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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 ...

  • Iran Russia Hezbollah Top Backers in Syrian Regimes Success

    The protracted fighting in Syria is not happening within a bubble, amid reports of clandestine support for the Bashar al Assad regime from Hezbollah, Iran and Russia, and an ongoing effort to establish an international peace ...

  • Iranians Develop Paste For Bone Repair

    Iranian experts have developed an injection paste for the treatment of bone diseases, said the head of Iran's Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center. Saeed Hesaraki noted that the paste, made up of polymeric liquid, will revolutionize medical domains, especially in the treatment of bone diseases, ISNA reported. "Treating reversible ...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

Unlike The Fellowship of the Ring, which opened with an information-packed prologue and then slowly eased itself into an extensive and leisurely introduction to all the major characters in the film, The Two Towers, the second installment of Peter Jacksons gloriously ambitious adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkiens sprawling fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, dives right into the acti ... ...

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  • 3 Contestants Quit Presidential Race

    Three presidential hopefuls dropped out of the upcoming presidential election. Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad-Hassan Abutorabifard, who represented the so-called Coalition of Five, a bloc from the conservative camp, said on Monday that he has made up his mind to withdraw from the race, ISNA reported. Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast issued a statement on Sunday saying he is ...

  • Daei Back as Persepolis Boss

    Sports Desk Ali Daei reached an agreement with Persepolis to take the hot seat next season. Rah Ahan coach has negotiated with Persepolis officials and will take charge of the Iranian popular club within the next few days, Mehr News Agency wrote. Mohammad Mayelikohan and Mansour Ebrahimzadeh were supposed to be Persepolis coach but the board of management has decided to appoint Daei as the ...

  • Quake Jolts Hormuzgan Again

    An Iranian rescue and relief ship late on Sunday saved six sailors from a damaged commercial boat in waters off southern Hormuzgan province, who would have otherwise drowned in stormy Persian Gulf waters. Control Tower of the Ports and Sailing Officer of the naval patrol boat Esmaeil Malkizadeh told IRNA, "A large commercial boat carrying 450 tons of foodstuff bound for Iran's Lengeh ...

  • Tehran Kabul Sign MoU On Judicial Ties

    Iran and Afghanistan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation in legal and judicial fields. The MoU was signed on the third day of a visit by Afghanistan's Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi and his delegation to Tehran, during which he had meetings with high-ranking Iranian officials to discuss ways of broadening ties between the two countries' judiciaries, ...

  • 11 Foreign Nationals Sentenced

    Three presidential hopefuls dropped out of the upcoming presidential election. Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad-Hassan Abutorabifard, who represented the so-called Coalition of Five, a bloc from the conservative camp, said on Monday that he has made up his mind to withdraw from the race, ISNA reported. Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast issued a statement on Sunday saying he is ...

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