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  • Economy tops Iranian presidential candidates agenda

    The economic condition of Iranians and the hardship that they have been facing in the past years top the presidential candidates' agenda in their campaign to win people's votes. Presidential hopeful Mohsen Rezaei, who is currently secretary of Iran's Expediency Council, announced that he will focus on resolving the country's economic problems if he wins the presidential race, reported Xinhua ...

  • Iran deploys large numbers of missile launchers

    Iran has deployed "large numbers" of new long-range missile launchers, the country's semi-official news agency Fars reported Sunday. The new ground-to-ground missile launchers would enable Iran's armed forces to "mightily crush any invading enemy and will make him regretful of his deeds", said Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. The report did not specify, however, the ...

  • West aware of peaceful nature of Irans nuclear program

    An Iranian presidential candidate said Sunday that "the West is aware of peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities."However, the Westerners do not intend to publicize it for some "deliberate" reasons, the Iranian lawmaker, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, told reporters without elaboration."In our eyes, there is no ambiguity in (Iran's) nuclear program, " ...

  • Iran’s presidential candidates begin campaign sprint

    TEHRAN - Eight competitors in the race to replace Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began their three-week-long campaign sprint over the weekend, holding almost daily events and dominating the country’s radio and television airwaves. Although many here think there is little that differentiates the candidates - aside from the details of their pledges to improve on what they say is ...

  • Jalili Next Admin Must Fulfill Economy Plans

    Presidential candidate Mohammad Gharazi said he will form an anti-inflationary administration to improve the economy if he wins the June 14 vote. Speaking in a question-answer program broadcast on satellite television network Jaam-e Jam on Saturday evening, Gharazi said the country has been undergoing rising unemployment and declining domestic production. "Over the past 100 years, every ...

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Primer [DVD]

Primer [DVD]

The engineering trickery and ingenious work of the two after-hours inventors in Shane Carruth's low-key sci-fi mindbender Primer aptly reflects its writer/director/star's own cinematic cleverness. Using scant resources and a miniscule budget, Carruth has gotten the most bang for his buck by c ... ...

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  • Hizbullah-trained Syrian militias expanding reach with incentives Iran funding

    Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA -- The new paramilitary force of President Bashar Assad has been rapidly expanding amid Iranian funding and victories over Sunni rebels. Opposition sources said the new National Defense Force, organized in late 2012, has been adding thousands of new fighters over the last ...

  • Iran Censures US for Meddling Remarks on Election

    Tehran has criticized US Secretary of State John Kerry and other American officials for making interfering remarks about Iran's upcoming presidential election. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Saturday that based on the Algiers Accords, the United States has agreed not to meddle in Iran's internal affairs. The United States' support of democracy is just a subterfuge and ...

  • RQ-170 Drone Model Ready For Test Flight

    Iranian type of a US drone which was hunted down in Iran late in 2011 will undergo its first flight in the near future, a senior lawmaker said. Head of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi underlined the Iranian Armed Forces' capabilities to hunt down alien Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Iran has downed several US drones so far and Boroujerdi ...

  • 50 Detained in Paris Anti-Gay Marriage Rally

    Tens of thousands of people rallied near Malaysia's capital Saturday night against alleged electoral fraud, further raising the political temperature after divisive recent polls. The latest in a series of protest rallies over the May 5 elections--which the opposition says were won fraudulently by the 56-year-old ruling coalition--saw a large crowd gather in an open field outside Kuala ...

  • Iran Needed In FILA Board

    Sports Desk The new head of world wrestling body, Nenad Lalovic said that the presiding board of FILA needs Iranians. In an interview with ISNA the newly FILA chief said, "We changed the rules and regulations of wrestling to make it more attractive." In a shocking move in February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to drop wrestling from its schedule for the 2020 ...

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