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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 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 ...

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Games People Play

Games People Play

The levels of reality and artifice in Games People Play are so densely interwoven that it is probably futile to try to sort them out, which is the heart of writer/director James Ronald Whitneys elaborate joke assuming that it is intended to be a joke. ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Lawmaker Fires Back In Car Wars Ahead Of Iranian Presidential Vote

    Iran's car saga continues. Conservative lawmaker Ali Motahari has criticized recent comments by hard-line cleric Ahmad Jannati suggesting what kind of car Iran's next president should -- or shouldn't -- drive. Motahari described the remarks by Jannati, who chairs the powerful Guardians Council that's charged with vetting candidate applications -- as illogical, adding ...

  • Report Iran hangs 2 alleged spies working for Israel US

    By Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters DUBAI - Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, ...

  • Lavrov Discussed Iranian Role in Syria Peace Talks

    MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed on Sunday that he had discussed Iran's possible involvement in a conference to resolve the war in Syria, when he met his US counterpart John Kerry early in May.The Russians and Americans agreed during Kerry's visit to Moscow to set up a conference of international players to end the war in Syria. ...

  • Iran Well Prepared To Move Ahead

    Sports Desk The deputy of Iran's Football Federation said that the country's women football team is in good mood. Speaking to ISNA, Farideh Shojaei said, "The team went to Bangladesh for the AFC Women's Asian Cup with high hopes. We are determined to take the berth for the World Cup but we should know that we are in a tough group. In our group we have Thailand, which is ...

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