http://informreligion.com/topic/tehran2011-10-15T15:30:14Z2011-10-15T15:30:14ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-10-15:/islam/saudi-warns-tolerate-riots-hajj-4844630a/

<div><p>A top Saudi official warned on Saturday that the kingdom will not tolerate any riots at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to <a title="Mecca" href="/topic/Mecca" >Mecca</a> next month, at a time of rising tension with <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>.</p><p>"We will not allow anything that would disrupt the peace of the hajj pilgrimage and disturb the pilgrims. That is why we shall not tolerate any damage, riots or chaos during the season of hajj or out of it," <span>Prince Khaled...

2011-08-28T07:00:07ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-08-28:/islam/hikers-lawyer-appeals-iran-spying-sentences-4824943a/

<div><p><span><a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >TEHRAN</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - The lawyer for two Americans convicted of spying in <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> said on Sunday he had lodged an appeal against their eight-year sentences and still hoped they might be pardoned.</p><p><span>Masoud Shafiee</span> has not been able to see <span><a title="Shane Bauer" href="/topic/Shane+Bauer" >Shane Bauer...

2011-07-16T20:30:15ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2011-07-16:/judaism/argentina-tells-iran-hand-bombing-suspects-4807682a/

<div><p>The prosecutor investigating the worst terror strike on Argentine soil, the 1994 bombing of a Jewish charities building that killed 85 people, has urged <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> to hand over any suspects in the case.</p><p>The comments came after an <span><a title="Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs" href="/topic/Iranian+Ministry+of+Foreign+Affairs" >Iranian Foreign Ministry</a></span> statement said earlier in the day that <span><a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran...

2010-12-16T15:30:57ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-12-16:/shia-islam/iranians-mark-ashura-day-suicide-bombing-4714624a/

<div><p>Millions of Iranians, beating themselves with fists and chains, marked the climax of Ashura on Thursday a day after a suicide bomber killed 34 people in a procession for Shiite Islam's most revered mourning ritual.</p><p>Men, women and children dressed in black gathered in cities across the country as the 10 days of rituals mourning the death of <span><a title="Imam Hussein" href="/topic/Imam+Hussein" >Imam Hussein</a></span>, the faith's third imam, reached a peak.</p><p>Imam Hussein, a...

2010-11-29T14:58:26ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informreligion.com,2010-11-29:/religion/seat-revolution-1977-88-4460102a/

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2010-09-13T23:15:32ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-09-13:/islam/irans-khamenei-urges-punish-koran-defilers-1402472a/

<div><p><a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>'s supreme leader <span><a title="Ayatollah Ali Khamenei" href="/topic/Ayatollah+Ali+Khamenei" >Ayatollah Ali Khamenei</a></span> called on arch-foe the <span><a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a></span> to punish those who desecrated the Koran, saying the "catastrophe" had offended Muslims across the world.</p><p>Khamenei stressed however that "Christians and religious men must not be held accountable for the ...

2010-09-12T02:08:22ZInvestors Business Dailytag:informreligion.com,2010-09-12:/islam/release-american-iran-postponed-1394384a/

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2010-09-12T02:04:08ZInvestors Business Dailytag:informreligion.com,2010-09-12:/islam/iran-free-american-1394270a/

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2010-08-22T03:15:18ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-08-22:/shia-islam/ahmadinejad-unveils-new-bomber-drone-1026036a/

<div><p><a title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" href="/topic/Mahmoud+Ahmadinejad" >Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a> unveiled on Sunday a new long-range drone, dubbed Karar, which reportedly can bomb targets at high speed, state television reported.</p><p>Television footage showed the president applauding as a blue cloth which had been covering the drone was pulled back to reveal a short aircraft painted in military-green with the words "Bomber jet" written on its side.</p><p>Images were then bro...

2010-08-08T02:15:27ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-08-08:/islam/ahmadinejad-visit-lebanon-ramadan-fm-1014226a/

<div><p><a title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" href="/topic/Mahmoud+Ahmadinejad" >Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a> will visit <a title="Lebanon" href="/topic/Lebanon" >Lebanon</a> after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a top official said Sunday, as <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a> pledged its support to <a title="Beirut" href="/topic/Beirut" >Beirut</a> and <a title="Damascus (Syria)" href="/topic/Damascus+(Syria)" >Damascus</a> in face of any "aggression" from <a title="...

2010-06-12T17:35:13ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-06-12:/sunni-islam/iran-praises-iraq-election-shiite-ally-leads-875360a/

<div><p><a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >TEHRAN</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> congratulated Iraqis on Tuesday over an election that is likely to keep a bloc led by its Shi'ite ally, <a title="Nouri al-Maliki" href="/topic/Nouri+al-Maliki" >Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki</a>, in power after a campaign in which Tehran's influence was a divisive issue.</p><p>Maliki's main challenger, former <a tit...

