Big B, Preity pray for Iran quake victims
August 12th, 2012 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities Preity Zinta and Amitabh Bachchan are praying for victims of earthquake in Iran, which has killed about 250 people and injured 1,800 others.According ... Read more...
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90 killed in Iran quake
August 12th, 2012 - 1:57 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 90 people were killed after an earthquake hit northwestern Iran Saturday, the Fars news agency reported.Two powerful tremors measuring 6.4 and 6.3 on ... Read more...
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40 killed in Iran quake
August 11th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 11 (IANS) At least 40 people were killed in Iran Saturday when a 6.2 magnitude quake struck, authorities said.The quake jolted northwestern Iran around 4.30 p.m. The epicentre ... Read more...
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TV series to explore life of Iran’s last shah
May 14th, 2011 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 14 (IANS) An Iranian director plans to make a television series on the private life of Iran's last monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who ruled from 1941 to 1979, ... Read more...
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Iranian lawyer says he’s been tortured in prison
March 2nd, 2011 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, March 2 (IANS/AKI) The jailed lawyer for an Iranian mother of two who was condemned to death by stoning claims he has been tortured in prison.
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Iran Denies Freeing Woman Sentenced to Stoning Death
December 11th, 2010 - 1:11 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Dec 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The country of Iran denied today that they had freed Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, who is being held on murder and adultery charges. Her case caused public outcry from all ... Read more...
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Iran charges two German journalists with spying over Ashtiani case
November 16th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) --The two German journalists that were arrested for interviewing the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, whose death sentence has been pending, have been charged with spying against Iran, ... Read more...
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‘Iran says ‘no final decision taken on ’stoning to death’ woman’s execution’
November 4th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Nov 3 (ANI): French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has claimed that his Iranian counterpart has assured him that no final decision has been taken about the woman who could be stoned ... Read more...
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Iranian ’stoning to death’ woman may be executed by Wednesday, claim HR observers
November 2nd, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Nov 2 (ANI): Human rights observers have warned that Iran plans to execute Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman who was earlier sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery charges. ... Read more...
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Iranian woman’s stoning sentence ’still in place’
September 28th, 2010 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 28 (IANS/AKI) The sentence of death by stoning against an Iranian woman accused of adultery is still officially in place and could still be carried out, her lawyer has said. ... Read more...
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Iranian ‘death by stoning’ woman’s son, lawyer say torture denial on TV also under duress
September 16th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 16 (ANI): The son and lawyer of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, have condemned her appearance on Islamic republic's state TV channel last night ... Read more...
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Iran woman facing stoning to death sentenced to 99 lashes for false picture published by Times
September 5th, 2010 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 5 (ANI): Iran has reportedly sentenced Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the 43-year-old Iranian woman who faces execution by stoning after being convicted of adultery, to 99 lashes in prison for "spreading ... Read more...
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Iranian Woman, Sentenced To Death By Stoning, Allegedly Confesses Under Torture
August 13th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 13, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani happens to be a woman of the Islamic Republic of Iran. She has been the recipient of the punishment of death by ... Read more...
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Eighteen-year-old to be executed on false charge of sodomy in Iran
August 8th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 8 (ANI): An 18-year-old Iranian Ebrahim Hamidi would be facing execution on charges of homosexuality, despite his accuser confessing that he had made false accusations under pressure from his parents.According ... Read more...
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Iranian Mother Faces the Possibility Of Being Stoned To Death
July 6th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 6, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A 43-year-old Iranian mother, Sakineh Mohamamadi, is likely to face the sentence of being stoned to death after being convicted of perpetrating infidelity with ... Read more...
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Iranian mother sentenced to death by stoning
July 1st, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, July 1 (ANI): An Iranian woman, who has been charged with committing adultery with two men involved in the killing of her husband, is to be stoned to death.Forty-three-year-old Sakineh Mohamamadi ... Read more...
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Sex, masturbation may be best bet to ease pesky hay fever symptoms
April 6th, 2009 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 6 (ANI): Masturbating or having sex may help men suffering from hay fever clear those bunged noses, say scientists.Sina Zarrintan, a neurologist from the Tabriz Medical University in Iran, ... Read more...
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Masturbation may be the best treatment for nasal congestion
April 1st, 2009 - 11:52 am ICT by ANI
London, April 1 (ANI): Masturbating or having sex may help men suffering from hay fever clear those bunged noses, say scientists.Sina Zarrintan, a neurologist from the Tabriz Medical University in Iran, ... Read more...
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‘Iran’s Islamic Revolution inspired Palestinians’
February 10th, 2009 - 5:18 am ICT by IANS
Tabriz (Azarbaijan), Feb 10 (IANS) The Hamas movement fighting the Israeli security forces to establish an independent Palestinian state has said that Iran's Islamic Revolution inspired the group to continue its struggle. ... Read more...
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