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Iran to Create Nationwide Intranet to Combat Un-Islamic Web Activity

The Islamic Republic of Iran announced the creation of a nationwide intranet to supplant the majority of the functions of the internet so that citizens of Iran can enjoy a web free of un-Islamic activity and materials. Currently Iran labors under some of the toughest international sanctions that can be levied against a country because […]

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Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison

A Tehran revolutionary court has sentenced prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani to prison and banned him from practicing law for 20 years. Soltani co-founded a human rights group with Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and is being held in Evin prison. Soltani’s daughter Maede hopes that the sentence will be overturned, […]

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Is North Korea Secretly Testing Nuclear Weapons for Iran?

Reports emerge that link the reclusive communist dictatorship in East Asia to the Islamic Republic of Iran and they conclude that not only is North Korea helping Iran develop nuclear weapons but also secretly testing those weapons for them. A security briefing in the Congressional Quarterly asserts that the D.P.R.K. may have tested two nuclear devices […]

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What are the Limits of the U.S.-Israel Alliance?

To what extent can Israel exercise unilateral action in the face of external threats like the Iranian nuclear program without angering its longstanding ally the United States? An article from Gideon Levy for Haaretz claims that Israel is the “cricket chirping in the background about Iran,” a small state increasingly forced into a position in […]

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French Embassy Staff Leave Iran.

Germany, Italy and Netherlands also withdraw diplomatic staff from their stations. After the attack on the British embassy in Tehran, France is withdrawing some of its staff as a temporary security measure. Britain has expelled all of Iran’s diplomats from its country in response to the attack on the British embassy that is believed to […]

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Explosion at Isfahan, Iran Possibly Related to Nuclear Weapons Program Sabotage.

One of the country’s oldest cities and host to a uranium enrichment facility, Isfahan, Iran, was rocked by an explosion yesterday and reports have indicated that the explosion occurred at military facilities in the city. Speculation has arisen that the attack was carried out as part of international actions against Iran’s nuclear program. Mehr News […]

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Iran’s Defense Minister, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, Promises Thousands of Missiles in Response to Israeli Attack.

The Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi warned Israel that 150,000 missiles awaited its arrival should it dare to attack the Islamic republic. He also warned Israel that they would not survive war with Iran, reiterating the Ayatollah’s rhetoric from a few weeks ago. Vahidi also exhorted the United States to realize how mighty […]

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Iran’s Parliament Kicks Out the United Kingdom’s Ambassador.

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s parliament voted to remove the British ambassador to Iran as well as downgrade the republic’s economic ties to the U.K. The legislation needs approval from the Guardian Council before it can become law but this is not expected to be a hindrance to its final passage. These actions come after […]

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Has the Arab Spring Cemented A Russian-Chinese Global Alliance?

Foreign Policy’s article “The Axis of No,” by Dmitri Trenin, argues that the events of the Arab Spring and the toppling of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East has contributed to a tightening of relations between the Chinese and Russians who have positioned themselves in opposition to United Nations’ backed maneuvers to aid the collapse […]

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Iran Arrests 12 CIA Agents.

The Iranian regime has claimed to have arrested 12 undercover CIA agents within the Islamic republic. Iran’s state news agency Irna reported Parviz Sorouri, a member of Iran’s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, as saying that the undercover agents were gathering information on Iran’s security, military and nuclear activities. Former U.S. officials […]

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