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Death penalty announced for "disruptive" currency traders
The head of Iran's judiciary announced on Wednesday that the courts will readily "issue death penalties" to the "disruptors" of the country's foreign currency market.
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Cardboard Khomeini Returns To Iran From Exile
On February 1, 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini -- the leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution -- returned triumphantly to Tehran on an Air France flight from Paris after 14 years in exile.
Al-Assad’s fall is inevitable
Away from the potential outcome of the UN Security Council meeting on the Syrian revolution, there are many reports and much evidence regarding the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule, with many people considering this to be inevitable. The…
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Iran’s domestic crime figures at an ‘explosive’ level
Two leading Iranian sociologists have warned that the incidence of violent and domestic crime has reached an explosive level, mostly a consequence of economic hardship.
Is Georgia joining anti-Iran coalition?
The president of Georgia, Mikhail Saakashvili, declared that the actual results of the meeting with president Barack Obama exceeded his expectations. This is reported by the news agency Civil.Ge.
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EU denounces clampdown on Iranian journalists
The European Union has added its voice to the international chorus denouncing the Islamic Republic's crackdown on Iranian journalists.
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Iran actress wins Henri Langlois award
Renowned Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria has been awarded at the 2012 edition of Annual Prix Henri Langlois's International Awards in France.
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Iran’s president submits draft $416 billion budget that cuts spending amid Western sanctions
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has presented parliament a draft budget that would cut government spending by 5.6 percent while allocating more money for development projects.
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Iran: Sunni Parliamentary Faction Objects to Ethnic and Religious Discrimination in Letter to Ayatollah Khamenei
In a letter addressed to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Sunni members of the Iranian Parliament asked for an end to discrimination against Sunnis, an end to religious limitations for Sunnis, and permission to construct a mosque in…
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Iran launches Spanish TV channel
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has officially launched a Spanish-language satellite TV channel, saying it would deal a blow to "dominance seekers" – remarks that were an apparent dig at the US and the west.