Rising alcohol intake in Iran “worrying,” minister says
Source: NOW Lebanon
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-15 05:07:52 -0700 | disasters-news
Iran is worried about the rise in the consumption of alcohol in Tehran and others regions of the Islamic republic, a senior health official said on Tuesday. "We sometimes get reports from hospitals and doctors on the consumption of alcohol...
Man executed for attack on Iranian nuclear scientist
Source: CNN
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-15 05:06:43 -0700 | disasters-news
Majid Jamali Fashi was convicted of the January 2010 killing of Massoud Ali Mohammadi, an Iranian university professor and a nuclear scientist. Prosecutors also accused Fashi of working for Israel's spy agency Mossad and said he was paid $120,000 by...
Iran hanged spy for Israel on Tuesday
Posted by:
saleh1966
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-16 04:45:01 -0700 | disasters-news
Iran's state TV says Majid Jamali Fashi, who assassinated top Iranian nuclear physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi in January 2011, was executed in Tehran’s Evin prison. On Monday, Iran upheld on a death sentence against Majid Jamali Fashi convicted for assassinating nuclear...
Iran turns off tracking systems on tankers
Source: NOW Lebanon
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-13 22:17:24 -0700 | disasters-news
In a bid to circumvent crippling international sanctions, Iran has been routinely switching off satellite tracking systems on its sea-bound oil tankers, The Washington Post reported late Sunday. Citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said the practice has been going...
Iran warns western powers against pressure on nuclear talks
Posted by: StephenManual
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-15 23:26:43 -0700 | disasters-news
Iranian officials never let an opportunity go to lash out at western powers for stepping up pressure on the country over its alleged nuclear program. On Sunday, a senior Iranian officials warned western powers against applying pressure on the country,...
Iraq's Kurds fire back in dispute with Iran over Mossad
Source: NOW Lebanon
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-12 12:58:10 -0700 | disasters-news
The government of Iraq's Kurdish region fired back on Saturday over allegations by Iranian diplomats and officials that Kurdistan was playing host to Israeli intelligence. Kurdish authorities described the claims, made in previous weeks, as "untrue," after Iran's consul in...
Ex-French PM arrives in Tehran on unofficial visit
Source: NOW Lebanon
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-12 06:53:16 -0700 | disasters-news
Former French socialist prime minister Michel Rocard arrived in Tehran early Saturday on an unofficial three-day visit to meet with several ranking Iranian officials, diplomats said. Rocard, whose trip was not coordinated by the French foreign ministry, may meet Iranian...
Defense spending plan puts Rep. Buck McKeon, Leon Panetta at odds
Source: Washington Post
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-11 17:15:08 -0700 | disasters-news
McKeon argued that House Republicans were careful to identify other non-defense budget sources to accommodate the needed defense increases. That argument previews what will be an extended fight over defense spending through the presidential campaign and into an expected lame-duck...
HUD awards more than $2M to fight housing discrimination
Source: Daily Southtown
Hūd :: Iran | updated 2012-05-11 08:22:39 -0700 | disasters-news
Department of Housing and Urban Development grants totalling about $628,000. The money was part of nearly $2.5 million in federal grants that have been awarded to 10 fair housing organizations to assist Illinois people who believe they have been victims...
U.S. Treasury claim of Iran-al-Qaeda ‘secret deal' is discredited
Source: War In Context
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-10 12:08:09 -0700 | disasters-news
Treasury claim of Iran-al-Qaeda secret deal' is discredited by News Sources on May 10, 2012 Gareth Porter reports : The U.S. Treasury Department's claim of a secret deal between Iran and Al-Qaeda, which had become a key argument by right-wing...
Michael Klare: Oil wars on the horizon
Source: War In Context
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-10 05:06:33 -0700 | disasters-news
Asian waters, or put another way, after a decade-long hiatus-cum-debacle on the Eurasian continent, the Great Game v...While true, however, the importance of this policy change has been exaggerated. At the moment, as it happens, the greatest game isn't in...
Washington's war of words against Iran | Jasmin Ramsey
Source: The Guardian
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-08 15:38:38 -0700 | disasters-news
Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (right), tours a research reactor centre in Tehran. Photograph: AP The United States claims that sanctions against Iran are designed to convince it to change its behavior on a range of issues, but even the language...
Iran worries Arabs – but they don't want war | Wadah Khanfar
Source: The Guardian
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-08 04:04:17 -0700 | disasters-news
An Israeli fighter plane takes off from Ramon airbase in Southern Israel in 2008. Photograph: Gil Cohen Magen/Reuters The image of Iran in the Arab public mind has changed during the last three decades. Its popularity has declined on the...
Media silent when administration targets whistleblowers
Source: War In Context
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-07 09:14:31 -0700 | disasters-news
No discouraging word from the gathering of 1,000 of the country's top news people, facing a president whose administration has led a vigorous attack on journalism's most indispensable asset its sources. Obama took office pledging tolerance and even support for...
Iran slams Google for leaving Gulf nameless
Source: NOW Lebanon
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-05-05 09:58:03 -0700 | disasters-news
Iran insists on calling the waterway the "Persian Gulf," while the Arab countries of the oil-rich region insist on the term "Arabian Gulf" or simply "the Gulf." Persian Gulf' since a long time ago." "The efforts of [global] arrogance and...
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