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Iran to produce invasive drone aircraft
Iran's military has the ability to build unmanned aircraft and is in the process of doing so, Fars News reported citing country's defense minister Ahmad Vahidi, as saying.
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Iran warns of downing other US drones in its skies
Iran will hunt down more American spy drones if the U.S. continues to violate its air space, a senior Iranian military official warned Friday, the latest in triumphant rhetoric from Tehran over the capture of the unmanned aircraft two weeks…
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Norwegians support Sotoudeh on human rights day
To mark the occasion of Human Rights Day, dozens of Iranians gathered in outside of the location Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremony in Oslo, demanding the freedom of political prisoners such as Nasrin Sotoudeh.
Syrians hold rallies to demand Arab action
At least 17 people were believed to have been killed by Syrian forces as demonstrators held mass protests against the Arab League's perceived foot dragging on punishing the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Iran to start using own nuclear fuel plates
Iran is to insert its first domestically produced uranium fuel into its Tehran reactor by mid-February, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in comments published by the IRNA state news agency on Thursday.
Ousted shah's son wants Iran leader tried in court
The exiled son of the toppled shah of Iran said Thursday he plans to ask the United Nations to bring Iran's supreme leader before the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity.
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Executions for drug crimes surge in Iran: Amnesty
Iran has executed more people for drug-related crimes in 2011 than in the previous two years combined, in "a killing spree of staggering proportions," Amnesty International said Thursday.
Iran criticised over capital punishment 'killing spree'
Iran has escalated its use of the capital punishment to what has been called "a killing spree of staggering proportions" in an effort to contain drug-related crimes amid concerns about the west's continuing support for the regime's…
Escalating violence in Syria leaves many dead
Bashar al-Jaafari, the Syrian ambassador to the UN, said Pillay was neither objective nor fair. The briefing heightened divisions in the 15-nation council over how to respond to the Syrian violence.
Satellite TV news, serials widen Iranian-Arab gulf
Satellite TV news, serials widen Iranian-Arab gulf