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The Persian people are believed to have migrated from Scandinavia to the region south of the Caspian Sea many thousands of years ago.

Reformist website Jaras reports Basij forces attacked frequenters of Ghoba Mosque in Shiraz and injured them with rocks and stones.

Many voters in Iran think the June 12 election victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is questionable or rigged.

Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi expressed his outrage on Tuesday at the latest remarks by Deputy Culture Minister for Cinematic Affairs Javad Shamaqdari on the hijab, the Islamic dress code for women.

Presidents of the Persian-speaking countries of Iran, Tajikistan and Afghanistan will be attending a Noruz celebration this year in Iran, Shiraz, the birth place of Hafez.

Presidents of the three Persian-speaking countries - Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran - have agreed to mark the Novruz celebrations every year in one of these countries, Sherdust said.

Iranian TV says the two men were executed for carrying out a deadly bombing in the southern city of Shiraz in 2008 that killed 13 civilians VOA News 28 January 2010 Iranian media report the country executed two men Thursday.

Whilst there, the Iranian minister is also expected to hold talks with former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim.

Reporting from Beirut - Iran executed two people today and sentenced nine more described as political protesters to death as "enemies of God," in an apparent attempt to intimidate a widespread protest movement challenging the nation's hard-line establishment.

Conflicting reports have emerged over the execution of two Iranian men after state media claimed they were hanged for their role in protests related to the controversial presidential elections in June.

Iran's Intelligence Ministry on Wednesday declared that it has found evidence that German diplomats played a role in last month's "counterrevolutionary riots" in Tehran.

A collection of paintings by Iranian masters created in the period from the Timurid to the Qajar dynasties is on display at Tehrana s Atiqi Gallery.

Shiraz will also be hosting the Fajr Film Festival this year with the screening of 24 Iranian and foreign movies.

Tensions between hardline Islamic mullahs and revolutionaries get intense. Speculation is mounting that Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may high-tail it from Iran if protests against his theocracy intensify.

Source: Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans Mahasti Afshar The Board of Directors of PAAIA is very pleased to announce the appointment of Ms.

Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov shook hands Wednesday with an Iranian representative at the Fitur International Tourism Trade Fair in Madrid, Spain.

"We want our national currencies to be used in our projects," Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Hossein Noghrehkar Shirazi told reporters on Wednesday in Moscow, adding that this measure would speed up the implementation of large bilateral projects.

Announcing that Iran's investment in its oil and gas sectors reached $20 billion during the first 9 months of the current Iranian fiscal year , Noghrekar Shirazi said that the investments will increase to $30 billion by the end of the year.

The Iran Royal Association, an obscure monarchist group that seeks to reestablish the Pahlavi reign in Iran, announced in a statement that its "Tondar Commandos" were behind the assassination of Masoud Ali-Mohammadi. Ali-Mohammadi, described by colleagues as a non-political person, was killed by a remote-controlled bomb planted on a motorcycle ...