Haleh Esfandiari: Prisoner of Tehran
New York Times - Sat Nov 21, 3:17 am ETA love of Iran underlies a scholar’s memoir of surreal interrogation and solitary confinement in Tehran.
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Iranian authorities claim Kahrizak physician committed suicide
Payvand Iran News - 1 hour 49 minutes agoIranian authorities have finally closed the file of Ramin Pourandarjani, the physician who examined some of the victims of the alleged torture and violence in Kahrizak detention centre. The physician passed away on Tuesday at his retreat in the medical building of Tehran Security Forces and at the time, the cause of his death was announced to be "heart failure during sleep."
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Iran's Ahmadinejad urges Turkey to boost trade ties
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 20, 12:35 pm ETIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday urged Turkey's visiting Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to increase trade ties between the two countries, the president's office said in a statement.
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Dangerous Game: The Next Round of the U.S.-Iran Nuclear Face-Off
Time.com via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 28 minutes agoWhile Tehran pushes to renegotiate a deal on nuclear fuel, the U.S. is pushing for more sanctions. Iran seems to be betting that it can withstand whatever Washington can muster
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Senator Schumer Addresses Iranian Americans at Carnegie Hall
Payvand Iran News - 1 hour 51 minutes agoSenator Charles Schumer made a surprise appearance at the sold-out "Iranian Sounds of Peace" concert featuring Hafez and Shahram Nazeri at New York's famed Carnegie Hall on November 14th. In a short speech given during intermission, Senator Schumer took the opportunity to thank Iranian Americans for their contributions to American society. "America and New York are so much the better for it".
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Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear sites
AP via Yahoo! News - 38 minutes agoIran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily.
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Newsweek Reporter's Ordeal in Iran
Newsweek - 1 hour 34 minutes agoOn June 21, reporter Maziar Bahari was rousted out of bed and taken to Tehran's notorious Evin prison—accused of being a spy for the CIA, MI6, Mossad…and NEWSWEEK. This is the story of his captivity—and of an Iran whose rampant paranoia underpins an ever more fractured regime.
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Iranian Nobel Laureate Threatened, Harassed
Payvand Iran News - 1 hour 50 minutes agoIranian human rights advocate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi said she has been receiving death threats, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. Ebadi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 and who is currently outside of Iran, told RFE/RL that Iranian security agents have warned her husband that she "is not safe no matter where in the world she is."
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Tehran to host mime festival in winter
Payvand Iran News - 1 hour 50 minutes agoTehran's Eshraq Cultural Center will host the first edition of a mime festival from February 6 to 9. The festival was planned to be held in summer 2009 but was postponed due to financial problems, the festival's organizer Bahram Reihani told ISNA.
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Iranian Scholar Declines Farabi Award
Payvand Iran News - 1 hour 51 minutes agoIranian scholar Mohammadreza Hakimi declined the achievement award offered to him by the third Farabi International Award in Iran, in protest to the "poverty and the visible and invisible deprivation" in Iranian society. Mr. Hakimi told Award organizers that he believes holding such ceremonies when "poverty and deprivation" are rampant in Iran are of the least priority.
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Outrage Over Death Sentences For Iran's Dissenters
NPR - Sat Nov 21, 9:52 am ETIranian media reported this week that five people arrested in the protests following Iran's presidential election have been sentenced to death. Tehran says the prisoners had connections to "counter-revolutionary groups," but activists say Iran is going too far in persecuting dissenters. Host Scott Simon talks to Hadi Ghaemi, director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran.
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Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran’s Theocracy
New York Times - 55 minutes agoGrand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who played a role in the founding of the Islamic Republic, has emerged as the spiritual leader of the opposition.
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Iraq working for release of Americans held in Iran
AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 9:03 am ETAn Iraqi official says Baghdad has contacted Tehran in a bid to secure the release of three Americans detained in Iran, but has received no reply.
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Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear facilities
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 6 minutes agoIran's military said it will begin large-scale air defense drills on Sunday, and a cleric in the Revolutionary Guards warned that the Islamic Republic would fire missiles at "the heart of Tel Aviv" if attacked.
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Ahmadinejad demands US release Iran assets
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 5:42 am ETPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demanded on Thursday that world powers respect Iran and release its assets if they want to engage with Tehran, in an apparent reference to archfoe the United States.
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Ahmadinejad, Turkish FM meet in Iran
WashingtonTV - Fri Nov 20, 10:22 am ETWashington, 20 November (WashingtonTV)—Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday, amid mounting pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program.
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UN human rights committee votes to censure Iran
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US, Russia warn Iran 'running out of time'
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