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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…

18 December 2011
Iran

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.

18 December 2011

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.

17 December 2011
Iran

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.

17 December 2011

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.

16 December 2011
Iran

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.

16 December 2011

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…

15 December 2011

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.

15 December 2011