A community portal about Iran with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and formerly known as Persia in the West, is a southwest Asian country located in the Middle East...
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A community portal about Iran with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and formerly known as Persia in the West, is a southwest Asian country located in the Middle East. Iran borders Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to the north, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, and Turkey and Iraq to the west. In addition, it borders the Persian Gulf, across which lie Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Shi'a Islam is the official state religion and Persian the official language.
He may be the West's favourite bogeyman but Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insists he's really just another guy. "I am an ordinary person, a father, a husband, a brother, an uncle, a friend," he tells AFP in an interview. "I live just like everyone else," the 53-year-old said with a laugh. "I have a family," made up of a wife, two sons and a daughter. "We go to family get-togethers, we go out. We play sports." The laugh follows a flashing trademark smile that can be disarming when the... Read Full Story
Iran's military prosecutor has charged three staff with killing three inmates at a detention centre used to hold post-election protesters, ISNA news agency reported on Saturday. The prosecution has asked the military court for "the punishment of three people who worked in Kahrizak detention centre for taking part in beatings which caused the intentional deaths of three people," the report said. It quoted a prosecution office statement as naming the three killed as Mohsen Ruholamini, Amir... Read Full Story
Iranian ex-president Mohammad Khatami said that people should not be punished just for seeking their legitimate rights, the labour news agency ILNA reported Sunday.
"One of the most important aspects of suppression is that people should pay a price for just getting their rights," the reformist cleric told a group of journalists.
Khatami is one of the main critics of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and has not yet acknowledged his re-election in June, due to alleged fraud... Read Full Story
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday Tehran was ready to examine the West's proposals for a nuclear fuel swap, the official IRNA news agency reported. "We are ready to examine proposals by the other side about the fuel swap," Mottaki told IRNA. Mottaki's comment came after Iran's proposal on how to provide fuel for a research nuclear reactor in Tehran was rejected by Washington. The United States dismissed earlier this month an offer to swap on the Iranian island of... Read Full Story
Three US hikers who entered Iran illegally were caught in a "sensitive military zone", Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told AFP on Friday. "The Americans have kidnapped more than 10 of our citizens in other countries even though they had visas and took them (to the United States) and say nothing. "But three Americans entered illegally into our territory in a sensitive military zone and they make a noise round the world to say the Americans are very important," he told AFP in an... Read Full Story
Iran on Wednesday test-fired what it said was a faster version of a medium-range missile which could allow it to strike Israel, drawing international censure and warnings of "serious" fallout. The defiant test of the Sejil 2 (Lethal Stone) missile comes as world powers mull fresh sanctions against the Islamic republic for its controversial nuclear enrichment programme. "It hit the defined target," state television reported. The two-stage Sejil, powered by solid fuel, is capable according to... Read Full Story
Iran on Wednesday test-fired what it said was a faster version of its Sejil medium-range missile with a range that would allow it to reach targets inside Israel, prompting rebukes from Britain and France. The defiant test of the Sejil 2 missile comes as world powers mull fresh sanctions against the Islamic republic for its controversial nuclear enrichment programme. "It hit the defined target," state television reported, without giving further details. The two-stage Sejil, powered by solid... Read Full Story
Iran on Wednesday test-fired what it said was a faster version of its Sejil medium-range missile with a range that would allow it to reach targets inside Israel, drawing sharp international censure. The defiant test of the Sejil 2 missile comes as world powers mull fresh sanctions against the Islamic republic for its controversial nuclear enrichment programme. "It hit the defined target," state television reported, without giving further details. The two-stage Sejil, powered by solid fuel... Read Full Story
Iran on Wednesday test-fired what it said was a faster version of a medium-range missile which could allow it to strike Israel, drawing international censure and warnings of "serious" fallout. The defiant test of the Sejil 2 (Lethal Stone) missile comes as world powers mull fresh sanctions against the Islamic republic for its controversial nuclear enrichment programme. "It hit the defined target," state television reported, without giving further details. The two-stage Sejil, powered by... Read Full Story
Iran on Wednesday test-fired what it said was a faster version of a medium-range missile which could allow it to strike Israel, drawing international censure and warnings of "serious" fallout. The defiant test of the Sejil 2 (Lethal Stone) missile comes as world powers mull fresh sanctions against the Islamic republic for its controversial nuclear enrichment programme. "It hit the defined target," state television reported, without giving further details. The two-stage Sejil, powered by... Read Full Story