2010-04-16T07:37:34ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/baha'i/iran-16-people-december-unrest-report-818400a/

<div><p><a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >TEHRAN</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> will soon put on trial 16 people arrested in connection with anti-government protests that turned violent last month, the semi-official <a title="Fars News Agency" href="/topic/Fars+News+Agency" >Fars news agency</a> reported on Friday.</p><p>Fars did not identify the defendants but said one was accused of "moharebeh...

2010-09-15T14:16:20ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-09-15:/lutheran-church/religion-news-815432a/

<div id="subtitle">Religion News in Brief</div><div><p>Seven members of <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>'s Baha'i minority are on trial on charges of spying and acting against the country's national security, state media reported.</p><p>According to state TV Web site, the charges against them also include cooperating with archenemy <a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" >Israel</a>, gathering classified documents and "corruption on earth" &amp;#8212; an Islamic term for crimes punish...

2010-09-15T14:16:20ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-09-15:/baha'i/iran-court-opens-trial-7-bahais-spy-charges-813713a/

<div id="subtitle">7 Baha'i followers go on trial in <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> on charges of spying, endangering national security</div><div><p>Seven members of Iran's Baha'i minority went on trial on Tuesday on charges of spying and acting against the country's national security, state media reported.</p><p>According to state TV Web site, the charges against them also include cooperating with archenemy <a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" >Israel</a>, gathering classified d...

2010-04-16T07:42:53ZAFP American Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/baha'i/strongly-condemns-iran-spy-trial-bahais-813793a/

<div><p>The <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a> decried on Monday <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>'s decision to try seven members of the banned Bahai religion on charges of spying for arch-foe <a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" >Israel</a>.</p><p>"The United States strongly condemns the Iranian government's decision to commence the espionage trial against seven leaders of the Iranian Bahai community," <a title="U.S. Department of State" href="...

2010-06-25T19:00:38ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-06-25:/baha'i/bahais-held-protests-face-trial-iran-810220a/

<div><p> <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> said on Saturday members of the outlawed Bahai group arrested in connection with anti-government protests would soon face trial, as a spokeswoman for the group rejected charges they had weapons in their homes.</p><p>"The Bahais' trial will be this week in a revolutionary court in <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a>," Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted by the <a title="Fars News Agency" href="/topic/Fars+News+A...

2010-06-25T19:00:44ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-06-25:/baha'i/bahais-face-trial-iranian-protests-810174a/

<div><p><a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> said on Saturday members of the outlawed Bahai group arrested in connection with anti-government protests would soon face trial, as a spokeswoman for the group rejected charges they had weapons in their homes.</p><p>"The Bahais' trial will be this week in a revolutionary court in <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a>," Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted by the <a title="Fars News Agency" href="/topic/Fars+News+Ag...

2010-04-16T07:47:30ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/baha'i/bahais-reject-baseless-iranian-charges-810107a/

<div><p><a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> said on Saturday that Bahais arrested in connection with recent anti-government protests would go on trial in the coming days, as a spokeswoman for the pacifist religion rejected charges they were holding arms in their homes.</p><p>"The Bahais' trial will be this week in a revolutionary court in <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a>," Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted by the <a title="Fars News Agency" href="/to...

2010-09-15T14:16:21ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-09-15:/baha'i/iran-releases-german-free-syrian-held-riots-810002a/

<div><p><a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >TEHRAN</a> (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a>) - <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> has released a German citizen arrested during anti-government riots on December 27 and plans to free a detained Syrian journalist, an Iranian news agency reported on Saturday.</p><p>The semi-official <a title="Fars News Agency" href="/topic/Fars+News+Agency" >Fars news agency</a> quoted <a title="Abbas Jafari Dolatab...

2010-04-16T07:48:44ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/baha'i/iran-arrests-banned-bahais-protests-809111a/

<div><p> Members of Iran's outlawed Bahai faith have been arrested in connection with recent anti-government protests and some weapons were seized, IRNA news agency quoted the <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a> prosecutor as saying on Friday.</p><p>"They were arrested because they played a role in organising the Ashura protests and namely for having sent abroad pictures of the unrest," Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said.</p><p>The prosecutor did not say how many Bahais were arrested ov...

2010-04-16T08:05:35ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/shia-islam/condemns-violence-iran-794888a/

<div id="subtitle">US condemns Iranian violence, supports peaceful efforts for universal rights</div><div><p>The <a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" >Obama administration</a> on Sunday strongly condemned the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters, offering its support to civilians "seeking to exercise their universal rights."</p><p><a title="White House National Security Council" href="/topic/White+House+National+Security+Council" >National Security Council</a> spokesman <a ...

