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Iran Plans To Send Live Monkey Into Space

AP | Posted 08.27.2011

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran says it plans to send a monkey into space next month as the next step in a space program that Western leaders worry could also br...

Iran's Revolutionary Guard 'Not Worried' By Latest U.N. Sanctions

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — The hardline spiritual mentor of Iran's president has made a rare public call for producing the "special weapons" that are a mono...

Iran Puts 16 Opposition Supporters on trial

AP | By NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran put 16 opposition supporters detained during anti-government protests last month on trial Saturday on charges of rioting and cons...

Iran Blames US, Britain For Suicide Bombing

The Guardian | Robert Tait | Posted 05.25.2011

Iran's Revolutionary Guards today vowed to take revenge after blaming Britain and the US for a suicide bombing that killed six of its commanders and 3...

3 Journalists Freed By Iran

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposi...

Iranian News Agency Requests Obama Interview

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.25.2011

The official press of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), requested an interview with President Obama, rep...