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Man who tried to send nuclear gear to Iran sentenced »
Source: CTV.ca July 29, 2010 TORONTO — A Toronto man found guilty of trying to send devices to Iran that could be used to build nuclear weapons has been sentenced to another 20 months...
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Iran Air Plans Share Sale to Finance Growth, Fleet Upgrade Amid Sanctions »
By Ladane Nasseri Source: Bloomberg July 29, 2010 Iran Air, the state-owned flag carrier, plans to sell its first shares to the public and buy as many as 100 new aircraft to expand in the face of tighter...
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U.S. hikers near one year of imprisonment in Iran without charges »
By Sean Maher Source: Oakland Tribune July 29, 2010 // // 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; ...
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News round-up & update for July 29th & 30th » »
* * A day after the passing of the European Union sanctions resolution, the British government confiscated the cargo on board two Iranian shipping...
Jul 29 2010 / No comment / Read More »Does Hojjatieh Secret Society Runs Iran? »
Source: Iran Dispatch July 28, 2010 After the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad there have been rumours about the role of an ‘underground religious sect’...
Jul 29 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »An important message from Planet Iran Editor to our readers »
Apologies, if you have logged on and found that Planet Iran is down. We take it as a tribute that the Iranian...
Jul 28 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »Afghanistan government shuts down TV network »
Source: Radio Zamaneh July 27, 2010 Afghanistan Council of Ministers shut down the private television network Emrooz charging it with “fomenting religious differences and disrupting national...
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Timcheh-Mahdiyeh, Tehran’s historic bazaar outlet in danger of demolition * * Adel Azar, Director of the Iranian Center for Statistics in Iran has...
Jul 27 2010 / No comment / Read More »Iran summons British charge d’affaires »
Source: Radio Zamaneh July 25, 2010 Iranian foreign ministry summoned British charge d’affaires in Tehran to protest about the recent remarks of the British ambassador...
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