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Officially names the Islamic Republic of Iran, this country is located in Western Asia and is the center of Persian culture. It is home to approximately 75 million people, the majority of whom belong the the Shiite branch of Islam.
Published On Friday, April 19, 2013. Under:
Middle East.
Iranian men have photographed themselves dressed as women as part of a Facebook campaign to say, “Being a woman is not an instrument to punish or humiliate anybody.”
Published On Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Under:
Environment and Nature,
Middle East.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake centred on a remote region of southeast Iran has sent tremors across the middle east and India.
The quake, which is the most powerful to hit Iran in more than 3 decades, occurred 50 miles below the surface in an unpopulated mountainous ...
Published On Friday, March 29, 2013. Under:
Transnational.
English: Emblem of the United Nations. Color is #d69d36 from the image at http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/maplib/flag.htm (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A new UN treaty to impose restrictions on the global arms trade has been blocked by a coalition of Iran, Syria and North Korea. It is likely to ...
Published On Sunday, March 24, 2013. Under:
Middle East,
North America.
By VOA News
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has met Iraqi leaders in Baghdad to urge them to prevent Iran from flying weapons to the Syrian government through Iraqi airspace.
Kerry told reporters that he had a "spirited discussion" on the issue with Iraqi Prime Minister ...
Published On Friday, March 15, 2013. Under:
Middle East.
From VOA News
The Pentagon says an Iranian warplane approached an unarmed U.S. military surveillance drone earlier this week over international waters in the Persian Gulf.
A U.S. spokesman said the U.S. drone - under escort by two U.S. military aircraft - was conducting routine classified surveillance ...
Oil has always been thought of as the traditional cause of conflict in the Middle East past and present. Since the first Gulf oil well gushed in Bahrain in 1932, countries have squabbled over borders in the hope that ownership of a patch of desert ...
Published On Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Under:
Middle East.
By Lisa Schlein from VOA News
United Nations Human Rights Council logo. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
GENEVA — Iran is blasting the findings of a United Nations researcher who alleges an increase in torture, executions and repression of free expression in the country.
Citing many accusations of abuse ...
Published On Friday, March 01, 2013. Under:
Middle East.
Iranian state broadcaster IRIB cut away suddenly from the broadcast of an interview with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad interrupting tough questions and answers about Iran's economy with another show.
Published On Thursday, February 28, 2013. Under:
Environment and Nature,
Middle East.
An anonymous video on YouTube shows angry farmers from eastern part of Isfahan in Iran on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 among burning busses in ongoing protests against water shortages.
Published On Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Under:
Middle East,
North America,
Top Stories.
Diplomats from six world powers met with Iranian representative in Kazakhstan today, for the first day of talks on Iran's nuclear programme. Both sides claim to have come to the meeting with new offers, and western diplomats have described the initial negotiations as "useful". But in ...
Published On Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Under:
Middle East.
Iranian bloggers revealed this month that an official photo of Iran’s newly unveiled stealth fighter, Qaher-313, is a fake photoshopped image.
Published On Monday, February 18, 2013. Under:
Middle East,
Top Stories.
The Hezbollah Flag
Syrian rebels have claimed that fighters from the armed Lebanese group Hezbollah crossed the border into Syria and attacked three rebel held villages. Hezbollah confirmed that a clash had taken place, and that three of its fighters were killed, but claimed that ...
