دیگر‌بان: محمود احمدی‌نژاد حاضر نشد در نخستین شب عزاداری فرزند پیامبر اسلام که همه ساله از سوی علی خامنه‌ای برگزار می‌شود شرکت کند٬ در این مراسم کاظم صدیقی و منصور ارضی حملاتی متوجه احمدی‌نژاد کرده‌اند.

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More than a week after Iran said it had been the victim of another cyber attack by its enemies, foreign computer experts say they have seen no evidence, and some doubt its existence.

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Babak Khiavchi sent me information about a remarkable multimedia project by Kooch Band in Vancouver, B.C. I was delighted when I finally got a chance to talk to composer and conductor Roham Behmanesh about his ambitious project, a musical rendition of Nader Ebrahimi’s beloved novel, Fire Without Smoke, or Atash-e bedoon-e dood. The project has been in the works for the past two years and has involved several top-notch musicians and vocalists, a celebrated illustrator, and an accomplished poet.

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The news of the killing of the Al Qaeda leader, usama bin Laden , was truly joyous and a shining moment in our history where justice was served.

Iranian President Mamoud Ahmadinejad, shown in this February 2011 file photo pumping his fist, reportedly has been butting heads with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in background.

Press TV

Iran to examine Bahraini government crackdown on protesters Channel 6 News Online TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- Iran said on Friday it will look into the "crimes" committed during the government crackdown on protesters in Bahrain, Press TV reported. Senior Iranian lawmaker, Mostafa Kavakebian, said Iranian officials will "thoroughly review ... BUSINESS BOYCOTT URGEDGulf Daily News all 18 news articles »

The Guardian

Row at the top BBC News Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has enjoyed taking on and defying the West. But he is now playing potentially a much more risky game. Mr Ahmadinejad finds himself up against his own country's Supreme ... Reports of the Arrest of Ahmadinejad's 'Exorcist' Fuel Concerns About Ira's ...Fox News Iran's Ahmadinejad on the way out?WWL First News Iranian, Pakistani Officials Underline Expansion of Mutual CooperationFars News Agency Trend News Agency -News.Az -Zee News all 81 news articles »

(New York) - The United States should demonstrate its concern over the Chinese government's crackdown on dissent by raising human rights at all segments of next week's US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, Human Rights Watch said today.

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(New York) - The UN General Assembly should strongly reject Syria's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, Human Rights Watch said today. Syria's attempt to join the council in the midst of its brutal crackdown on largely peaceful protests is a travesty, Human Rights Watch said.

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New York Daily News

With Budget Unveiling, Bloomberg Draws the Battle Lines WNYC "We are forced to do the best we can with what we've got. The state has shifted the burden from them to us." Following the unveiling of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's final budget, the battle lines are now drawn between the mayor and City ... Bloomberg to cut more than 6000 NYC teaching positionsCNN International Bloomberg's $65.7 Billion New York City Budget Proposes 6000 Teacher CutsBloomberg NYC Mayor's Budget Would Cut 1 Out Of 12 TeachersNPR Brooklyn Daily Eagle -Patch.com -The Associated Press all 331 news articles »

Iranian authorities should end the judicial persecution of members of the evangelical protestant Church of Iran and other churches, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

The Islamic Republic of Iran launched a new Oil Exchange, putting on sale a consignment of gasoline for export to show what it says is new found self-sufficiency in the vital fuel.

A jailed Iranian student has written an open letter to the judiciary demanding action to improve conditions in the country's prisons, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.

Hurriyet Daily News

US sanctions won't hit trade with Turkey, says Iranian envoy Hurriyet Daily News Sanctions imposed on Iran will do nothing to slow the country's growing trade and economic ties with Turkey, the Iranian envoy said Thursday, suggesting that the Turkish government will not give in to pressure from Washington. ...

