, and is close to the Lebanese border. The United States and Russia are working to organize a peace conference next month, in a bid to find a political solution to the conflict. Washington has backed the unrest in Syria, while Moscow is one of his staunchest ...

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Burden of Dreams [DVD]

Burden of Dreams [DVD]

Documentaries and television programs about the making of movies are so common today that they have become banal. DVD releases almost always include featurettes about the various aspects of the films production, and specials on television and cable routinely take us behind the scenes ... ...

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  • Israelis Against Tel Aviv Economic Policies

    Middle East Desk Thousands of Israelis once again took to streets to protest against the austerity measures imposed by the regime. The demonstrations were held in Tel Aviv, East Beit-ul-Moqaddas, and Be'er Sheva in southern Israel on Saturday evening. Similar protests were also held in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house in Caesarea where the demonstrators ...

  • UAE Foreign Minister Criticises Iranian Foreign Ministrys Statements Regarding Bahrain

    Abu Dhabi, May 19 (BNA)-- UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan strongly criticised the statements issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry regarding Bahrain yesterday. He said the Iranian neighbours have got a real problem which is understanding how to deal with their neighbours. He added it is understood that Iran has local elections but still continues to throw its internal ...

  • Iran tycoon may have to dump Mercedes for presidency

    One of Iran's wealthiest men might have to wave a wistful goodbye to his armour-plated Mercedes if he wants to become president. Hardline media critical of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani have spliced images of him ensconced in a gleaming Mercedes with shots of another heavyweight candidate, Saeed Jalili, driving a locally assembled Kia Pride with, well, pride. The unspoken message: Mr Jalili, ...

  • Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Khalida Khalid and her driver released

    Azerbaijani citizens arrested in Iran have been released. The employee of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, researcher and publicist Khalida Khalid and her driver Shamkhal Huseynov have been released. The statement came from Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsun Pak Ayin. He said both citizens of Azerbaijan were released on 19 May ...

  • Abdullah bin Zayed strongly denounces Irans statement on Bahrain

    WAM Abu Dhabi, 19th May 2013 (WAM) -- The UAE Foreign Minister, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, today strongly criticised a statement issued yesterday by Iran's foreign ministry on sisterly Bahrain. ''Our Iranian neighbours have a real problem in understanding and identifying the way in which they deal with their neighbours,'' Sheikh Abdullah told a press ...

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