'Iran will deliver telling blow to global powers on Feb. 11'
• PressTVIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the nation will deliver a harsh blow to the "global arrogance" on this year's anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
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US upgrades defense of Persian Gulf allies
• APThe United States has begun beefing up its approach to defending its Persian Gulf allies against potential Iranian missile strikes, officials say. The defenses are being stepped up in advance of possible increased sanctions against Iran.
Iran hangs 2 for allegedly aiming to topple state
• APIran executed 2 men accused of involvement in an armed anti-government group, as the public prosecutor announced new death sentences against opposition activists involved in protests over June's disputed presidential election.
Clinton pushes once more for Iran sanctions
• APU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is using meetings in London this week to press ahead with imposing tough new international sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
Hundreds of thousands at pro-government rallies in Iran
• ReutersHundreds of thousands of government supporters rallied across Iran on Wednesday, swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing opposition leaders of causing unrest in the Islamic state.
Tehran, Police/Baseej run over protester...Discretion advised!!
• iReport (video)The Iranian government is covering up a lot of news in and outside Iran, that they don't kill, they don't torture...how do you answer to this...
Intel report: Iran seeking to smuggle raw uranium
• APIran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan. Tehran appears to be running out of the material, which it needs to feed its uranium enrichment program.
Video Of Iran Protesters Saving Prisoners From Getting Hanged
• The Business InsiderWhen you see footage such as this, with anti-regime Iranian protesters losing any concern about their own safety, it's hard to imagine the current leadership hanging on. Brutal footage of protesters saving 2 men who were being hanged.
Iran's Growing Revolution
• arcleinThis movement has grown exponentially in a very short period of time. Although only beginning in June over allegations of voter fraud, the movement is now endorsed by millions of combative Iranians, demanding “death to the dictator,” while they waiv
Iran bans gatherings for dissident cleric: websites
• ReutersThe authorities have banned memorial gatherings for a leading dissident cleric in most parts of Iran, reformist websites said on Thursday, days ahead of an emotive Shi'ite ritual that may draw more opposition protests.
Iran forces clash with cleric's mourners: websites
• ReutersIranian security forces armed with batons and tear gas clashed with supporters of the late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in two cities on Wednesday, opposition websites said.
Iran Sanctions are Precursor to War - by Ron Paul
Powell GammillThe House overwhelmingly approved a measure to put a new round of sanctions on Iran. How would Congress react if another government threatened our critical trading partners in this way? Would we not view it as asking for war?
Iran acknowledges prisoners were beaten to death
• APAfter months of denials, Iran acknowledged Saturday that at least three people detained in the country's postelection turmoil were beaten to death by their jailers. Authorities under pressure over abuse claims were merely seeking to punish low rankin
Pentagon delays new "bunker buster" bomb
• ReutersA "bunker buster" bomb with more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor is to be put into service by the United States next December, six months later than previously scheduled, the Defense Department told Reuters.
Twitter hacked by "Iranian Cyber Army"
• ReutersComputer hackers blocked Twitter.com on Thursday, redirecting its users to a website where a group calling itself "Iranian Cyber Army" claimed responsibility for the disruption.
Iranian forces take over Iraq oil well
• Yahoo APNASIRIYAH, Iraq (AFP) – Iranian forces took control of a southern Iraqi oil well on a disputed section of the border on Friday, US and Iraqi officials told AFP.
Secret document exposes Iran's nuclear trigger
• London TimesConfidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb. The notes, from Iran’s most sensitive military nuclear project, describe a four-year plan to test a neutron ini
Iranian state TV accused of faking burning of Khomeini portrait
• The ObserverThe Iranian state broadcaster, Irib, has been accused of faking dramatic footage of an anti-government protester setting fire to a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's revered revolutionary leader. The images caused shock and incredulity when br
Burned ayatollah photo sparks new Iranian protests
• APPolice surrounded the campus of Tehran University on Sunday, trapping hundreds of students protesting what they said were fabricated government images showing the burning of a photo of the revered founder of the Islamic republic.
Iranian nuclear scientist goes missing in Saudi Arabia
• McClatchy NewsAn award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled to Saudi Arabia earlier this year to perform a religious pilgrimage. He never returned. Shahram Amiri's mysterious disappearance is turning into a Middle Eastern whodunit involving nuclear secret
Opposition supporters suffered torture and rape after Iranian elections, says Amnesty
• The IndependentDistressing accounts of torture, rape and brutal violence meted out to opposition supporters, before during and after the disputed June presidential elections in Iran, are detailed in a damning report from Amnesty International. The organisation s
Iran threatens protesters after detaining 200
• APIran threatened tougher action against protesters Tuesday after more than 200 were arrested during marches by tens of thousands at universities across the country, the biggest anti-government rallies in months. The warning suggested that Monday's
Iran president says will produce 20 percent fuel
• ReutersPresident Ahmadinejad said Iran would enrich uranium to a higher level itself, apparently ruling out a U.N.-brokered deal meant to dispel fears Tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons capability. Western diplomats said Iran two months ago accepted in prin
Iran editor gets 9-year jail term for vote protest
• ReutersA newspaper editor and well-known critic of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been sentenced to 9 years in jail for fomenting unrest after June's disputed elections, his lawyer said. Saeed Laylaz, whose daily paper Sarmayeh was banned
Iran whistleblower died from drug-laden salad
• APA doctor who exposed the torture of jailed protesters in Iran died of poisoning from an overdose of a blood pressure drug in a salad, prosecutors say. The findings fueled opposition fears that he was killed because of what he knew.
Iran speaker warns West on nuclear cooperation
• Yahoo ReutersTEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran's parliament could move to reduce Tehran's cooperation level with the U.N. nuclear agency watchdog if the West continues to pressure the Islamic state over its nuclear program, speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday.
Iran approves building 10 enrichment sites
• Yahoo APTEHRAN, Iran – The Iranian government approved a plan Sunday to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion in defiance of U.N. demands it halt the program.
Iran clerics start taking control of schools
• APIslamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools as hard-liners expand an ideological "soft war" against Western influence. Appears to be part of a wider drive to counter opposition groups and other pro-reform
Iran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel Peace medal
• APIranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent. In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded, t
Iran detains scores of students, rights group says
• ReutersIran has detained scores of students in an apparent bid to prevent new opposition protests during annual Student Day events next month, a Western-based human rights group said. Iranian police, seeking to avoid any repeat of the huge demonstration
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