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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:34:00 GMT

Taliban commanders given training in Iran

LONDON - Hundreds of insurgents have been trained in Iran to kill NATO forces in Afghanistan, two Taliban commanders told a British Sunday newspaper. The unnamed commanders told The Sunday Times that Iranian officials paid them to attend three-month
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:34:00 GMT

Khamenei accuses Obama of plotting against Iran

TEHRAN: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his new year address to the nation on Sunday accused the US president of plotting against Iran as crowds of worshippers shouted 'Death to Obama!'In his defiant outburst, the all-powerful Khamenei dismissed
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:24:00 GMT

Facebook Intifada Launched by Hamas, Iran

Iran has called for the launching of a 'media intifada' against Israel, and the first results are apparently visible online, in the form of a Hamas Facebook group. Other groups and sites formed as part of the 'intifada' may have been removed or hacked.
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:14:00 GMT

Iran's supreme leader says U.S. fails to act on promise for better ties

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that the United States failed to act on its promise to establish better ties with the Islamic Republic, Iran's satellite channel Press TV reported.'The new (U.S.) administration and president
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:12:00 GMT

Did U.S. coddle an anti-Iran terrorist?

We were in Tehran on Feb. 24 — the day that Iranian authorities announced the capture of Abdol Malik Rigi, the head of Jundallah. Jundallah (the name if Arabic for 'soldiers of God'; the group is also known as the People’s Resistance Movement of
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:05:00 GMT

Obama repeats offer of talks on Iran's nuclear programme

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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:56:00 GMT

Iran parliament may accede to president on subsidies

Iran's parliament could finally accede to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's demands for radical subsidy cuts after blocking the plan for months, a senior lawmaker said on Sunday, Reuters reported. Parliament this month passed a state budget for the next
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:54:00 GMT

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejects newObama offer of dialogue as a 'plot'

Obama doesnescape_start39;t give a damn about the Iranian people, or their aspirations to be free. He doesnescape_start39;t care if the Iranian government murders them in the streets, or tortures them to death in Iranian prisons. He just wants private
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:49:00 GMT

Iran-US feud grows a year after Obama overture

WASHINGTON Twelve months ago US President Barack Obama's historic new year message to Iran was meant to usher in a new era between the two arch-foes, but since then the atmosphere has become even more poisoned. What had been touted as a new chapter
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:27:00 GMT

Iran reformist gets bail

TEHERAN Iranian authorities temporarily freed a top reformist on Saturday two days after his arrest, so he can join the country's new year celebrations, Fars news agency reported quoting Teheran's prosecutor. 'After Hossein Marashi's arrest on Thursday
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:27:00 GMT

India now plans to buy gas from Iran via deep-sea

By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir ISLAMABAD: India in less than a week of signing the gas pipeline deal between Pakistan and Iran has planned to take gas from Iran but bypassing Pakistan at a dearer tariff. New Delhi has also spoken of Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI)
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:26:00 GMT

Taliban commanders given training in Iran: report

LONDON: Hundreds of insurgents have been trained in Iran to kill Nato forces in Afghanistan, two Taliban commanders told a British Sunday newspaper. The unnamed commanders told The Sunday Times that Iranian officials paid them to attend three-month
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:25:00 GMT

Building a better box on Iran

'It is not this calendar year" that the world will face a nuclear-capable Iran, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus told a Senate committee last week. He was being conservative: Most experts now estimate that Iran needs about 18 months to complete a nuclear
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:23:00 GMT

Iran banks plan to fund gas sector

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Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:16:00 GMT

Hundreds of Taliban were trained in Iran: report

* Two Taliban chiefs say their fighters are taught how to carry out complex ambushes and lay IDEs to kill NATO troops in Afghanistan LONDON: Hundreds of insurgents have been trained in Iran to kill NATO forces in Afghanistan, two Taliban commanders told
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:12:00 GMT

Photos: Norouz Behind Evin Prison's Walls in Tehran

Source: Mir Hossein Mousavi's facebook Despite the heavy security presence and the intimidation and pressure by coup government's agents to prevent the families of political prisoners to hold Norooz and Persian New Year celebrations in front of Evin
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:07:00 GMT

