Iranian state television has come to the conclusion that Harry Potter is a Zionist plot. The documentary, which you can watch here, features several "experts" discussing the wildly popular series of books and movies.
An Iranian blogger, yarro, inspired by Obama's inauguration this week, writes "today, people...have reached such a level of intelligence that they look at each other only as human; color, religion, and other factors are not used for discrimination against each other."
U.S. President Barack Obama has named special envoys for the violent Afghanistan-Pakistan region and the long-troubled Middle East and promised U.S. help in ensuring a lasting truce in Gaza.
U.S. intelligence agencies should seek ways to work with Muslim leaders and countries such as Iran on issues of mutual interest, President Barack Obama's choice for spy chief has said.
European states have reached a preliminary agreement to remove exiled Iranian opposition group the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) off an EU list of banned terrorist groups, diplomats have said.
Iran hanged 10 convicted murderers in Tehran's Evin prison before dawn on January 21 but one man's execution was postponed for a month, according to media reports.
An imprisoned Iranian rights activist and journalist, Mohammad Sadigh Kabudvand, is the latest recipient of a Hellman/Hammett grant, awarded by Human Rights Watch (HRW) to persecuted writers.
A prominent Iranian poet and women's rights defender Simin Behbahani received the "Simone De Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom" in Paris on January 21.
Two internationally known AIDS physicians have been sentenced to prison in Iran for allegedly taking part in a U.S. backed plot to topple Iran's Islamic establishment. The conviction comes following the closure of the office of Iran's Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi and growing pressure on critics and religious minorities in Iran, and is likely to have a chilling effect on other civil-society workers in Iran.
Iran, accused by Israel of supplying arms to Hamas militants, has said resistance groups around the world like those in Gaza have the right to have access to weapons to fight against "colonialists."
Two doctors known for their AIDS-prevention work have been found guilty of being involved in organizing a plot to overthrow the Iranian government.
Iran's largest pro-reform student group, the Office to Foster Unity, has protested reports that members of the Basij militia could be given a quota for university places.
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