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  • Irans n-power plant to be launched shortly Russian agency

    Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr could start working "shortly", Xinhua reported Wednesday, quoting Russia's state atomic energy agency Rosatom. "I have never announced the exact timing because our absolute priority is safety and the final decision will be made by the customer," Rosatom chief Sergei Kirienko told reporters. He added that Rosatom completely understands Iran's concerns ...

  • Iranian drone spotted in Bahrains airspace

    Bahrain's Interior Minister Wednesday said an Iranian drone was spotted in Bahrain's airspace in the northern part of the country near Saudi Arabia. Lt Gen Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said Iran was increasingly meddling in the internal affairs of both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, reports Xinhua. He added that Bahrain had uncovered a terror cell linked to Iran. "Iran's continual spying ...

  • Saudi Arabia nabs 10 over spying for Iran

    Saudi Arabia has arrested 10 people on suspicion of espionage for Iran, the interior ministry announced Tuesday. "Following an initial investigation, the security forces arrested 10 more suspects over involvement in the espionage acts for an Iranian espionage cell, reported Xinhua citing a spokesperson for the ministry. The arrestees, comprising eight Saudis, a Lebanese and a Turk, are linked ...

  • Iran Bars Candidacies of Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad Aide

    IA conservative body in Iran has barred two prominent figures from competing in next month's presidential election: moderate former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and a leading conservative allied to current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian interior ministry said Tuesday the Guardian Council of clerics and jurists excluded the two politicians from a final list of eight candidates ...

  • Kerry Mideast Talks on Syria to Include Russian Call for Involving Iran

    STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East this week for talks to promote an international peace conference on Syria. Russia wants Iran to be part of the process. In this fight for control of Syria, Iran is one of the biggest backers of embattled President Bashar al-Assad. So Russia says Iran should be part of the peace process. "Iran has ...

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Murder by Numbers

Never as disturbing or evocative as it would like to be, Murder by Numbers plods through its psychological murder-mystery trappings like well-worn clothes, and the edges are definitely starting to look frayed. There are the roots of something truly disquieting here, but the film's slick, but routine Hollywood polish keeps it level and unmemorable. ...

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  • Iran allows eight contenders for presidential election

    Iranian legislative body has approved eligibility of eight presidential candidates for the June 14 poll in the country, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The candidates, including the country's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and former foreign minister Ali-Akbar Velayati -- for the presidential election have been approved by Iran's Guardian Council of Constitution, semi-official Mehr news agency ...

  • UN Representative Outlines Cooperation With Iran

    From Page 1 GARY LEWIS: UNESCO is involved in a combination of work on world's cultural heritage and education. We have spent a lot of time working with the government and civil society organizations on these areas. But first, please let me describe the areas in which the UN's role in the Islamic Republic of Iran is primarily focused on. These are development and providing ...

  • No Link to Spies Held in Saudi Arabia

    Iran on Wednesday denied any link to members of a spying ring detained by Saudi Arabia, according to Iranian media. Saudi state media reported on Tuesday that officials had detained 10 people accused of spying for Iran after arresting 18 people in the same case in March. Tehran rejects that charge and has repeatedly denied any involvement in espionage in Saudi Arabia. Iran's Foreign ...

  • Iranians Devise New Esophagus Surgery

    Iranian scientists have designed a new method to treat surgical thoracoscopy in esophagus atresia and have introduced the method to other countries. "Recently, a new method for esophagus atresia by thoracoscopy was introduced to surgeons across the world after its article was published in the US Pediatric Surgery Journal in March 2013," said a professor at Mashhad Medical ...

  • Iran Cigarette Warning Signs Ineffective

    Translated by Atefeh Rezvan-Nia Edited by Mohammad Reza M. Karimi Graphic warning labels and images on cigarette packets, currently produced in Iran, are not effective in preventing individuals from tobacco use. Announcing this, Dr. Gholamreza Heydari, the head of Narcotics Research Center in Tehran's Shahid Beheshti Medical University, said the warning signs should be clear and make ...

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