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  • Secretly shot Iranian film and second heist mark last days of Cannes

    The Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, who has been banned from making films and leaving Iran, made a surprise appearance at the Cannes film festival to screen his political thriller Manuscripts Don't Burn. Valery Hache / AP ...

  • Iranian director facing jail appears in Cannes

    Director Mohammad Rasoulof poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Manuscripts don't Burn at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel ...

  • Senegal breaks with Iran over arms smuggle

    Senegal today has broken all ties with Iran, following the January seizure of an arms shipments destined to its Casamance rebels. The move could spell a large setback for Iran all over ...

  • Iran denies having forces in Syria to support Assad

    Iran, the strongest supporter of the Syrian regime, denied on Friday that it had forces in war-torn Syria supporting embattled President Bashar al-Assad. Iran’s statement came a day after nations ...

  • Report US traces cyber attack wave to Iran

    May 25, 2013 American officials and corporate security experts examining a new wave of potentially destructive computer attacks striking American corporations, especially energy firms, say they have tracked the attacks back to Iran, the New York Times reported on Friday. According to the report, the targets have included several American oil, gas and electricity companies, which government ...

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Walking Tall

Walking Tall

Before the final credits roll at the end of Walking Tall, there is a title card declaring that that film is dedicated to the memory of Buford Pusser, the real-life Tennessee sheriff whose actions against moonshiners and organized crime in the late 1960s made him a modern American fol ... ...

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  • Iranian exiles exit from Iraq hits snag

    WASHINGTON ---- The State Department's decade-long effort to find a new home for a controversial Iranian opposition group has ground to a near halt only days after the announcement that the exiles had begun moving from Iraq to permanent homes in Europe. Fourteen members of the Mujahedeen Khalq militant group, or MEK, were flown from the outskirts of Baghdad to Albania on May 15, in what ...

  • After Ahmadinejad who will lead Iran

    The supreme leader appoints the head of the judiciary, six out of 12 members of the powerful Guardian Council, the armed forces’ commanders, the head of the country’s radio and television and Friday prayer leaders, who instruct the faithful in the performance of the Friday prayer in Iran. He also confirms the president's ...

  • Iran presidential candidate Jalili vows to stand up to West

    Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, who is one of the favourites in the presidential race, has vowed to stand up to the West if he is elected next month. Saeed Jalili told a rally in Tehran that he wanted to spread the global influence of Islam. One of several conservatives among the eight candidates, he has said the president should be obedient to the Supreme Leader. ';We have said ...

  • Peace Action Maine Mainers Unite to Prevent War With Iran

    Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Will Propose a Platform Emphasizing Diplomacy, Not War PORTLAND, Maine - August 15 - Peace Action Maine, Pax Christi Maine, Military Families Speak Out/ Maine, the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, and other Maine based organizations are circulating a statewide petition that opposes preemptive military action, acts of war, a naval ...

  • Real News Network Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran

    Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran? August 8 - The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid corruption allegations has left many questions in Israel and in the region. What this could mean for the stalled peace process with the Palestinians will depend mostly on the next US president. But on the question of Iran, there is still fear that Israel might act ...

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