Santorum: Obama 'Doesn't Understand What it Takes to Defend America' Fox News And you mentioned, I think Iran 18 months ago. SANTORUM: If you look at it in two ways, all of this foreign policy successes of this president had been a continuation of the strategic decisions the Bush administration made on Gitmo, Iran -- excuse me, ... and more »

News.Az

Bin Laden Is Dead But the Real Terror Threat From Iran Grows Stronger Every Day Fox News There is an eerie similarity here with the radicals ruling Iran. They proudly bombed the Marine Barracks in Beirut in 1983 killing over 240 of our best and then boasted about it. Mohsen Rafiqdoost, then the Minister of the Revolutionary Guards, ... Iran quietly forged working relationship with al-Qaeda's leaders, reportNews.Az all 3 news articles »

JUST days before Dec. 9, 1997, every Iranian government official's heart was beating faster than normal including that of the newly elected President Mohammad Khatami.

Trend News Agency

Minister Lauds Close Ties between Iran, Afghanistan Fars News Agency Speaking at a meeting with a customs delegation from Afghanistan's in Iran's Northeastern city of Taybad on Thursday, Hosseini stated that Iran and Afghanistan have exemplary relations and both countries are willing to expand their ties in the coming ... Iran to boost cultural ties with Iraq: Culture ministerTrend News Agency all 4 news articles »

BBC News

Analysis: Row between Iranian leaders comes to a head BBC News Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has enjoyed taking on and defying the West. But he is now playing potentially a much more risky game. Mr Ahmadinejad finds himself up against his own country's Supreme ... Iranian, Pakistani Officials Underline Expansion of Mutual CooperationFars News Agency Regional countries should foil enemy plots:AhmadinejadTrend News Agency Ahmadinejad row with Khamenei intensifiesMWC News News.Az -Zee News -News One all 56 news articles »

(New York) - The Philippine government should lead members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in rejecting Burma's request to chair the regional grouping in 2014 until the Burmese government takes genuine steps towards improving human rights, including the release of more than 2,000 political prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today.

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BBC News

Jobs Report Has More Bad News Than Good News CNBC.com AP There was more bad news than met the eye to Friday's jobs report, even beyond the bump up in the unemployment rate. While the top-line number of 244000 jobs created sounded great when it came off the tape, the internals were somewhat weaker. ... Snap Analysis: Jobs report shows strength with a caveatReuters Strong Job Report Shows US Economy Gaining SteamNew York Times US Economy Adds Jobs, but Unemployment Rate RisesWall Street Journal Bloomberg -Los Angeles Times -TheStreet.com all 699 news articles »

Siamak Pourzand, a veteran journalist and former prisoner of conscience, has committed suicide in Tehran at the age of 80.

Trend News Agency

Tehran Keen to Strengthen Cultural Ties with Baghdad Fars News Agency Speaking at a meeting with a group of visiting Iraqi professors and intellectuals here in Tehran, Hosseini renewed Iran's determination to increase ties with neighboring country in cultural fields. "Iran is the land of culture, science, ... Iran to boost cultural ties with Iraq: Culture ministerTrend News Agency all 5 news articles »

Mild Quake Hits Northern Iran Fars News Agency Iran sits astride several major faults in the earth's crust, and is prone to frequent earthquakes, many of which have been devastating. The worst in recent times hit Bam in southeastern Kerman province in December 2003, killing 31000 people - about a ...

Hurriyet Daily News

Iran win men's taekwondo world championships Hurriyet Daily News Iran took the men's overall title on the final day of the championships, supplanting South Korea for the first time in the contest's history. The host nation had some consolation by securing the women's overall title at the championships in the ...

The Guardian

Iranian, Pakistani Officials Underline Expansion of Mutual Cooperation Fars News Agency He also reiterated that Iran and Pakistan can play a crucial role in regional affairs. Naik, for his part, underlined Iran's role in regional and international issues and called for promotion of bilateral ties. Iran and Pakistan have increased ... Regional countries should foil enemy plots:AhmadinejadTrend News Agency Ahmadinejad supporters arrestedNews.Az Iran Prez's allies held for witchcraftZee News all 45 news articles »

There is growing concern about the refusal of the Syrian authorities to release Al-Jazeera English journalist Dorothy Parvaz, who was detained on her arrival in Damascus on 29 April.

Parvaz, left, who holds US, Canadian and Iranian citizenship, is being held by one of Syria's myriad security services. It was five days before officials even admitted she was being held.

Calls for her release have come from international press freedom organisations, such as the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, and from many of Parvaz's current and former colleagues.

