With the gradual rise in temperatures as summer sets in comes the added risk of wildfires, and on the weekend Iran got a taste of what may be in store in the scorching months ahead. In two separate incidents on Friday, wildfires incinerated 150 hectares of Zagros Forests in Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province and burned 5 hectares […]
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Good chances for Iran’s Hosseini to win Oscar after success at Cannes
Hosseini won the best actor award at the Cannes film festival Sunday for his role as a husband shaken by an attack on his wife in “The Salesman” (titled Forushande in Persian). Cinematographers believe that the Cannes’ award will improve his chances of winning the Oscar as well. The 42-year-old won a Golden Globe in […]
Liberal Zionist group calls for ‘Obama Parameters’ to resolve conflict (but no real pressure on Israel)
The liberal Zionist group J Street has published a call on the Obama administration to take concrete action, and release “Obama Parameters” on the resolution of the conflict. Obama should nudge the Israelis with “reality checks,” J Street says. That’s a hint that it wants the Obama administration not to veto a resolution against settlements […]
A Growing And WINNING Climate Movement
Print Friendly Above Photo: From sierraclub.org, 2014 People’s Climate March The growing rallying cry of the climate movement, to keep fossil fuels in the ground, is taking hold, and not just in the form of chants and headlines, but in the form of cancelled gas pipelines, rejected LNG terminals, shelved lease sales – all of which would’ve […]
Library of Congress to stop using ‘illegal’ and ‘alien’ to describe immigrants, group says
From: cnn.com The Library of Congress will no longer use the words “illegal” and “alien” to describe undocumented immigrants after Dartmouth College students petitioned for the change, the group said Wednesday. Instead, the Library of Congress will use the terms “non-citizen” and “unauthorized immigrants” in subject headings to refer to undocumented […]
Is Lebanon next on the imperial hit list?
The imperialist agenda of NATO has been suffering significant setbacks in Syria over recent months as the SAA – with the help of the Russians, the Iranians, and Hezbollah – has been steadily defeating terrorist forces and liberating areas previously held by them. A steady stream of victories in the two weeks leading up […]
Bayer and US Govt. Knowingly Gave HIV to Thousands of Children
What if a company that you thought you could trust, knowingly sold you a medicine for your child that they knew had the potential to give your child HIV? How would you react? What if a government agency that claims the responsibility for protecting you from such treachery, not only looked the other way, but […]
Art universities of ECO member countries to hold summit in Iran
TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (MNA) – Tehran University of Art will host the 1st Assembly of Art Universities’ Presidents of ECO Member Countries, Gholamreza Akrami, the chancellor of Iranian university said. The session will be attended by 10 countries most of which are located in Central Asia and Middle East. Planned for 26-28 Dec., the meeting […]