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  • 61 killed in Iraq attacks

    A series of car bombings and shootings, mainly targeting Shia Muslim areas across Iraq, Monday killed at least 61 people, including Iranian pilgrims, and wounded around 200 others, officials said. The worst violence occurred in Baghdad, when eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods in the capital city, killing 12 ...

  • Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has been breaking language barriers

    "I didn't want to portray Paris as tourists saw it," says Asghar Farhadi. "So we found a house just outside ofParis to situate this ...

  • Iranians face new Internet curbs before presidential election

    By Yeganeh TorbatiDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest.Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - ...

  • In confronting Iran John Baird stands in the way of real solutions

    the speech that Foreign Minister John Baird gave to the Global Dialogue on Iran's Future last week in Toronto. Stock markets would have tanked; diplomats would be booking one-way flights out of Tehran and Iran would be warming up its ballistic ...

  • Reports Iran bars 2 top figures from June ballot

    TEHRAN, Iran -- Iranian news websites have boosted speculation that election overseers have barred two prominent but divisive figures from next month's presidential ballot.The hardline website Tasnimnews.com says the Guardian Council has rejected former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confidant of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The ...

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Something's Gotta Give

Something's Gotta Give

The issue of age is one that is usually left out of romantic comedies entirely. If one were to believe the world of this staple cinematic genre, one would have to assume that virtually no one above the age of 35 ever falls in love or has any romantic entanglements of any kind. And, if there is a primary character over that age, it is invariably the male lead, and his romance with a significantly ... ...

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  • Who will be Irans next leader

    With half an hour left to register, Iran's two most controversial candidates pledged to run for president over the weekend. The country now has to wait to hear which of the handful of hopefuls will be allowed to contest the June poll. NBC News' Ali Arouzi reports from ...

  • Irans presidential election not to affect nuclear position

    Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi said Tuesday that Iran's nuclear position will not be affected by the result of the upcoming presidential election."If the P5+1 group prefer to continue the talks after the election, it is their own issue. However, our principled position will not change either before or after the election," said Araqchi in his weekly press ...

  • India leads Asian cuts in Iran oil imports ahead of waiver review

    Tue May 21, 2013 6:12am EDT * India cuts Iranian crude imports 17 pct Dec-April vs previous 6 months * China may reduce Iranian imports 5-10 percent in 2013 * U.S. due to review Asia's waiver extensions on Iran sanctions 3rd time By Nidhi Verma and Meeyoung Cho NEW DELHI/SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - India has slashed Iranian oil imports by almost a fifth since December, the sharpest cut among ...

  • Iran wants to take part in Syria peace conference

    TEHRAN - Iran said Tuesday it is willing to attend an upcoming peace conference on Syria, arguing all influential parties must be included in the process for it to be a ...

  • Iran has funds to develop South Pars

    Iran will invest $16 billion in development of the offshore South Pars gas complex over the next 10 months, a natural gas company director said. Managing Director of the Pars Oil and Gas ...

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