Topic: Iran
RIYADH (Reuters) - Two people were killed and three wounded in an exchange of fire between Saudi security forces in the oil-producing Eastern Province and what the interior ministry on Thursday called gunmen serving a foreign power.In a statement quoted on the ...
Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz hailed the "success" of this year's hajj despite fears of "chaos" in the wake of the Arab Spring, as remaining pilgrims continued final rites on Wednesday."We thank God for the success of this year's hajj, ...
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Adalet Gigek sat impatiently in a crowded hotel lobby, waiting for the minibus to take her to Mecca's Grand Mosque for noon prayers as millions of Muslims started arriving in Saudi Arabia before the annual haj pilgrimage ...
A top Saudi official warned on Saturday that the kingdom will not tolerate any riots at the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca next month, at a time of rising tension with Iran."We will not allow anything that would disrupt the peace of ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki encouraged Syria to open up its political system to end one-party Baath rule as part of reforms in the face of months of popular protests.Maliki's comments about his neighbor came as Syrian President Bashar ...
US House Speaker John Boehner urged Iran on Wednesday to spare the life of an Iranian pastor reportedly facing execution for refusing to recant his Christian faith and return to Islam."I urge Iran?s leaders to abandon this dark path, spare Yusef Nadarkhani's ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The lawyer for two Americans convicted of spying in Iran said on Sunday he had lodged an appeal against their eight-year sentences and still hoped they might be pardoned.Masoud Shafiee has not been able to see Shane Bauer and ...
The prosecutor investigating the worst terror strike on Argentine soil, the 1994 bombing of a Jewish charities building that killed 85 people, has urged Iran to hand over any suspects in the case.The comments came after an Iranian Foreign Ministry statement said ...
Iran is ready to cooperate with Argentina over a 1994 bombing attack on a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, the foreign ministry announced on Saturday.Tehran, suspected by Argentina of being behind the attack, is "ready for a ...
Anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has withdrawn a threat to reactivate his powerful Mahdi Army but said an elite unit would oppose American forces if they extended their deployment in Iraq.In a statement posted on his website on Saturday, Sadr said his ...
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Obit Shah of Irans Son
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Mideast Iran Stoning
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