Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike if Israel prepares to attack it, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander told broadcaster Al-Alam on Sunday.
An Iranian man convicted of throwing acid in the face of a female student, who was to have been blinded himself in retribution, has been pardoned.
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/ 3 November 2009
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out at the United States on Tuesday, saying Tehran will reject any talks backed by its arch-foe.
Iran’s embattled President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appealed to Parliament on Sunday to approve his new Cabinet.
Several aides to former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami and top reformists were put on trial on Tuesday.
The trial of a group of people accused of rioting after the re-election in June of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s president began on Saturday.
Iran was grappling with fresh political turmoil on Monday as the president came under fire over the sacking of his intelligence minister.
Defeated Iran presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has appeared in public for the first time since an election that has divided the nation.
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/ 21 December 2007
The annual hajj in Saudi Arabia entered its final day on Friday as the last of almost 2,5-million Muslim pilgrims took part in the ritual ”stoning of Satan”. Eager pilgrims from across the world thronged around the Jamarat Bridge at Mina, east of Mecca, from the early hours to throw pebbles at the three massive pillars representing the devil.
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/ 27 February 2007
Iran on Tuesday vowed never to yield to the key Western demand on its nuclear programme after world powers agreed to work on a new resolution that could lead to more United Nations sanctions against Tehran. Diplomats from six key world powers had pledged in London on Monday to work on a new UN Security Council resolution.