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13 Dec 2011

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad becomes latest victim of shoe-throwing attack

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become the latest leader to find himself on the receiving end of that popular Middle Eastern method of protest the thrown shoe. Like George W Bush before him, Ahmadinejad found himself staring down the sole of a gentleman's shoe when someone believed to be a recently laid-off textile worker decided to demonstrate his anger during an official ceremony in the north of the country
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become the latest leader to find himself on the receiving end of that popular...
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18 Nov 2011

Iran fires up voters with partial lifting of water pipe ban

Revoking a smoking ban may seem an unlikely way to boost election turnouts. But in Iran, authorities are hopeful that allowing the traditional hubble-bubble, or water pipes, back into tea houses could encourage reluctant voters to go to the polls.
Revoking a smoking ban may seem an unlikely way to boost election turnouts. But in Iran, authorities are hopeful that...
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ahmadinejad, power struggle, women
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14 Nov 2011

Israeli secret service the Mossad linked to Iran military blast

A series of news reports linking Israel's intelligence agency the Mossad to a blast at a military facility in Iran, in which 17 people were killed and a further 15 wounded, has gained widespread coverage in the Israeli media on Monday.
A series of news reports linking Israel's intelligence agency the Mossad to a blast at a military facility in Iran, in...
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iran military, irgc, israel, munition blast
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11 Nov 2011

Leon Panetta warns against Iran strike

Military action against Iran could have "unintended consequences" in the region, the US defence secretary, Leon Panetta, said on Thursday, hours after Tehran warned that an attack against its nuclear sites would be met with "iron fists".
Military action against Iran could have "unintended consequences" in the region, the US defence secretary, Leon Panetta,...
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nuclear weapon, usa, war opposition, warmongering
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4 Nov 2011

Iran warns US to avoid clash over nuclear programme

Iran has warned the US not to set the two countries on a collision course over Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme, as diplomatic tensions reflected growing concern that the Middle East might be on the verge of new conflict.
Iran has warned the US not to set the two countries on a collision course over Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme, as...
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international pressure, iran foreign policy, usa, war mongering
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3 Nov 2011

UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears

Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran amid mounting concern about Tehran's nuclear enrichment programme, the Guardian has learned. The Ministry of Defence believes the US may decide to fast-forward plans for targeted missile strikes at some key Iranian facilities. British officials say that if Washington presses ahead it will seek, and receive, UK military help for any mission, despite some deep reservations within the coalition government.
Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency planning for potential military action against Iran amid...
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nuclear program, uk, us foreign policy, warmongering
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2 Nov 2011

Iran’s nuclear activity under scrutiny as evidence of weapons threat emerges

A report by the UN's nuclear watchdog due to be circulated around the world next week will provide fresh evidence of a possible Iranian nuclear weapons programme, bringing the Middle East a step closer to a devastating new conflict, say diplomats.
A report by the UN's nuclear watchdog due to be circulated around the world next week will provide fresh evidence of a...
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nuclear weapon, war mongering
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2 Nov 2011

The west’s previous attempts to derail Iran’s nuclear programme

For many years US, British, German and Israeli intelligence agencies are said to have helped to supply Iran with faulty parts designed to self-destruct and cause damage to surrounding equipment.
For many years US, British, German and Israeli intelligence agencies are said to have helped to supply Iran with faulty...
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assasination, cyberwars, nuclear program, nuclear scientist
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2 Nov 2011

Israeli army test-fires missile capable of reaching Iran

Israel has successfully test-fired a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and striking Iran, fanning a public debate over whether the country's leaders are agitating for a military attack on Tehran's atomic facilities
Israel has successfully test-fired a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and striking Iran, fanning a public...
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israel, war mongering
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1 Nov 2011

Iran demands apology from US over Saudi ambassador ‘assassination plot’

Iran has raised the stakes in its row with the US over the alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington by demanding an official apology from the Obama administration over the claim that Tehran was responsible.
Iran has raised the stakes in its row with the US over the alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington by...
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ahmadinejad, assasination plot, iran foreign policy, usa
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14 Oct 2011

Iran’s Press TV accuses royal family of trying to take it off-air in UK

In a rambling statement posted on the Press TV website, the broadcaster said that officials at the media regulator, who were "influenced by powerful pro-Israeli politicians and US sympathisers", had succumbed to pressure from "members of the royal family and the government" and banned the channel from the British airwaves.
In a rambling statement posted on the Press TV website, the broadcaster said that officials at the media regulator, who...
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10 Oct 2011

Iranian lashed 74 times for ‘insult’ to Ahmadinejad

An Iranian student activist has been lashed 74 times for insulting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Peyman Aref, a student of political science at Tehran University, was sentenced in March 2010 to a year in jail after being found guilty of propaganda against the regime for speaking to foreign media.
An Iranian student activist has been lashed 74 times for insulting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Peyman Aref, a student...
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30 Sep 2011

Hostage taking in Iran – the pawns in a battle against US imperialism

Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal would make no one's list of prime suspects as agents of US imperialism. The three Americans - detained by Iranian security services in July 2009 on espionage charges, now all released and reunited with their families - have a clear and very real commitment to opposing US foreign policy in the Middle East, as shown by their journalism.
Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal would make no one's list of prime suspects as agents of US imperialism. The...
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30 Sep 2011

