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Kurdish prisoner's death sentence commuted
Iranian authorities have reduced the death sentence of Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian to life in prison, Jalalian's defence attorney reports.
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Iran, Syria Sign Free Trade Pact
Iran and Syria have signed a free trade agreement in a bid to boost bilateral trade especially in industry, mining and agriculture, the deputy industry, mine and trade minister stated on Sunday.
Russian Maneuver in the Caspian Sea: who is the hypothetical enemy?
Recently (9-26 September 2011) the Russians and a few other Caspian regional states conducted a military maneuver in the Caspian Sea and its adjacent areas. Maneuvers by the Russian forces, with or without participation by other Caspian…
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Iran state TV airs "confession" of detained CIA spy
Iranian state television on Sunday aired what it described as the confession of an Iranian man detained for spying for the CIA.
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Iran: Students demonstrate against head of state newspaper Kayhan
Students at Tehran's Abbaspour University protested a recent speech by Hossein Shariatmadari, the director of the state newspaper Kayhan. Iranian media report that Shariatmadari was invited last Sunday by the university's Basij students to…
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Iran says it arrests suspected US spy
Iran's Intelligence Ministry said Saturday that its agents have arrested a person of Iranian origin on suspicion of spying for the United States.
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Indian refiners explore replacing Iranian oil - sources
Indian companies have begun talks with alternative suppliers to slowly replace Iranian oil, fearing their current mechanism for payments to Tehran for some 350,000 barrels a day (bpd) via Turkey could soon succumb to sanctions, industry…
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Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant to double capacity in near future
Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant will double its power generation capacity to 1,000 megawatts in the near future, Iranian Deputy Energy Minister said.
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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…