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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 ...

  • Iran releases two Azeri nationals

    Iran's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak-Ayeen says two Azeri nationals, arrested in the Islamic Republic over illegal activities, have been released. Pak-Ayeen said that the two Azeri nationals were released Sunday morning in the northwestern city of Tabriz. The two individuals, identified as Khalida Khalid, a researcher at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), and her ...

  • Somalia Iranians Convicted of Illegal Fishing in Puntland State Waters

    Bossaso - A Bossaso court convicted on Sunday, 78 Iranians who were caught in April illegally fishing in Puntland state waters, Garowe Online reports. On Sunday, Judge Sheikh Adan Ahmed handed out fines of 100,000 US dollars to the owners of the five illegal fishing boats and up to 5,000 US dollars to the captains of the illegal fishing boats apprehended near Bossaso. The 73 other Iranian ...

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The Ten Commandments [DVD]

The Ten Commandments [DVD]

Cecil B. DeMilles opulent Technicolor remake of The Ten Commandments, which he had originally directed in 1923, is the cinematic equivalent of really bad religious art: Those who love it and find it spiritually moving truly, deeply love it, while everyone else wou ... ...

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  • Iran-Azerbaijan Republic ties excellent

    President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Iran and Azerbaijan Republic relations brotherly and excellent, the official website of the President of Iran reports. In a meeting with Head of Caucasus Muslim Bureau Sheikhol-islam Allahshokour Pashazadeh, President Ahmadinejad said that Tehran and Baku ties are upon brotherhood, religion and love, so our relations are different from those of other ...

  • Iran and Egypt Old Foes New Competitors

    Demonstrators storm the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, in protest of President Morsi's expansion of powers in Alexandria, Egypt, on Nov. 23. (Photo: Mohamed Hanno, ...

  • Excerpts Iran hangs 2 suspected spies 19 May 2013

    Excerpts: Iran hangs 2 suspected spies 19 May 2013 +++SOURCE: Saudi Gazette 19 ...

  • Hezbollah MP Iran-Saudi Arabia behind vote law deadlock

    Hezbollah’s MP Kamel al-Rifai blamed the lack of Saudi-Iranian understanding for Lebanon's inability to form a government and for the current deadlock over reaching an agreement between the rival politicians on an electoral law for the upcoming elections, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa reported on ...

  • Regulations Set for Iranian Electoral Campaign

    Tehran, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The campaign for the Iranian presidential elections in June will begin on May 22, one day after the Guardian Council announces the list of candidates, an official source announced today. At least 700 hopefuls have presented their candidacies, informed Deputy Minister of Interior, Solat Mortazavi, who acts as secretary of the Electoral Council. Meanwhile, the ...

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