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Israeli Takes Away Chess Record From Iranian

Israeli Takes Away Chess Record From Iranian

WongMixxMySpaceNetvouzNewsvineoneviewOnlyWirePlugIMPropellerRedditSegnaloShoutwireSimpySlashdotSurphaceSphinnSpurlS LiveYahoo!Email This to a Friend  Link HTML:  Permalink:  If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS Feed or Email Feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ More »Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 22, 2010 An Israeli grandmaster has taken the Guinness record for simultaneous chess games [...]

Grand Ayatollahs and People Absent; Qods Army and Jaish al-Mahdi Organize Khamenei’s Reception »

Grand Ayatollahs and People Absent; Qods Army and Jaish al-Mahdi Organize Khamenei’s Reception »

By Moahammad Reza Yazdanpanah Source: Rooz Online October 21, 2010 While state-run media are boasting a historic reception for ayatollah Khamenei in his visit to Qom, an informed source who participated in the welcome ceremony told Rooz that the Islamic republic supreme leader’s reception was “much less” than compared to previous visits. He added that, [...]

News Blackout on Khamenei’s Meetings

News Blackout on Khamenei’s Meetings

By Mohammad Reza Yazdanpanah Source: Rooz Online October 21, 2010 At the end of the second day of ayatollah Khamenei’s visit to Qom, some clerical leaders and senior ayatollah’s visited the office of Iran’s leader in this holy city and held discussions with him. While the official news site of the leader of the Islamic [...]

Has The Government Reduced Female University Enrollment?

Has The Government Reduced Female University Enrollment?

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 20, 2010 The head of Iran’s Research and Planning Organization of Higher Studies has said that the number of male and female students in the Islamic republic is now equal. Massoud Hadian Dehkordi has said that there are currently 3,790,859 students in the country, of which he said [...]

Iranian Police Chief Targets Women Cyclists, Roller-Skaters

Iranian Police Chief Targets Women Cyclists, Roller-Skaters

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 20, 2010 The new police chief of the Iranian city of Esfahan says it is a crime for women to cycle or roller-skate in public, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports. The two were among a range of women’s activities deemed criminal by Hassan Karami in an announcement on October [...]

Jailed Iranian Scholar Denies Charges In Court

Jailed Iranian Scholar Denies Charges In Court

Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) October 21, 2010 Jailed Iranian religious scholar Ahmad Ghabel has appeared in court where he again denied charges of acting against national security, his wife has told RFE/RL’s Radio Farda. Ghabel was arrested in December on his way to the funeral of senior dissident cleric Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri. [...]

Russia, France, Germany to encourage Iranian cooperation

Russia, France, Germany to encourage Iranian cooperation

Source: RIA Novosti October 19, 2010 DEAUVILLE – Russia, France and Germany plan to encourage Iran to begin full-fledged cooperation, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said at talks in Deauville, France, on Tuesday. “This discussion shows that we look at many issues in the same way. This gives us an opportunity to coordinate our positions and [...]

UAE opens naval base to guard oil exports

UAE opens naval base to guard oil exports

Source: Agence France Presse (AFP) October 21, 2010 DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates has opened a naval base on its east coast as part of efforts to secure its ability to export oil in the event Iran closes the strategic Strait of Hormuz, local media said on Thursday. Almost all oil exports from OPEC’s [...]

U.S. pressures OPEC on Iran

U.S. pressures OPEC on Iran

Source: United Press International (UPI) October 21, 2010 WASHINGTON — OPEC has been called on to make sure Iran plays “a more constructive role in the region” when it takes over the presidency, the U.S. State Department said. Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries during their regular meeting in Vienna last week said [...]

Arrested citizens ‘doing well’ in Iran: German FM

Arrested citizens ‘doing well’ in Iran: German FM

Source: Agence France Presse (AFP) October 21, 2010 BERLIN — German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Thursday that two Germans arrested in Iran who reportedly interviewed the son of a woman sentenced to death by stoning were “doing well under the circumstances”. Westerwelle told reporters that the Germans, who have been detained since October 10, [...]

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