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Iran
Iran launches 3 new submarines
Iran has expanded its fleet launching three new Ghadir-class submarines, Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced on Saturday.
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Iran
Iran general threatens retaliation against Israel
An Iranian general on Saturday threatened retaliation against Israel if any of its nuclear or security sites are attacked.
Iran
Iran threatens to target NATO missile shield
Iran will target NATO's missile defense installations in Turkey if the U.S. or Israel attacks the Islamic Republic, a senior commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said Saturday.
Iran
Over half the Iranian working class are below the poverty line
Figures released by Iran’s labor organizations indicate that most working class people live below the official poverty line, and do not earn enough to support their families.
Iran
Saudi dynasty should leave power: top Iran cleric
Saudi Arabia's ruling Al-Saud dynasty should give up power, a hardline senior Iranian cleric said Friday, warning that the fate of Egypt's toppled president Hosni Mubarak awaits Saudi King Abdullah.
Kurdistan
Rojin Mohammadi, Iranian student and blogger arrested
Rojin Mohammadi, a medical student at Manila Medical School of Philippines got arrested upon her return to Iran and was transferred to Evin. Ms Rojin Mohammadi flew from Istanbul, Turkey to Iran on Aban 23, 1390 (24 /10 / 2011) and she was…
Iran
Iranian women increasingly wary of getting married
How women view marriage has been complicated by a change in social attitudes and a lack of consensus as to what women’s responsibilities are, and to what the terms ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’ mean when applied to their role in society and in…
Iran
Iranian Lawmakers Consider Retaliation for Sanctions
Iranian lawmakers have drafted an emergency bill calling on the Foreign Ministry to expel the British ambassador to Tehran after Britain joined other Western powers to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over that country's disputed nuclear…
Human Rights
UN panel condemns Syria for crackdown
The UN General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Syria for its eight-month crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in a vote backed by Western nations and a number of Arab states.
Iran
UN Resolution Ramps up Cross-Regional International Pressure on Iran's Human Rights Crisis
The draft resolution was adopted with 86 votes in favor, 32 against, and 59 abstentions. Mohammad Javad Larijani, Iran’s highest human rights official, spent this last week in New York defending Iran’s human rights record and addressed the…