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  • Saudi Arabia nabs 10 over spying for Iran

    Saudi Arabia has arrested 10 people on suspicion of espionage for Iran, the interior ministry announced Tuesday. "Following an initial investigation, the security forces arrested 10 more suspects over involvement in the espionage acts for an Iranian espionage cell, reported Xinhua citing a spokesperson for the ministry. The arrestees, comprising eight Saudis, a Lebanese and a Turk, are linked ...

  • Iran Bars Candidacies of Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad Aide

    IA conservative body in Iran has barred two prominent figures from competing in next month's presidential election: moderate former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and a leading conservative allied to current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian interior ministry said Tuesday the Guardian Council of clerics and jurists excluded the two politicians from a final list of eight candidates ...

  • Kerry Mideast Talks on Syria to Include Russian Call for Involving Iran

    STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East this week for talks to promote an international peace conference on Syria. Russia wants Iran to be part of the process. In this fight for control of Syria, Iran is one of the biggest backers of embattled President Bashar al-Assad. So Russia says Iran should be part of the peace process. "Iran has ...

  • Iran allows eight contenders for presidential election

    Iranian legislative body has approved eligibility of eight presidential candidates for the June 14 poll in the country, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The candidates, including the country's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and former foreign minister Ali-Akbar Velayati -- for the presidential election have been approved by Iran's Guardian Council of Constitution, semi-official Mehr news agency ...

  • Iran Hezbollah role in Syria complicates peace strategy

    As evidence grows of increased Iranian support for the Syrian government, the Obama administration's strategy to bring the bitter fighting there to a close faces more challenges than ever. With White House support, Secretary of State John Kerry has pushed for an international conference in Geneva in June that would bring representatives of the Syria government together with the ...

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Mr. Rice's Secret

Mr. Rice's Secret is a children's film about dealing with death. There are not many films aimed at kids that deal with this topic because, in Western society at least, we feel the need to protect them from it. Why? Death is part of the natural cycle of life, yet there is an enduring belief that children somehow cannot comprehend it--as if they are not part of that cycle and need to be prot ... ...

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  • Ten more arrested in Iranian espionage case

    An official spokesman from the Saudi government has confirmed the arrest of 10 people involved in an Iranian espionage cell who were allegedly associated with the same spy network that was dismantled in March of this year by Saudi security officials. A security spokesman confirmed that the latest cell had eight Saudis, one Lebanese and one Turkish national. "Initial investigations carried ...

  • Iranian presidential candidates announced Rafsanjani disqualified

    TEHRAN - The final list of candidates approved to run in Iran’s June 14 presidential election was announced Tuesday, generating surprise and tension with the omission of a former president considered one of the founding members of the Islamic ...

  • Iranian man extradited to U.S. tried to buy plane parts reports

    The Iranian man extradited by Cyprus to the United States on suspicion of violating U.N. sanctions on Iran had tried to purchase F4 and F5 plane parts in the United States and send them illegally to Iran, according to reports in two Cypriot newspapers on Saturday. The extradition of the man has caused diplomatic tension, with Iran recalling its ambassador in Nicosia for consultations and the ...

  • Iran Unveils New Weapons and Combat Equipment

    Tehran, 22 May (PL) The Iranian Defense Ministry announced the presentation today of what he described as "five new successes in defense" at the ceremony on the anniversary of the liberation of the province of Khorramshahr from Iraqi occupation. The new products include personal weapons and personal combat equipment and will be exhibited to the public at a ceremony to be attended by ...

  • Iran Unveils List of Eight Presidential Candidates - Report

    MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Iranian Interior Ministry published on Tuesday a list of eight candidates permitted to run in June 14 presidential election, FARS news agency reported. The candidates were selected by the Guardian Council, the group that supervises the election. The list of presidential hopefuls is dominated by conservatives, who are Tehran’s mayor, Mohammad Bagher ...

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