Middle East
Iran CIA agent arrests linked to clandestine efforts by Tehran to disperse missiles
Iran's claim to arresting 12 CIA agents in its territory is linked to clandestine efforts by Tehran to disperse missiles around the country, a senior Iran analyst in the US told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Professor Raymond Tanter, adjunct scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and founder of the Washingtonbased Iran Policy Committee, said the Iranians were moving and testing missiles "that would form the first response" to an Israeli strike on Iran s nuclear sites.
Strike fallout can never be as bad as nuclear Iran
‘Dog Sweat’ shows secret life of rebellious Iranians
Iranian-American filmmaker Hossein Keshavarz's directorial debut, "Dog Sweat," has won recognition at world film festivals, but it will never be seen in his homeland. That's because the tale of rebellious youth was shot underground in Iran with Keshavarz stealing scenes in public places, filming in private homes, then placing his film on a computer hard drive, putting it in a backpack and leaving the country.
Iranian police arrest water pistol ‘rebels’
Iranian FM warns NATO against intervening in Syria
Iran’s suicide rate soars, averaging 10 per day
Iran's suicide rate has climbed 17% in two years, with 10 Iranians on average taking their lives every day, a government official announced Wednesday. Ahmad Shaja'i, the country s chief of forensic medicine, told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) that suicides increased nearly 5% since last year, with 952 Iranians taking their lives during the first quarter of the Iranian year, which began in March, compared with 870 the same time last year. More than 70% of the suicides were men.