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Iranian Earthquake Shakes the Middle East

Iranian Earthquake Shakes the Middle East

A second quake within a week has hit Iran, this one doing most of its damage along the Iran-Pakistan Border today, shaking buildings as far as India, but doing greatest…

Iran Arrests and Imprisons Pastor on Christmas Day

Iran Arrests and Imprisons Pastor on Christmas Day

Religious tolerance is an emblem of the West not at all imitated in Iran. On Christmas day, Iranian Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani was arrested and brought back to Lakan Prison…

Iran Earthquake 2012 Levels a Dozen Villages and Kills 306

Iran Earthquake 2012 Levels a Dozen Villages and Kills 306

Iran’s death toll from its twin earthquakes Saturday has jumped to 306 after 50 of the 3,000 injured people died in the hospital. About 2,000 more were released within a…

Iran Talks Tough: Hints at Pre-emptive Strikes

Iran Talks Tough: Hints at Pre-emptive Strikes

On the Iranian New Year of Nowroz, Iran’s supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told the nation that if faced with aggression from the U.S. or Israel, Iran will attack…

Iran Finds Hope in Obama’s Stance

Iran Finds Hope in Obama’s Stance

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has commended President Obama’s remarks from earlier this week about his desire to dampen the drumbeat of war, saying, “We heard two days ago…

Iran’s Supreme Court Sets Aside Death Sentence of Former U.S. Marine

Iran’s Supreme Court Sets Aside Death Sentence of Former U.S. Marine

Amir Mirzaie Hekmati is the first American to face execution in Iran’s history of 33 years as a new Islamic republic. Amir is an American of Iranian descent who served…