Parvaz, 39, is an experienced journalist who recently reported on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami for the network.

"We are worried about Dorothy's welfare, security and safety. Syria should release her immediately," said a spokesperson for Al-Jazeera.

Parvaz graduated from the University of British Columbia, completed a master's degree in Arizona, and previously worked as a columnist and feature writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the US.

She also held journalism fellowships at both Harvard and Wolfson College, Cambridge.

The president of Wolfson, Professor Richard Evans, issued a statement registering "great concern" about Parvaz's fate.

Evans said: "Dorothy is a courageous and principled journalist whose lifelong ambition has been to report on events in the Middle East."

He said that during her time at Wolfson last year "she impressed us with her talent and her commitment to the best traditions of professional journalism... We call on the Syrian authorities to respect press freedom, to guarantee Dorothy's safety and to enable her to discharge the duties for which she has trained so assiduously."

Sources: Al-Jazeera/CNN/CPJ/Society of Editors

Azerbaijan, Baku, May 5 / Trend/ Iran's parliament approved a law to increase the military budget by $3 billion, Head of the Iranian Parliamentary Research Center Ahmad Tavakkoli told the pro-government newspaper Keyhan.

The United States has drawn up a new plan for an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq, calling for its residents to be temporarily moved to a new location in Iraq pending eventual resettlement in third countries, Reuters reported.

Two weeks after Iran's 2009 presidential election, Nazila Fathi, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, realized she was under government surveillance and immediately left her home in Tehran with her husband and two children.

New York Post

President meets a 'harsh' critic New York Post A 10-year-old boy whose firefighter dad died on 9/11 was thrilled to meet President Obama during yesterday's wreath-laying ceremony, but that didn't stop him from offering the commander in chief a critique of the raid that killed ... Thousands converge on Ground Zero, await President Obama's arrivalThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com At Firehouse in Midtown, a VIP Stops By for LunchNew York Times 10-year-old whose father died on 9/11 shares emotional moment with President ...New York Daily News Washington Post -Atlanta Journal Constitution -SILive.com all 275 news articles »

A Seoul court has granted refugee status to an Iranian who hoisted a banner reading "Free Iran" in a soccer stadium in 2009, as Iran was engulfed by anti-government demonstrations.

In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone, taken Tuesday, May 3, 2011, Syrian men carry pieces of bread during a protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, in the coastal town of Banias A lynchpin is defined as a "pin inserted through an axle tree to hold a wheel on." If the lynchpin falls out, the wheel comes off.

Trend News Agency

French ambassador to IAEA: Bushehr NPP causes concern in context of global ... Trend News Agency Safety of the Bushehr nuclear power plant causes concern in the context of global nuclear security as Iran is not willing to be party to important conventions regulating nuclear activities, said a permanent French ambassador to the IAEA Florence Mangin ... and more »

Duluth students win trips to National History Day Duluth News Tribune As part of the Holy Rosary eighth-grader's project on the Iran-Contra affair, Stephan scored an interview with Oliver North himself. “It was very cool,” Stephan said. “He answered all my questions, had nothing to hide, was very encouraging and just was ... and more »

(New York) - Syria's government should immediately lift its 10-day siege of the southern town of Daraa and allow movement in and out of the city, including access for independent observers, Human Rights Watch said today. Syria's security forces should also immediately stop the nationwide campaign of arbitrary arrests against protesters and activists, Human Rights Watch said.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Former Marine Found Guilty in Wife, Sons' Murder Case Fox News | AP WATERLOO, Ill. -- A jury has convicted a former Marine of three counts of first-degree murder in the strangulation deaths two years ago of his wife and their two sons. The jury returned the verdict Thursday against 34-year-old Christopher Coleman ... Coleman guilty of killing familyUPI.com Coleman guilty on three counts of murderSTLtoday.com Lawsuit filed against televangelist for 3 murdersChicago Tribune phillyBurbs.com -KSDK -KMOX.com all 372 news articles »

Growing array of forces takes aim at president and his controversial chief of staff.

