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A Christian man in Iran has been sentenced to have his lips burnt with a cigarette for eating during the day in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Dr Walid Phares is senior advisor on Foreign Policy and National Security to Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and a co-chair of the Romney Working Group on the Middle East and North Africa MENA.

The issue of Iranian uranium enrichment remains as stubborn an obstacle to a nuclear deal as it was at the launch of the talks six months ago.

On January 20, 2014, Iran for the first time in nearly a decade took specific and verifiable actions that halted progress on its nuclear program and rolled it back in key respects, stopped the advance of the program, and introduced increased transparency into Iran's nuclear activities.

TEL AVIV: Washington's top diplomat said global efforts to end 16 days of bloodshed in Gaza were progressing yesterday as the fighting raged on and airlines kept flights suspended over rocket fears.

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated on Wednesday that the only solution for the region is the destruction of Israel, and that the armed confrontation must expand beyond Gaza.

PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran said on Wednesday, July 23, nuclear talks with six world powers would resume in early September, the state television reported, according to Reuters.

Among other provisions, the legislation would direct the Treasury Department to prohibit a foreign financial institution that knowingly facilitates Hezbollah activities from maintaining a payable-through account in the U.S. The bill was introduced by U.S. Reps.

On 12 July 2014, the National IHR Focal Point of the Islamic Republic of Iran reported to WHO an additional laboratory-confirmed case of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus .

European lawmakers have strongly condemned a death sentence passed against Iranian political prisoner Arzhang Davoodi and called on the Iranian regime to spare his life.

The Iraqi militants fighting the government of Nouri al-Maliki have captured a number of Iranians fighting in Al-Anbar province, a commander of Sunni militants has declared.

The man who suggested that the US shoot down Israeli airplanes is at it again. Surveying the Israeli/Hamas conflict, Zbigniew Brzezinski couldn't summon up one word of condemnation for Hamas' intentional targeting of Israeli civilians with thousands of rockets and mortars.

Wikipedia Naqsh-e Rustam Sets the name of an ancient city located north of the village near Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran Zangiabadi is located at a distance of 6 kilometers from Persepolis.

When Iran and the world powers trying to negotiate a nuclear deal announced late Friday that they would extend their five-month-old talks for an additional four months, they said they had been making "tangible progress" toward a deal.

TEHRAN The commander of the Iranian Navy said on Tuesday that Iran plans to expand its naval presence in the open seas.

The Iranian people, particularly the youth, are increasingly defying the mullah's regime by public protests against its suppressive forces, including the State Security Forces , members of Basij paramilitary force and thugs such as "Ansar Hezbollah" patrolling the streets riding motorcycles.

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said five applications had been made by the Government for evidence to be heard in secret courts over the past year Secret court hearings were granted by judges to the Government in at least three of its five attempts to secure them during the first year of controversial new laws being in place.

President Obama delivers a statement on the situation in Ukraine and Gaza, at the White House on Monday.

TEHRAN The historical house of Allameh Jafar Feizi in the central Iranian city of Kashan has been converted into a museum of Persian dolls and toys.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani recently marked the end of his first year in office not only with smiles, but also with further evidence of his efforts at domestic reform and geostrategic reorientation.