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Iran fires radar-beating missile during Gulf drill

Iran test-fired a new medium-range missile, designed to evade radars, on Sunday during the last days of its naval drill in the Gulf, the official IRNA news agency quoted a military official as saying.

2 January 2012
Iran

Qatar well ahead of Iran in tapping gas field

- Qatar extracts as much as three times natural gas more than Iran from the South Pars gas field. So, investments should be directed toward developing the South Pars phases in order to compensate shortcomings, the managing director of the…

1 January 2012
Iran

Iranian women banned from kick boxing in Iran

According to new orders, from now on women are banned from participating in all kinds of sport competitions that are held in rings including kick boxing and Muay Thai and federations who cover these sports have to pay close attention to…

1 January 2012
Iran

Iran's House of Cinema ruled illegal

The Iran Public Culture Council (IPCC) has ruled the Iranian House of Cinema (IHC) is illegal, the Persian service of FNA reported on Wednesday. The decision was made during an IPCC meeting, which was held to settle a lawsuit filed against…

1 January 2012
Iran

Iran refuses to fuel some European, Arab airlines

Iran is refusing to refuel some European and Arab airlines at its main international airport in a tit-for-tat move over major oil companies denying fuel to Iranian planes abroad, the airport's chief said on Saturday.

1 January 2012
Iran

Iran says ready for nuclear talks as tensions mount

Top negotiator Saeed Jalili has said Iran is ready to rejoin EU-led talks with major powers on assuaging Western concerns over its nuclear programme even as tensions with the United States soar in the Gulf.

1 January 2012
Iran

Iran to test-fire missiles in key oil waterway

Ballistic missiles are launched during the second day of military exercises for Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards at an unknown location in June. Tehran said it will test-fire missiles in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a move likely to…

31 December 2011