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A number of lawyers in Iran have apparently filed complaints against Cristiano Ronaldo due to a photo taken during his trip to Tehran in September.
While uncertainty looms over whether protests will be sparked again in Iran, the brave women standing up to the brutal government systems keep their fists raised high.
Needless to say, the board does not feature any advanced quantum capabilities and is mostly used for video processing, reconfigurable computing, motor control, and software acceleration. It’s also available for delivery on Takealot.
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Amou lived like a squirrel for 60 years.
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The Telegraph gave ‘Holy Spider’ a full five-star review, remarking on how the film is “profoundly compelling, expertly made, and quite intentionally horrifying”.
A Ukrainian passenger jet, which crashed shortly after takeoff in Tehran, Iran, is believed to have been shot down, possibly accidentally, by an Iranian missile.
Tensions between the US and Iran have been boiling over these past few days, although the latest development is good news for those wanting to avoid all-out war.
For the past 10 weeks, an Australian influencer couple has been detained for capturing drone footage that the Iranian government deemed “highly suspicous”.
In a normal, functioning democracy, something as serious as sanctions against another country is announced via a press release.
You don’t wanna muck around with the U.S. military, although they themselves are a little wary of Iran’s muscle. Good thing this didn’t get too out of hand.
As some of the world’s superpowers sign a historic nuclear accord with Iran, it’s worth getting up to speed with what the deal entails. Here’s what you need to know.
So much for Capetonians and our never-ending sunset and food pics – these kids in Iran are taking things to a whole new level of showing off.
Yes, even David Hasselhof sometimes must rest those muscles and stop running along the beach. But sleep is for the weak humans; introducing the lifeguard drone!
The key problem in the area of time travel has been overcoming the problem of transporting one’s physical body into the future. It was reported today that an Iranian scientist who goes by the name of Ali Razeghi has solved that problem by “bringing the future” to us, and not the other way round. Genius.
Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed his condolences for the recent death of Venezuelan President, Hugo Chávez. Ahmadinejad also expressed his confidence that Chávez would eventually be resurrected, along with Jesus and the Hidden Imam, a Shiite Islam figure. An exert posted on the Iranian president’s offical website: I have no doubt he will come again […]
Iran has successfully sent a monkey into space, just over a year after their first attempt at simian space flight failed, which resulted in the untimely death of the banana-loving pilot. Without disclosing the location of the launch site, Iranian State TV claimed that the ape was sent 120 kilometres into space in an Explorer rocket, and […]
Yes, you read that correctly. Iran has decided to show the world its latest form of punishment – the finger-chopping machine. [WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE]
Reuters is reporting that new sanctions have been imposed on Iran as of today. Amongst the most serious of those, which will hit industry hard, is the fact that all dealings between European and Iranian banks will be banned.
The Bulgarian government has released CCTV images of a man suspected of targeting Israeli tourists in a bus bomb attack. At least seven people were killed and 30 injured in the explosion outside the airport in the Black Sea resort of Burgas. Bulgarian officials suspect the attack was carried out by this suicide bomber with fake US documents.
In news that is not very positive for Middle-East peace prospects, IRINN, the state broadcaster in Iran has broadcasted images of ballistic missiles being tested that it claims could easily reach US military bases in the region.
For the past 23 years, there has been a fatwā (Islamic death sentence) hanging over Salman Rushdie. The famous author of the “Satanic Verses”, is now also the subject of a new computer game aimed at teaching kids about his “sin”. It is called “The Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of his Verdict.”
Iran said it is drawing up designs for its first nuclear powered submarine, which if it gets built, would make it the first not nuclear armed nation to put the technology to front line military use.