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Iran rounds up 450 social network users ASIA

Iran rounds up 450 social network users

Iran has "arrested or summoned" around 450 social media users over their online activities, a website linked to the powerful Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran says Russian use of air base for Syria strikes over ‘for now’ ASIA

Iran says Russian use of air base for Syria strikes over ‘for now’

Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for strikes in Syria, Iran's foreign ministry announced on Monday, bringing an abrupt halt to an unprecedented deployment that was criticised ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran releases images of new missile defence system ASIA

Iran releases images of new missile defence system

Iran released images of its first domestically built long-range missile defence system on Sunday, a project started when the country was under international sanctions.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Russia bombs Syrian militants from Iran base for first time ASIA

Russia bombs Syrian militants from Iran base for first time

Russian bombers based in Iran on Tuesday struck militant targets inside Syria, the Russian Defence Ministry said, after Moscow deployed Russian aircraft to an Iranian air force base to widen its campaign in Syria.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iranian nuclear scientist executed for spying for US ASIA

Iranian nuclear scientist executed for spying for US

Iran has executed a nuclear scientist convicted of handing over "top secret" information to the United States, a judicial spokesman said on Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran says 20 'terrorists' executed in single day ASIA

Iran says 20 'terrorists' executed in single day

Iran has executed a group of 20 ‘terrorist’ prisoners for committing several murders and undermining national security, state media reported on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
British-Iranian aid worker appears in Tehran court ASIA

British-Iranian aid worker appears in Tehran court

A British-Iranian aid worker, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, detained since early April and accused by hardline Revolutionary Guards of trying to overthrow Iran's government has appeared in court for the first time, her family said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Oil faces big monthly loss as oversupply bites ECONOMY

Oil faces big monthly loss as oversupply bites

Oil prices fell to their lowest levels since April on Friday, with Brent on track for its biggest monthly loss since December 2015, pressured by slowing economic growth.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran destroys 100,000 satellite dishes INTERNATIONAL

Iran destroys 100,000 satellite dishes

Iran destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers on Sunday as part of a widespread crackdown against the illegal devices that authorities say are morally damaging, a news website reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran condemns Kabul twin blasts, urges unity INTERNATIONAL

Iran condemns Kabul twin blasts, urges unity

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned twin bomb attacks by the Islamic State group that ripped through crowds of minority Shia Hazaras in the Afghan capital, killing at least 80.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran bids farewell to late director Kiarostami ASIA

Iran bids farewell to late director Kiarostami

Several thousand cinema lovers joined top artists in Tehran on Sunday to bid farewell to renowned Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami following his death last week in Paris.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iran sacks heads of four state banks over high pay ASIA

Iran sacks heads of four state banks over high pay

Iran has sacked the heads of four public banks after their exorbitant salaries sparked widespread criticism and an intervention by the Islamic republic's supreme leader ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016