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  • 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 ...

  • Physicians for Human Rights Human Rights Groups Petition Iran for Release of HIVAIDS Doctors

    www.IranFreeTheDocs.org MEXICO CITY - August 4 - A coalition of AIDS and human rights organizations that includes Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) has launched a campaign to free two Iranian physicians, Drs. Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei. The doctors, who are brothers, are active in HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment in Iran. According to ...

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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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  • Israeli PM Sets Red Line over Nuclear Iran

    Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

  • Iranian nuclear scientist killed

    An Iranian nuclear scientist was " assassinated by terrorists" in eastern Tehran on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.Dariush Rezaei, PhD of nuclear Physics and a university professor, was killed by motorcyclists in front of his home on Saturday evening, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.According to local media, the assassinated scientist was an expert linked ...

  • Iran Syria Iraq to sign major gas deal on Monday

    Iran, Syria and Iraq will sign a major gas deal here on Monday to transfer Iran's South Pars natural gas to Europe, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran's caretaker oil minister Mohammad Aliabadi as well as oil ministers of Iraq and Syria will join the ceremony and choose a name for the pipeline to transfer Iran's gas to Europe, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister ...

  • Iran to launch 3 more satellites

    Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) said that Iran will launch three more satellites in space by the end of Iranian calendar year, ending on March 20, the state IRIB TV website said on Thursday.Iran, on Wednesday, announced that it "successfully" put the Rasad (surveillance) satellite in the orbit to render images to the stations in the country.Three satellites will be put in the space ...

  • Iran calls on Iraq to deploy forces in borderlines to keep Kurdish rebels away

    A senior commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that the guard's forces would continue destructive and invasive operations against the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) group until the deployment of Iraqi forces in the borders, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.The unnamed military official said that, "Iraqi government should deploy police ...

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