– Shahram Amiri, the Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed to have been kidnapped by the U.S. and returned to the Islamic Republic to a hero’s welcome today, was handed more than $5 million by the CIA to provide intelligence on the regime’s atomic program, according to intelligence officials interviewed by The Washington Post. The paper…
A surprise announcement, a judiciary official in provincial Iran said a woman who had been convicted and sentenced to stoning for adultery had also been convicted of murder. Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two in the Tabriz area, had been convicted of cheating on her late husband, apparently a murder victim, and sentenced…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS: UPDATE BELOW Sajjad Ashtiani appealed to Iran’s courts to spare his mother In an open letter, Ashtiani points out discrepancies in the case Sakineh Ashtiani, 42, was convicted of adultery in 2006 Her death by stoning could happen any day (CNN) — The son of an Iranian woman who faces execution by stoning…
Tehran authorities arrest cyber warfare networks
The Heron TP drone has a wingspan the same size as a Boeing 737 passenger jet
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