The value of trade between Iran and Iraq is foreseen to reach $4.2 billion by March 2010, the secretary general of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines said here on Wednesday.

Scores of Iranian students have been arbitrarily arrested and prosecuted in recent days, as authorities apparently seek to stifle protests expected on 7 December, National Student Day, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported today.

On Sunday, we took an internal flight to Shiraz, which is in the South of Iran. Despite leaving home at 7 am, we missed the 8.30 am flight as traffic was jampacked, but they got us on a 9 am flight so no big deal.

Following the escalation of protests by Iran's senior ayatollahs against the regime, some members of the Qom Seminary Teachers Association are planning to present a new list of 'grand ayatollahs' under the supervision of Mohammad Yazdi, Ahmad Jannati and Mesbah Yazdi.

A close and intimate discussion with the most powerful man in Hollywood! Parisa DeFaie and Sidney Ganis Following a short news article I read about the Academy of Motion Pictures visit to Iran, I decided to learn more about this important trip.

Karen Harrison-Taylor's life at home is a constant shuffle to ensure the best placement for her rugs.

Geography Area: 1.6 million sq. km. . Arable land: 9.78% of the country. Cities: Capital --Tehran. Other cities --Isfahan, Tabriz, Mashhad, Shiraz, Yazd, Qom.

Shiraz Maher is a courageous British Muslim of moral integrity who supports Israel's right to defend itself against annihilation.

Iran's greatest master of traditional music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, always avoided open clashes with his country's ruling hard-line clerics.

Parties discussed issues concerning 2010 mobile communication public programs for Artsakh.

The main stage of maneuvers envisaging fighter bombing and shooting from 'air-land' class rockets will kick off today, General Naser Yakubi, commander of 4th military air base of Dizful, told FARS news agency.

Thousands of Iranian gathered in streets of IRAN's big cities such as Shiraz, Tehran, Mashad, Ahwaz, Tabriz, Isfahan, Zahedan, ... to participate in Anti Regime demonstration They were chanting "Death to Dictators" a ' "Death to Khamenei" a ' "Russia Embassy, Spying House". Police clashed with hundreds of protesters & opened fire on protesters at ...

"Obama, Obama!" protesters chanted on a day marking the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover.

Security forces and militia used brutal force to disperse thousands of protesters on the streets of Tehran and other cities today, resulting in a number of injuries and arrests, in violation of international standards regarding the proportionate use of force against peaceful demonstrations, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights ...

Iran's Mehdi P., from Tabriz; Moshen G., from Shiraz; and Nemat Safavi, from Ardebil, are all awaiting execution for allegedly having gay sex - when they were under 18.

Protesters set fires in the streets of Tehran to neutralize the tear gas thrown at them by the security forces The international community reacted to clashes between Iranian people and security forces today on the anniversary of the occupation of the US embassy 30 years ago.

Big demonstrations still going on all over the country: Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Zahedan, Arak, Mazandaran, Tabriz, Rasht confirmed so far, and no doubt we will hear of others in the next hours and days.

Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:14am EST - Iranian riot police take their positions among protesters in central Tehran November 4, 2009.

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Violence erupted in the Iranian capital and other cities today, as police beat and possibly fired upon anti-government protesters who were seeking to disrupt a procession commemorating the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the US Embassy.

The violence comes after weeks of simmering tension between the Iranian regime and a protest movement that had largely gone underground since violent clashes in July. Today's incident suggests that the movement is far from dormant.

"Killing people for what they did as children is wrong and repellent, and killing them for alleged homosexual conduct is just as wrong and repellent.