The Guardian

Regional countries should foil enemy plots:Ahmadinejad Trend News Agency Referring to the fact that Iran and Pakistan have inseparable historical, geographical and cultural bonds, he pointed out that the all-out cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad is not only beneficial to both nations it is a historical exigency and ... Ahmadinejad supporters arrestedNews.Az all 19 news articles »

(New York) - Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should reject Burma's request to chair the regional grouping in 2014 until the Burmese government takes genuine steps towards improving human rights, including the release of more than 2,000 political prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Kansas City Star

Worried investors dump raw materials Financial Times A record plunge in oil prices led the sharpest sell-off in commodities in two years on Thursday as investors fled the market amid mounting concern over the strength of the global recovery. Investors dumped dollar-denominated commodities that would ... Crude, Gasoline, Heating Oil Tumble on Economy: Oil ProductsBloomberg Oil's Plunge, Dollar's Rise Trigger Broad SelloffWall Street Journal Oil drops below $100 on worry of weaker US demandFayetteville Observer Transport Topics Online -Sydney Morning Herald -Los Angeles Times all 1,738 news articles »

USA Today

Osama bin Laden death: Intelligence reveals US rail threat from al-Qaida The Guardian Pakistanis walk by the house where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed. Information found at the scene has revealed a desire by al-Qaida to attack the US rail network. Photograph: Nathalie Bardou/AP The first intelligence from the treasure trove ... Osama Bin Laden Evidence: Al Qaeda Considered 9/11 Anniversary AttackABC News Osama bin Laden dead: al-Qaeda 'planning to attack trains on 9/11 anniversary'Telegraph.co.uk Al-Qaeda weighed train attack to mark Sept 11AFP Monsters and Critics.com -New York Daily News -NBC New York all 384 news articles »

IN THE Byzantine corridors of Iranian power, a tussle between Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is becoming steadily more bitter.

Fox News

Dissent Lives in Iranian CyberSpace, Despite Regime's Attempt to Crackdown Fox News Despite the Tehran regime's best efforts to silence its youth -- both literally and virtually -- Persian-language cyberspace is alive with dissent, and intensely focused on what is going on not just in Iran, but throughout the Arab world ...

New York Daily News

Obama Visits Ground Zero msnbc.com President Barack Obama and New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, left, meet with police officers and first responders at the First Precinct before visiting the National Sept. 11 Memorial at Ground Zero. When using Facebook Connect your image and ... AP Source: Obama to meet some from bin Laden raidSan Jose Mercury News Witnesses say man may have pulled gun as Obama motorcade passed near Ground ZeroThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com Obama thanks officers at NYC police stationSeattle Post Intelligencer Politico -The Week Magazine -New York Daily News all 322 news articles »

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Palestinian-UN event sees obstacles galore as children take part in relays and only nine of 1,500 runners tackle entire course The Gaza marathon attracted more than 1,300 Palestinian schoolchildren.

News.Az

Ahmadinejad supporters arrested News.Az The arrest of Hojjatoleslam Abbas Amirifar, who heads the president's Cultural Council, was confirmed by a number of Iranian websites, including Khabar-on-line and Jahan News as well as the Campaign for Human rights in Iran. ... and more »

Ha'aretz

Israeli Fear-Mongering about Iran Faces a Barak-lash MWC News The former Israeli Prime Minister/current Minister of Defense/Deputy Prime Minister told Ha'aretz today that even "[i]f Iran succeeds in developing nuclear weapons, it is unlikely to bomb Israel," thereby undermining one of the Netanyahu ... Israeli official says Iran not to bomb IsraelInformation-Analytic Agency NEWS.am Israel defense minister: Iran won't bomb usFox News Iran will not use nukes against Israel, Barak predictsTrend News Agency all 130 news articles »

Telegraph.co.uk

Obama to lay wreath at Ground Zero but won't glorify Bin Laden killing The Guardian Obama on his way to visit Ground Zero, boarding an Air Force One plane at Andrews air force base in Maryland. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Barack Obama is to lay a wreath at Ground Zero in New York on Thursday night and meet the families of ... Obama looks forward to private meetings at Ground ZeroUSA Today Obama Visit to Ground Zero Strives to Bring Closure for VictimsFox News President Obama lands at Kennedy Airport, heads to Ground ZeroThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com NBC New York -Capital New York -Wall Street Journal (blog) all 874 news articles »