BBC News | Iran detains 6 documentary filmmakers, activists say CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Iran has detained six documentary filmmakers on accusations that they worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation's Persian service, activists said on Monday. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urged ... Iran Arrests Filmmakers Accused of Working for BBC No U.S.-Iran 'Hotline' Anytime Soon, Official Says BBC: 6 independent filmmakers arrested in Iran |
Reuters | Iran nuclear chief says UK spies shadowed him Reuters India Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani attends a conference to mark the martyrs of terrorism in Tehran September 6, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl/EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian ... U.S. Envoy Blasts Iran's Nuclear 'Deceit' AP Exclusive: Police investigate Iran nuke expert US Again Slams Iran Over Nuclear Aims |
CTV.ca | US religious envoys say hikers' release 'imminent' The Associated Press (AP) — A delegation of US Christian and Muslim leaders returned from Iran Monday disappointed they could not immediately secure the release of two Americans jailed as spies for more than two years, but optimistic their release was imminent. ... US religious envoys return from Iran without jailed Americans, but say release ... US group leaves Iran emptyhanded U.S. religious envoys urge Iran to free 2 Americans |
Payvand | Iran nabs 19 suspects in $2.6 billion bank fraud msnbc.com TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state prosecutor says authorities have arrested 19 suspects in a $2.6 billion bank fraud described as the biggest financial corruption scam in Iran's history. How on earth did Willow the cat, who went missing five years ago, ... Iran arrests 19 people in $2.6 billion bank fraud described as nation's ... Iran arrests 19 people over major bank scam Arrests in Iran's largest ever financial scam |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Nuclear Iran confronts the UN Washington Times In an incongruent prelude to the annual feel-good confab this week, the chief of the UN nuclear agency admitted last week that he is “increasingly concerned” that Iran is working on a nuclear warhead. In a report issued Sept. ... Activists to protest Ahmadinejad in New York Ahmadinejad heads to New York without US hikers Weakened at Home, Iranian President Heads to UN |
Iran says it has taken steps to prevent, treat non-communicable diseases Xinhua 19 (Xinhua) -- Mohammad Hossein Niknam, acting minister of health in international affairs of Iran, said here on Monday that his country is working to prevent and counteract the non-communicable diseases (NCDs), which have had significant effect on the ... |
The Express Tribune | Iran gas pipeline: Pakistan uses US opposition as bargaining chip The Express Tribune The government has apparently decided to use Washington's opposition to the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline as a bargaining chip to persuade the United States to grant Pakistan a civilian nuclear deal similar to the one between the US and ... Pakistan's search for energy could run afoul of US Iran sanctions Pakistan eyes boosting Iranian gas imports Pakistan seeks to increase imports of Iranian gas |
Salon | Flawed poll hypes threat of Iran Salon AP Politico is reporting on a new poll finding that "Americans view Iran as the country that poses the biggest threat to the United States." Conducted by the right-wing group Secure America Now, the poll comes out just in time for a ... Where the threats are UAV that can reach Iran to take flight by end of year Must America Accept a Nuclear Iran? |
AFP | Iran to finish off Kurd rebels in 'days': commander AFP "The scroll of the terrorist group PJAK will be rolled up in the coming days and full security shall be restored to the border areas," Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan, Iran's ground forces commander, told Vatan Emrouz newspaper. ... Iran vows to wipe out PJAK IRGC captures PJAK's main base in NW Iran Kurdish Envoy Strongly Rejects Iran's Trespassing across Iraqi Border |
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty | Report: Iran hangs 22 men for drug trafficking USA Today TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Iranian state-owned newspaper says authorities have hanged 22 people convicted of drug trafficking. The report by IRAN daily says the executions were carried out Sunday in Tehran Evin prison as well as a prison in the city of ... Iran Hangs 22 Men For Drug Trafficking Report: Iran Hangs 22 Men For Drug Trafficking Report: Iran executes 22 people on drug charges |