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  • Iranian Wrestlers Abruptly Leave US Early

    The U.S. State Department has denied Iranian media reports that the United States deported the Iranian wrestling team ahead of a Sunday meet in Los Angeles. A State Department official tells VOA's Persian News Network that U.S. authorities had nothing to do with their departure. The wrestlers abruptly returned home after beating the American team in an exhibition Wednesday at Grand ...

  • IRGC Ready To Defend Persian Gulf

    Commander of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi emphasized the IRGC's full preparedness to defend Iran's interests in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. Addressing members of the IRGC's fifth naval zone, Fadavi said that his forces are fully prepared to defend Iran's interests in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of ...

  • Italians Protest Against Austerity Policies

    The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that Filipino coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters, AFP reported. Chen Wen-chi, head of the Taiwan team investigating the May 9 incident, ...

  • Syria’s Golan Heights Can Be Freed

    A top Iranian military commander said the liberation of Syria's strategic Golan Heights is not impossible, and that fundamental changes will soon take place in the region. "From a security and military perspective, I should say the liberation of Golan [Heights] is not impossible; it can happen," said Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Massoud Jazayeri in an ...

  • President Urges Speedy Information Dissemination

    Nation Able To Make Further Scientific Progress Political Desk President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on officials to address the demands of the nation and increase interaction with the people. Addressing the Third Communications and Information Technology Festival in Tehran on Saturday, the president stressed, 'speedy and timely dissemination of the information' should ...

Movie Review

One Night at McCool's

In One Night at McCool's, Liv Tyler plays Jewel, a curvaceous bombshell scam artist who wraps a trio of idiotic men around her finger, proving what seems to be the movie's only point: Men think with the wrong head. Despite being at various stations in life, none of the men here are strong enough to resist Jewel's wiles, even when it becomes plainly obvious that she is bad news in every way ... ...

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  • Call for Swift Action On Myanmar

    Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei has urged a swift end to the violence and the breach of human rights against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. In a meeting with the ambassadors of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Khazaei said suppression and violence against Muslims are taking place despite Myanmar's claims of democratization ...

  • Stuxnet Virus Improves Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities

    Nation Able To Make Further Scientific Progress Political Desk President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on officials to address the demands of the nation and increase interaction with the people. Addressing the Third Communications and Information Technology Festival in Tehran on Saturday, the president stressed, 'speedy and timely dissemination of the information' should ...

  • Iranian Shield Prevents Corrosion in Electronic Circuits

    Iranian researches have used nanoparticles to synthesize a new type of absorbent to remove toxic dyes from the textile industry's wastewater. The flow of outlet fluids from textile plants into the environment is an important issue, Fars News Agency wrote. Most synthesized and natural dyes have complicated aromatic structure molecules and they are resistant to microbial and decomposition ...

  • Mahabad Petrochem Plant 70 Complete

    Domestic Economy Desk Mahabad Petrochemical Complex, which is underway in the framework of Mehr-e Mandegar (Lasting Kindness) Plan, is more than 70 percent complete. Announcing this, Abdulhossein Bayat, the head of National Petrochemical Company, said till April 20, construction and installation works progressed by 46 percent, engineering works by 99 percent and logistics by 90 percent, IRNA ...

  • Indian Insurance Services for Oil Imports

    From Page 1 The measure is reportedly aimed at countering the effect of sanctions imposed by the European Union, banning the bloc's members from purchasing Iran's oil or extending insurance coverage to tankers carrying its crude. "What will be the size of this fund, how much we are required to contribute, whether it is enough to cover reinsurance--these are the details that ...

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