2010-06-25T14:57:08ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-06-25:/islam/iran-detains-filmmaker-report-787168a/

<div><p><a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> on Sunday detained a documentary filmmaker for "insulting officials" of the Islamic republic, the ISNA news agency reported.</p><p>Mohammad Nurizad "was summoned and after arraignment ... bail was set for him but since he couldn?t afford it, he was sent to prison," the <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a> public and revolutionary prosecutor's office said, quoted by ISNA.</p><p>"The Tehran prosecutor had previously advised that th...

2010-04-16T08:56:04ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/baha'i/iran-bans-bestselling-paper-bahai-temple-752466a/

<div><p><a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> on Monday shut down a best-selling newspaper, Hamshahri, for carrying a picture of a temple belonging to the outlawed Bahai sect, the official IRNA news agency reported.</p><p>The press watchdog "banned Hamshahri over carrying a picture of the Bahais' temple and encouraging tourists to visit this place on its front page" on Sunday, IRNA said, without giving a timeframe for the ban.</p><p>Hamshahri, which attracts the highest number of advertis...

2010-10-24T09:55:29ZCrosswalktag:informreligion.com,2010-10-24:/islam/iranian-christians-released-evin-prison-3056278a/

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2010-04-16T11:24:33ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/religion/freed-journalist-describes-iran-jail-questioning-589489a/

<div id="subtitle">Freed journalist describes <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a> jail, blindfolding, frequent interrogations</div><div><p>A British-Greek journalist released from jail in Iran said Friday that he had been blindfolded, held in solitary confinement and subjected to frequent interrogations.</p><p>Iason Athanasiadis said the corridors of <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a>'s main Evin prison had been filled with demonstrators arrested during massive rallies t...

2010-04-16T14:23:51ZAFP Global Editiontag:informreligion.com,2010-04-16:/baha'i/britain-concerned-iranian-bahai-charges-374909a/

<div><p><a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a> expressed concern Monday over charges laid against seven members of the banned Bahai religion in <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>, accusing <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a> of targeting religious minorities.</p><p>The charges, which include "espionage for <a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" >Israel</a>, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic republic", were brou...

2010-10-23T10:00:46ZCrosswalktag:informreligion.com,2010-10-23:/islam/iran-church-leader-arrested-2936133a/

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2011-01-03T08:32:44ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2011-01-03:/photo/mideast-iran-missing-scientist-2405478p/

FILE - In this Thursday, July 15, 2010 file photo, <a title="Shahram Amiri" href="/topic/Shahram+Amiri" >Shahram Amiri</a>, an Iranian nuclear scientist who disappeared a year ago, holds his 7-year-old son <a title="Amir Hossein" href="/topic/Amir+Hossein" >Amir Hossein</a> as he arrives at the <a title="Imam Khomeini" href="/topic/Imam+Khomeini" >Imam Khomeini</a> airport just outside <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a>, <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>. The Iranian n...

2010-12-20T07:32:15ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-20:/photo/mideast-iran-qatar-2400168p/

In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Iranian supreme leader <a title="Ayatollah Ali Khamenei" href="/topic/Ayatollah+Ali+Khamenei" >Ayatollah Ali Khamenei</a>, right, talks with Qatari Emir Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, as <a title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" href="/topic/Mahmoud+Ahmadinejad" >Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a> listens, during their meeting in <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a>, <a title="Iran" href="...

2010-12-18T20:01:52ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-18:/photo/mideast-iran-nuclear-2399560p/

This image provided by the <a title="Presidency Office" href="/topic/Presidency+Office" >Presidency Office</a> shows <a title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" href="/topic/Mahmoud+Ahmadinejad" >Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a>, right, attending an interview with state-run TV at the presidency in <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a>, <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called recent talks with six wor...

2010-12-02T09:33:27ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-02:/photo/mideast-iran-pollution-2391104p/

Rooftops are seen, shrouded in polluted air in <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a>, <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Heavy air pollution has forced Iranian authorities to close government offices and declare a two-day public holiday in the capital, Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2010&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br /><br /></div>...

2010-12-02T09:33:20ZAP Newstag:informreligion.com,2010-12-02:/photo/aptopix-mideast-iran-pollution-2391101p/

Milad telecommunications tower, left, and buildings are seen, shrouded in polluted air in <a title="Tehran" href="/topic/Tehran" >Tehran</a>, <a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" >Iran</a>, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Heavy air pollution has forced Iranian authorities to close government offices and declare a two-day public holiday in the capital, Tehran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2010&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br />...