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Iran arrests 65 people on spy charges

Fifty such people have been summoned to appear before magistrates courts in Tehran and other major cities, accused of helping the BBC to produce a series of films that the intelligence services believe to be ‘harmful to national security’.

3 November 2011

New Signs of Syria-Pakistan Nuke Tie

U.N. investigators have identified a previously unknown complex in Syria that bolsters suspicions that the Syrian government worked with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, to acquire technology that could make nuclear arms.…

2 November 2011
Iran

Ahmadinejad admits impact of sanctions on Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acknowledged Tuesday that U.S.-designed financial sanctions are causing serious problems for Iran’s banking sector, as he appealed to lawmakers to keep his government together despite a massive…

2 November 2011
Iran

Bam Citadel may be removed from UNESCO list

The Bam Citadel in central Iran may be removed from the UNESCO list of Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites because of non-compliance with the standards related to its reconstruction.

1 November 2011
Iran

Iranian Firebrand Cleric is a U.S. Green Card Holder

Controversy is brewing in Tehran after it was exposed recently that cleric Morteza Agha-Tehrani, an avid Ahmadinejad supporter and Resistance Front Secretary-General, is a U.S. Green Card holder. Morteza Agha-Tehrani is a hard-line Iranian…

1 November 2011
Iran

Iran creates unit to defend against cyber attacks

A senior Iranian official says the country has created a special unit to defend the Islamic Republic against cyber attacks. The Mehr news agency quotes the head of Iran's Civil Defense agency, Gen. Gholamreza Jalali, as saying Monday the…

1 November 2011

Are Millions Of Iranians Criminals?

Yes, according to an announcement by Iranian Telecommunications Minister Reza Taghipour, who says the use of antifiltering tools and virtual private networks (VPN) is a crime.

31 October 2011