Fearing recruitment, India restricts contacts with CIA
July 23rd, 2012 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Fearing that the CIA might use counter-terrorism meetings to recruit Indian intelligence operatives, New Delhi has restricted agency-to-agency contacts with Washington, says a new book.Scholar ... Read more...
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17 Iranian soldiers killed in ammunition depot blasts
November 13th, 2011 - 8:58 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 13 (IANS) Seventeen members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), including a senior commander, were killed Saturday in two explosions at an ammunition depot near the Iranian ... Read more...
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Five drug traffickers hanged in Iran
May 11th, 2011 - 4:45 am ICT by IANS
Teheran, May 11 (IANS/AKI) Authorities in Iran have hanged five convicted drug-traffickers in the country's northwest area, a media report here said.The hanging was carried out immediately after the convicts ... Read more...
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Middle East unrest can subside US focus on Pak, Afghanistan: Expert
March 24th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Mar 24(ANI): Pakistan cannot replicate the ongoing wave of unrest in the Middle East, however it will have to suffer the implications of the Arab turmoil, such as diversion of the ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Officials believe Israel-Egypt peace accord will continue despite Muslim Brotherhood concerns
February 14th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Feb 14 (ANI): Officials representing Israel and Egypt are of the opinion that the peace accord between their countries would not be affected by Cairo's political unrest that is continuing even ... Read more...
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Mubarak’s exit will see emergence of new Middle East: Iran’s Ahmadinejad
February 12th, 2011 - 8:21 am ICT by ANI
Tehran (Iran), Feb.12 (ANI): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the exit of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will see the emergence of a "new Middle East".Addressing his people in Tehran's Azadi ... Read more...
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Iran congratulates Egyptian people’s ‘victory’
February 12th, 2011 - 3:16 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 12 (IANS) Iran congratulated the Egyptian people on their "victory" as President Hosni Mubarak quit Friday night following 18 days of unprecedented public protests and offered its support to the ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Hacking collective ‘Anonymous’ plans attack on Iranian govt website on revolution anniversary
February 11th, 2011 - 4:30 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, Feb 11 (ANI): The hacking collective Anonymous is reportedly planning to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Iranian government websites today.Anonymous "Operation Iran" is set to begin at 1:00 p.m. ... Read more...
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‘Easy access to hate literature’ main cause behind rising extremism in Pakistan: Ashrafi
January 27th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan 27(ANI): The easy availability of instigating literature in Pakistani markets is the core reason behind the rising extremism in the country, Pakistan Ulema Counsel (PUC) Chairman Allama Tahir Ashrafi has ... Read more...
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Zardari shoe-thrower to visit Pakistan as ‘Khomeini-like revolution herald’
January 16th, 2011 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 16(ANI): A Briton, who had hurled shoes at Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari during his last official visit to the UK, has announced to visit Pakistan on March 23- the ... Read more...
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Iran’s nuclear plant to be ready in August: Russia
May 20th, 2010 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow/Rome, May 20 (DPA) Iran's first nuclear power plant will start up in August regardless of possible sanctions against the country, the head of Russia's nuclear corporation Rosatom told the Interfax news ... Read more...
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Google, other sites suspended in Iran
February 11th, 2010 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 11 (IANS/AKI) Iran suspended access to internet sites including Gmail, the Google email service, as thousands of people took to the streets Thursday to mark the anniversary of the ... Read more...
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Canadian envoy spied for CIA during 1979 Iran revolution
January 24th, 2010 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 24 (IANS) A former Canadian ambassador in Iran has revealed that he spied for the CIA after Iranian students took the US embassy hostage in 1979.
Ken Taylor, who served as ... Read more...
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Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri Died In Sleep
December 20th, 2009 - 7:47 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dec.20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who had been kept under house arrest for several years, has died at the age of 87 years, in his home. The ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Iraq frees 36 Iranian opposition members
October 7th, 2009 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Oct 7 (DPA) Iraqi authorities Wednesday freed 36 members of an Iranian opposition group detained during July clashes between Iraqi security forces and members of the group.
The detainees were taken into ... Read more...
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Report: American hikers moved to Tehran
August 8th, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by admin
TEHRAN, Iran (BNO NEWS) -- Three Americans arrested in Iran after crossing into the country on a hiking trip on the Iraqi border have been transferred to Tehran, a U.S. official told ... Read more...
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Iran to hold next NAM summit in 2012
July 16th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, July 16 (DPA) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states gathering in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh announced Thursday that the next summit will be held in Iran in 2012.
"President ... Read more...
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Street clashes in Tehran ahead of elections
June 6th, 2009 - 3:58 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 6 (DPA) Supporters of incumbent Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main electoral challenger Mir-Hossein Moussavi clashed in Tehran Friday, just one week ahead of the June 12 presidential elections.
A ... Read more...
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After the Gulf’s boom, what remains?
May 23rd, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, May 23 (DPA) When after a short recession in the US at the beginning of the decade the price of oil began its upward climb, few could have predicted just how ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s break-up will threaten US, India: Experts
April 18th, 2009 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, April 18 (IANS) US officials see little hope of preventing nuclear-armed Pakistan from disintegrating into fiefdoms controlled by Islamist warlords and terrorists, posing a security threat to both ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Pakistan dangerously close towards becoming fiefdom of Islamist warlords, terrorists: Report
April 17th, 2009 - 3:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.17 (ANI): The Taliban's expanding writ in Pakistan with every passing day may ultimately see the whole country falling into the hands of the insurgents, and being turned into a ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Iran ready to talk with America: Ahmadinejad
February 10th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Feb.10 (ANI): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that his government is ready to hold talks with the Barack Obama administration, but added that they must be based on mutual ... Read more...
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Mass demonstrations mark 30 years of Iranian revolution
February 10th, 2009 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 10 (DPA) State-organised mass demonstrations started Tuesday throughout Iran, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the revolution that established the Islamic Republic in Iran.According to state media, millions of people nationwide ... Read more...
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Iran’s development of nuclear weapon unacceptable: Obama
November 8th, 2008 - 5:03 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) US president-elect Barack Obama has called Iran's development of a nuclear weapon as unacceptable and said that the US has to mount an international effort to prevent that ... Read more...
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Syrian-Iranian relations ‘very good’: diplomat
June 18th, 2008 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Damascus, June 17 (DPA) The Iranian Ambassador to Syria, Sayyed Ahmed Moussavi, said Tuesday that Iranian-Syrian relations are good and he stressed that the Iranian revolution is called the "Islamic revolution, not ... Read more...
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Former ISI chief foresees Iran-like revolution in Pakistan
February 15th, 2008 - 2:43 pm ICT by admin
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Feb 15 (IANS) Former chief of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Hamid Gul, believes "an Iran-like revolution" is possible in the country if President Pervez Musharraf does not step down ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
US trying to capture nuclear assets of Pakistan: Pak Law Minister
February 15th, 2008 - 12:34 pm ICT by admin
Islamabad, Feb 15 (ANI): The Bush Administration is trying to take the custody of the nuclear arsenals of Pakistan, caretaker Law Minister Afzal Haider has said.By putting fingers on the security ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Benazir betraying people by contesting elections: Imran
December 2nd, 2007 - 3:31 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Dec 2 (ANI): Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is betraying people by not joining the election boycott to oust President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief and former cricketer Imran Khan has ... Read more...
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