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  • Iranian Wrestlers Abruptly Leave US Early

    The U.S. State Department has denied Iranian media reports that the United States deported the Iranian wrestling team ahead of a Sunday meet in Los Angeles. A State Department official tells VOA's Persian News Network that U.S. authorities had nothing to do with their departure. The wrestlers abruptly returned home after beating the American team in an exhibition Wednesday at Grand ...

  • Bahrain Slams Irresponsible Iranian Statements

    Manama-May-18(BNA)The Kingdom of Bahrain today strongly condemned the statements made by Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hussain Amir Abdullahyan. The Foreign Ministry slammed the irresponsible statements, being a flagrant interference in Bahrain's internal affairs, an unprecedented behavior in relations bonding states and an awkward demeanor in regional and ...

  • UAE not affected by southern Iran quake

    WAM ABU DHABI: The UAE was not affected by the earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, which hit southern Iran, 207 km northeast of Ras Al Khaimah, this afternoon, the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has reported. Measuring 3 on the Mercalli intensity scale, the quake occurred at 2.03pm at a depth of 29km, it said. ...

  • Beckham Studying New MLS Club Purchase

    David Beckham's representatives have held talks with Major League Soccer over the former England captain purchasing a new club in the US. The Paris St-Germain player, 38, announced on Thursday that he is to retire at the end of the season, BBC wrote. When Beckham joined Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007 his contract included an option to purchase an 'expansion franchise'. In 2009 ...

  • Struggle Against Dire Conditions for Iran Workers

    On April 29, just ahead of International Workers' Day, Iranian authorities summoned Behnam Ebrahimzadeh to discuss the terms of his temporary release from Tehran's notorious Evin prison. Ebrahimzadeh, a labor activist and blogger who is almost three years into a five-year prison sentence, was given leave from the prison after many pleas to care for his ailing son, who suffers from a ...

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The Avengers (2012)

The Avengers (2012)

One could argue that the long-awaited arrival of The Avengers marks the cinemas closest approximation to date of the extreme breadth and flexibility of the comic book universe. Up until now, the movie industry has been content to seize on a single superhero and spin out a serie ... ...

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  • IRGC Ready To Defend Persian Gulf

    Commander of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi emphasized the IRGC's full preparedness to defend Iran's interests in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. Addressing members of the IRGC's fifth naval zone, Fadavi said that his forces are fully prepared to defend Iran's interests in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of ...

  • Italians Protest Against Austerity Policies

    The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that Filipino coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters, AFP reported. Chen Wen-chi, head of the Taiwan team investigating the May 9 incident, ...

  • Syria’s Golan Heights Can Be Freed

    A top Iranian military commander said the liberation of Syria's strategic Golan Heights is not impossible, and that fundamental changes will soon take place in the region. "From a security and military perspective, I should say the liberation of Golan [Heights] is not impossible; it can happen," said Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Massoud Jazayeri in an ...

  • President Urges Speedy Information Dissemination

    Nation Able To Make Further Scientific Progress Political Desk President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on officials to address the demands of the nation and increase interaction with the people. Addressing the Third Communications and Information Technology Festival in Tehran on Saturday, the president stressed, 'speedy and timely dissemination of the information' should ...

  • Call for Swift Action On Myanmar

    Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei has urged a swift end to the violence and the breach of human rights against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. In a meeting with the ambassadors of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Khazaei said suppression and violence against Muslims are taking place despite Myanmar's claims of democratization ...

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