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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 ...

  • 61 killed in Iraq attacks

    A series of car bombings and shootings, mainly targeting Shia Muslim areas across Iraq, Monday killed at least 61 people, including Iranian pilgrims, and wounded around 200 others, officials said. The worst violence occurred in Baghdad, when eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods in the capital city, killing 12 ...

  • Iran executes two alleged spies

    Iranian authorities have executed two men after they were charged and convicted for spying Israel and the United States. Iran has repeatedly accused Israel and the U.S. of carrying out covert intelligence operations following ongoing pressure on the country over its nuclear programme, which the Western nations suspect as being used to build an atomic weapon, despite Tehran's insistence that the ...

  • Heavier Fines for Hunting Violations

    Translated by Atefeh Rezvan-Nia Edited by Mohammad Reza M. Karimi A tenfold rise in fines for hunting and fishing violations has been proposed to the Department of Environment for protecting species at risk of extinction. Announcing this, Colonel Hamid Reza Kheildar, the commander of Environmental Protection Unit, said over 95 percent of Iranians disagree with hunting, hence such penalties ...

  • Afghan Suicide Attack Leaves 14 Dead

    A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the murder of Benazir Bhutto, an official said, but the retired general remains under house arrest. Musharraf has been detained in his farmhouse on the edge of Islamabad since April 19 on charges of conspiracy to murder two-time prime minister Bhutto, who was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack in 2007 in ...

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American Madness [DVD]

American Madness [DVD]

Although Frank Capra had been working in the film industry since the late teens--churning out gags for Mack Sennett, directing low-budget "quickies" for fledgling Columbia Pictures--American Madness is the first of his films that can be rightly described as "Capraesque" i ... ...

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  • Series of Deadly Attacks Rock Iraq Cities

    A wave of car bombs and shootings killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting in the country. The attacks, some of which hit market places and crowded bus stops during the morning rush hour, pushed the death toll in Iraq since Wednesday to more than 200. The bloodshed over the past week ...

  • Air Defense System Under Mass Production

    Air Defense System Under Mass Production Iran's latest indigenous air defense battery, Ninth Herz, has hit the production line in a ceremony attended by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. The production line was inaugurated on Monday on the occasion of the upcoming birth anniversary of Imam Muhammad Al-Taqi (AS), the ninth Shiite Imam, and in the run-up to the 31st ...

  • Councils Candidates List Out in June

    Councils Candidates List Out in June Iran's Central Supervisory Board of City and Rural Council Elections will announce the final list of approved hopefuls for the upcoming city and rural council polls in June. Abdolreza Mesri, the spokesman for the board, said on Monday that the final list of candidates would be announced on June 2, Mehr News Agency reported. Meanwhile, Mohammad-Javad ...

  • UNHCR Hails Iran’s Support for Refugees

    Air Defense System Under Mass Production Iran's latest indigenous air defense battery, Ninth Herz, has hit the production line in a ceremony attended by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. The production line was inaugurated on Monday on the occasion of the upcoming birth anniversary of Imam Muhammad Al-Taqi (AS), the ninth Shiite Imam, and in the run-up to the 31st ...

  • A Review of Conducts of Hashemi Rafsanjaini’s Opponents

    From Page 1 Ahmadinejad was, in particular, critical of Rafsanjani's style of management during his two terms as president and his administration's outlook toward the oppressed people who enjoyed the taste of justice and kindness during Ahmadinejad's tenure. But is Ayatollah Rafsanjani the one who can be criticized by everyone? Ahmadinejad slammed Rafsanjani because he was the ...

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