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Latest Iran News more» 
  • Obama and McCain give competing July 4th addresses
    In dueling holiday addresses, President Barack Obama appealed for public support of his domestic programs and Sen. John McCain said Americans should side with Iranian election protesters. The 2008 rivals for the White House both cited the spirit of the
  • Iran says some local British embassy staff will be tried
    The head of Iran's powerful Guardians Council has said that some local British embassy staff arrested for allegedly playing a role in post-election violence will be put on trial. According to the British government, seven of nine local staff originally
  • Iran opposition supporters rally in Brussels for vote re-run
    Brussels, July 04: Hundreds of Iranian opposition supporters rallied in the European quarter of Brussels on Saturday calling for a re-run of the contested presidential election and the release of political prisoners. At least 500 people -- 1,000
  • Clerical Group Defies Leader on Iran Vote
    The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment.
  • Israeli submarine crosses Suez Canal
    An Israeli submarine crossed through the Suez Canal last month as a part of a military training exercise, defence officials said today. The move is believed to have been made as a warning to Iran of the Jewish state's capabilities and to show that Israel
  • Israeli sub crosses Suez Canal
    An Israeli submarine has sailed through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea in a trip that Israeli media are interpreting as a warning signal to Iran. An Israeli defense official said Saturday the Dolphin-class submarine made the passage last month from a
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Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces subsequently crushed westernizing liberal elements. Militant Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. During 1980-88, Iran fought a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq over disputed territory. The key current issue is how rapidly the country should open up to the modernizing influences of the outside world.

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