Mystery surrounds suicide of Iranian bloggers

Two Iranian bloggers have killed themselves after being detained by security officials thought to be from Iran's ministry of intelligence. Opposition activists believe Nahal Sahabi and her partner Behnam Ganji had been under intense pressure to testify against their friend Kouhyar Goudarzi, the prominent human rights activist. Goudarzi was arrested on the same day, 31 July, and remains missing.
Two Iranian bloggers have killed themselves after being detained by security officials thought to be from Iran's...
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28 Sep 2011

Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi jailed for 11 years

A prominent Iranian human rights activist who was taken seriously ill after being detained by the authorities has been sentenced to 11 years in jail. Narges Mohammadi, 39, the deputy head of Iran's Defenders of Human Rights Centre (DHRC), a rights organisation presided over by the Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, was picked up last year by security officials who raided her house in middle of the night without a warrant for her arrest
A prominent Iranian human rights activist who was taken seriously ill after being detained by the authorities has been...
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21 Sep 2011

Gabriel García Márquez book inspires Iran’s opposition movement

Copies of M rquez's 1996 work News of a Kidnapping have sold out from bookshops in Tehran this week after detained opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said the book's description of Colombian kidnappings offers an accurate reflection of his life under house arrest.
Copies of M rquez's 1996 work News of a Kidnapping have sold out from bookshops in Tehran this week after detained...
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mousavi, opposition
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25 Aug 2011

Iranian doctor assassinated after examining rape victims, says his son

The son of an Iranian doctor who was killed after examining the rape victims of the country's 2009 unrest has spoken for the first time about the motives behind his father's assassination. Abdolreza Soudbakhsh, a physician and professor at Tehran university, was shot dead by men on a motorcycle as he left his office last September.
The son of an Iranian doctor who was killed after examining the rape victims of the country's 2009 unrest has spoken for...
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23 Aug 2011

Human rights group condemns jailing of US hikers in Iran

The conviction of two Americans held in Iran for spying and illegally crossing the border has been condemned by a human rights group. Amnesty International said the eight-year jail sentences for Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, made a "mockery of justice" and were designed to be used as "a bargaining chip to allow Iran to obtain unspecified concessions from the US government".
The conviction of two Americans held in Iran for spying and illegally crossing the border has been condemned by a human...
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12 Aug 2011

Iran names street after Rachel Corrie

Tehran city council has named a street after an American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003, a local newspaper has reported.
Tehran city council has named a street after an American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli military...
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israel, palestinians, usa
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28 Jul 2011

Qassem Suleimani the Iranian general ‘secretly running’ Iraq

There's a story that the new CIA director, David Petraeus, likes to tell which harks back to his days as a four-star general in Iraq. Early in 2008, during a series of battles between the US and Iraqi army on one side and the Shia militias on the other, Petraeus was handed a phone with a text message from the Iranian general who had by then become his nemesis.
There's a story that the new CIA director, David Petraeus, likes to tell which harks back to his days as a four-star...
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27 Jul 2011

Iran releases prominent actor and filmmaker

Iran has released two prominent cultural figures from jail following intense criticism of its crackdown against artists and rights activists. Pegah Ahangarani, 27, a popular actor and outspoken supporter of the country's opposition green movement, was arrested two weeks ago en route to the women's World Cup. Mahnaz Mohammadi, 37, a documentary filmmaker, was detained by unidentified officials in June.
Iran has released two prominent cultural figures from jail following intense criticism of its crackdown against artists...
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activist, actors, political prisoners
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22 Jul 2011

Iran public execution outrages human rights groups

A disturbing video of the public execution of three men in Iran has sparked anger among human rights activists. The graphic video, released by Amnesty International on Thursday, showed guards standing on top of buses draping ropes around necks of three convicts sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of rape. The men were later hanged from an overhead bridge after the vehicles drove away.
A disturbing video of the public execution of three men in Iran has sparked anger among human rights activists. The...
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15 Jul 2011

Iranian actor arrested en route to women’s World Cup

A popular Iranian actor and outspoken supporter of the country's opposition movement has been arrested in Tehran after attempting to travel to Germany to take part in coverage of the women's World Cup. Pegah Ahangarani, 27, was scheduled to go to Germany to participate in TV programmes about the Fifa tournament, but was picked up from her home in the capital by security officials on Sunday.
A popular Iranian actor and outspoken supporter of the country's opposition movement has been arrested in Tehran after...
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8 Jul 2011

Iran escalates use of capital punishment

Iran has executed an average of almost two people a day in the first six months of this year, human rights groups have warned. The sharp escalation in the use of capital punishment comes at a time when the Islamic regime is fighting to prevent pro-democracy movements similar to those that have been sweeping across the Middle East from taking hold in the country.
Iran has executed an average of almost two people a day in the first six months of this year, human rights groups have...
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1 Jul 2011

