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Moderate quake jolts eastern Iran, no injuries

AP — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:45:13 +0000

Iranian state TV is reporting that a moderate earthquake has jolted a small town in eastern Iran.

Feds indict 2 alleged munitions dealers in Miami

AP — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:44:45 +0000

Federal prosecutors in Miami have indicted two men on charges of illegally providing U.S.-made military aircraft parts to Iranian buyers.

Iran says 4 missing Iranians alive in Israel

AP — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:56:29 +0000

An Iranian diplomat said Thursday that four Iranians who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982 are alive in Israel and called for their release.

Iran remembers victims of airliner shot down by US

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:07:55 +0000

Iranians scattered flowers into the Persian Gulf and released white pigeons into the air Wednesday as the nation remembered the 290 passengers killed when a U.S. warship shot down an Iranian airliner two decades...

Mullen suggests Israeli strike would be high-risk

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:51:44 +0000

The Pentagon’s top military officer says an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would be a high-risk move that could destabilize the Middle East.

Iran: 25 die in bus crash

AP — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:39:37 +0000

Iranian state radio says that at least 25 people are killed and 16 injured in a bus accident near Tehran.

Iranian gets death for Israel spying

AP — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:27:33 +0000

A special Iranian court sentenced an Iranian man to death Monday on charges of spying for Israel, the country’s state television said. It was the country’s first known conviction for espionage linked to Israel in almost a...

Report: Iranian gets death for Israel spying

AP — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:35:58 +0000

Iranian state television says the country’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced an Iranian man to death after convicting him of spying for Israel.

Report: Man accused of spying for Israel in Iran

AP — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:29:55 +0000

Iranian state-run radio is reporting that a man is on trial in Tehran’s Revolutionary Court on charges of spying for Israel.

Judge voids conviction for Iranian in goggles case

AP — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:09:28 +0000

A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale has thrown out the conviction and sentence for an Iranian woman accused in a scheme to illegally obtain night vision goggles for...