Khamenei and Ahmadinejad defend Iran's presidential elections

In their New Year messages to Iranians, Ayatollah Khamenei and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad once more defended disputed the results of the June presidential elections. Iran's Supreme Leader declared that following the elections, the people of Iran defeated 'a
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:07:00 GMT

The Double Lives of Tehran's Middle Class

By Jafar Farshian, Tehran (Source: Mianeh) They're at the heart of resistance to the regime - but that doesn't stop them from having fun. After a brief period of retreat from the outside world following the months of post- election protests, many
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:06:00 GMT

Fundamentalist Calls To Ignore Norouz Go Unheard In Iran, Afghanistan

Maryam had invited her two daughters and their husbands and grandchildren for Norouz, the New Year's feast, to her home in western Tehran when I called her on Saturday. It was after 9:02 p.m. when 'tahvil,' the change from the old to the new year, 1389
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:06:00 GMT

Iran Supreme Leader Responds To Obama's New Year Message

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded dismissively to U.S. President Barack Obama's Persian New Year (Norouz) message. Khamenei addresses the nation on the occasion of Norouz Khamenei, who holds the final word on political and
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:06:00 GMT

Iranian parliament challenges Ahmadinejad's economic plan

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces further pressure from the parliament as the economic experts of the parliament issued a statement challenging his economic expertise and reminding him that he does not have the right to disobey the laws passed by the nation's
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:05:00 GMT

Khamenei accuses Obama of plotting against Iran

A handout picture released by the official website of Iran's Supreme leader shows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seated in front of a portrait of his predecessor the late founder of the Islamic republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomieni, as he addresses the nation on
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:05:00 GMT

Iranian Politcal Detainees To Go On Hunger Strike

Iranian political dissidents, incarcerated in section 350 of Evin Prison have announced that they will go on a hunger strike starting the first day of the New Year. Iranian New Year starts on March 21. Detained journalist, Issa Saharkhiz informed his
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:04:00 GMT

Ahmadinejad proposes referendum on subsidy reform plan

TEHRAN, March 20 (Mehr News Agency) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered holding a referendum on implementing the subsidy reform plan as he believes implementing the plan in its current form will put the vulnerable families in hard economic
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:04:00 GMT

EU Confronts Iran on Satellite Jamming

European Union nations are calling for Iran to stop jamming international satellite broadcasts and censoring the Internet. A preliminary version of a statement that will go before EU foreign ministers next week demands that Iran cease its electronic
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:04:00 GMT

Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and his wife Zahra Rahnavard issue Norouz messages

Source: Mir Hossein Mousavi in a video message for the Persian New Year and the Norooz called the New Year the year of Patience and Perseverance on the rightful and legal demands of the Iranian nation and emphasized: 'The New Year is the year of
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:04:00 GMT

Senior member of Iranian reformist party arrested

Iran continues pressuring the opposition with persistent arrest of dissidents. Yesterday, Hossein Marashi, spokesman for the Executives of Construction Party, was arrested and transferred to Evin Prison. Hossein Marashi Fars News Agency announced that
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:03:00 GMT

Call To Release Iran's 'Blogfather' For Norouz

The mother of a controversial, well-known blogger, Hossein Derakhshan, who is often described as Iran's 'blogfather' because he helped popularize blogging in Iran, has called on the head of Iran's judiciary to release her son for the Iranian New Year, or
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:03:00 GMT

Iranian authorities impede gathering at cemetery

Heavy presence of Iranian security forces around the Khavaran Cemetery impeding families of executed dissidents of the 1980s from entering the site has been reported to Zamaneh. Khavaran Cemetery (file photo) Ministry of Intelligence forces in plain
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:03:00 GMT

Clinton Urges Russia to Delay Launch of Iran's Nuclear Power Plant

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Russia for talks on a wide range of international issues, including how to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. On Thursday, she urged Russia to delay starting up the nuclear plant that it built for
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:02:00 GMT