Iran state TV censors Ahmadinejad video clip

Iran's state television has censored a video clip that showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemning recent arrests of his close allies. Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), which is under the direct control of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, transmitted only an edited version of the remarks made by Ahmadinejad after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, removing any mention of his comments over the arrests.
Iran's state television has censored a video clip that showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemning recent arrests of...
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24 Jun 2011

Iran giving out condoms for criminals to rape us, say jailed activists

Prison guards in Iran are giving condoms to criminals and encouraging them to systematically rape young opposition activists locked up with them, according to accounts from inside the country's jail system.
Prison guards in Iran are giving condoms to criminals and encouraging them to systematically rape young opposition...
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22 Jun 2011

Women’s rights activist missing in Iran

An Iranian photojournalist and women's rights activist who campaigned for female football fans to be allowed to enter stadiums has disappeared. Maryam Majd, 25, is feared to have been held by security officials before boarding a flight from Tehran to D sseldorf, Germany, where she intended to cover the Fifa Women's World Cup.
An Iranian photojournalist and women's rights activist who campaigned for female football fans to be allowed to enter...
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7 Jun 2011

Iran’s president admits rift with country’s senior Islamic figures

Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has admitted for the first time that a rift has developed between him and some of the most senior figures of the Islamic regime. In a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday, the first since news emerged of his power struggle with the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the president said: "It is very clear now that we are 180 degrees away from them - we are actually on opposite sides."
Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has admitted for the first time that a rift has developed between him and some of...
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23 May 2011

Iran’s Press TV censured for interview with arrested journalist

Ofcom has ruled that Iran's state-run Press TV is responsible for a serious breach of UK broadcasting rules and could face a fine for airing an interview with Maziar Bahari, the Newsweek journalist arrested covering the Iranian presidential election in 2009, that was obtained by force while he was held in a Tehran jail
Ofcom has ruled that Iran's state-run Press TV is responsible for a serious breach of UK broadcasting rules and could...
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journalist, press tv
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27 Apr 2011

Iran’s president and supreme leader in rift over minister’s reinstatement

A rift is emerging between Iran's president and its supreme leader, prompting several members of the parliament to call for the impeachment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has not been seen in public for days. Ahmadinejad has refused to appear at the presidential palace since Friday in what is being seen as a reaction to Ayatollah Khamenei's reinstating of a minister he initially "asked to resign".
A rift is emerging between Iran's president and its supreme leader, prompting several members of the parliament to call...
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21 Apr 2011

Ahmadinejad grooms chief-of-staff to take over as Iran’s president

A close ally of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who favours cultural openness and opposes greater clerical involvement in politics, is being groomed as a possible successor to the Iranian president when he steps down in two years time. Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, Ahmadinejad's chief-of-staff, is positioning himself as a candidate who will champion a nationalist rather than a theological narrative of Iran.
A close ally of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who favours cultural openness and opposes greater clerical involvement in politics,...
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16 Feb 2011

Iran protester’s death ‘hijacked by regime’

The Iranian regime has been accused of hijacking the death of a young pro-democracy protester killed during rallies in Tehran on Monday. A family member of Saane Zhaleh, a 26-year-old theatre student at Tehran University of Arts, told the Guardian that the Iranian authorities had launched a campaign to depict the pro-opposition protester as a member of the government-sponsored basiji militia who had been killed by what they described as terrorists.
The Iranian regime has been accused of hijacking the death of a young pro-democracy protester killed during rallies in...
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14 Feb 2011

Iran’s green opposition calls rally despite government ban

Activists in Iran will go ahead with a banned rally in central Tehran on Monday in defiance of warnings by the regime and a heavy security presence, a figure in the green movement has told the Guardian. Ardeshir Amir-Arjomand, a spokesman for the former presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, accused the government of hypocrisy in voicing support for protest in Egypt and Tunisia while refusing to allow a peaceful demonstration at home.
Activists in Iran will go ahead with a banned rally in central Tehran on Monday in defiance of warnings by the regime...
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9 Feb 2011

Iran’s opposition green movement calls for renewed street protests

Iran's opposition has called for renewed street protests next week on the back of the wave of demonstrations that have swept across the Middle East. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, the leaders of the green movement in Iran, have issued a call for what they have described as "a solidarity move to support the protests in two Muslim countries of Egypt and Tunisia" on Monday
Iran's opposition has called for renewed street protests next week on the back of the wave of demonstrations that have...
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egypt, green movement, protests, tunisia
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11 Jan 2011

Iran claims Mossad link to scientist’s death

Iran's intelligence chief today claimed that more than 10 people arrested in connection with the killing of a nuclear physicist last year were linked to Israeli spy agency the Mossad. Heidar Moslehi revealed few new details to bolster the claim, made a day earlier, that Tehran's investigation into the killing had led its agents to infiltrate the Mossad
Iran's intelligence chief today claimed that more than 10 people arrested in connection with the killing of a nuclear...
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5 Jan 2011

Iranian nuclear scientist ‘tortured on suspicion of revealing state secrets’

An Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed to have been abducted by the CIA and who returned to a hero's welcome in Tehran in July has been imprisoned and tortured on suspicion of giving away state secrets, according to an opposition website.
An Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed to have been abducted by the CIA and who returned to a hero's welcome in Tehran...
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