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“ Two explosions minutes apart Wednesday in Iran targeted a commemoration for a prominent general slain in a U.S. drone strike in 2020, killing at least 103 people and wounding at least 141 others as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.” …. “ The blasts struck an event marking the the fourth anniversary of the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force. who died in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq in January 2020. The explosions occurred near his grave site in Kerman.” …...

In oral arguments Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear the government defend its kleptocratic behavior while administering an indefensible law. The Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 is among the measures by which New Dealers tried and failed to regulate and mandate America back to prosperity. Seventy-eight years later, it is the government’s reason for stealing Marvin and Laura Horne’s raisins. New Dealers had bushels of theories, including this: In an economic depression, prices fall, so a recovery will occur when government compels prices to stabilize above where a free market would put them. So Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “brains trust”...

Sources told KMJ News that Sandra and Gary DeBartolo were stabbed to death, and that their throats had been slashed. That directly contradicts Kerman's police chief, who told reporters last week that the couple had been shot to death.

I recently returned from eleven days in Iran. Before I went, friends told me I was crazy to go. They said I'd meet a lot of anti-American hostility. I'd be in danger, even. I met zero hostility. I don't want this article to become a list of what Iran isn't. That reminds me too much of my first interests in the country. I write fiction books for children and young adults. In 1999, I decided to write the tale of Beauty and the Beast from the lion's point of view. My searching through older versions of the story led to...

Iran Quake Death Toll Hits 500 February 23, 2005 SARBAGH, Iran — Rescue teams using dogs and heavy machinery pulled more bodies from the ruins of flattened villages in central Iran (search) on Wednesday, raising the death toll from a powerful earthquake to at least 500. The number of dead was expected to climb even higher. Teams were hampered by bad weather and the mountainous terrain, working in a cold, heavy rain after a night in which temperatures dropped below freezing. Mohammad Javad Fadaei, deputy governor of Kerman province (search), said more bodies had been discovered. "The death toll is...

Clashes Erupt in Mahshahr SMCCDI (Information Service) May 6, 2004 Violent clashes erupted in Mashahr as the security forces attacked the peaceful protest gathering of the residents and especially the Mosharegeh villagers. Clubs, chains, tear gas and even bullets shot to sky were used by the regime forces leading to injuries and arrests of several demonstrators. Several security patrol cars and public materials were damaged in retaliation by the angry crowd. The residents intended to protest the Kosaran Dam's plan and the presume damages that will made to their propreties. [end SMCCDI report] * * * * * * *...

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar (AFPN) -- When I was notified about my Air Expeditionary Force Silver deployment in October, I knew I would be spending the holiday season, my birthday and my promotion away from my wife and miss sharing these cherished times with her. What I didn't know then was that I would have an opportunity to do something fulfilling we can both look back on proudly for years to come. Helping people is a great feeling, but helping a country in need is something I never expected to be involved with before taking part in a historic...

WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The first U.S. military aircraft to land in Iran in more than 20 years carried disaster response experts and tonnes of emergency supplies for victims of the Bam earthquake, U.S. officials said on Monday. But they stressed the move was strictly in response to the humanitarian disaster and reflected no change in policy toward Iran, which President George W. Bush has labeled part of an "axis of evil." "The United States' primary focus right now is assisting the Iranian people with what they need," White House spokesman Trent Duffy told reporters in Crawford, Texas, where...

Proving that disaster knows no politics, U.S. service members are delivering humanitarian aid to Iran in the wake of an earthquake that has left an estimated 25,000 Iranians dead. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the area near the city of Bam. Unreinforced mud brick buildings crumbled, killing thousands as they slept. Iranian officials said today the death toll could reach 40,000 in Bam and the surrounding countryside. Soon after word of the catastrophe spread, President Bush was informed on it. "We are greatly saddened by the loss of life, injuries, and widespread damage to this ancient city," Bush said in...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894   December 28, 2003Release Number: 03-12-70 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FIRST AMERICAN AIRCRAFT LANDS IN KERMAN, IRAN COMBINED AIR OPERATIONS CENTER, QATAR: Just after midnight local time, the first American aircraft landed in Kerman, Iran, with 20 pallets of humanitarian aid destined for the earthquake-stricken residents of Bam. Five pallets laden with such medical supplies as intravenous fluids, bandages, gauze, and surgical equipment, plus food and purified water comprised the first load of American relief support. American airmen and Iranian soldiers...