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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday called the April 1 Israeli strike on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Damascus that left at least 13 people dead, including a high-ranking general, a “political killing,” Anadolu Agency reports. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Lavrov condemned the Israeli attack in a phone talk with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. “Any attacks on diplomatic and consular facilities, the inviolability of which is guaranteed by the relevant Vienna Conventions, are categorically unacceptable, as well as political killings,” he said. Seven Iranian military advisers are said to have been killed in the...

Iranian Regime national tv Channel One hacked about an hour ago. During a broadcast of Khamenie speech, a red crosshair appeared over his face and chanting of Women. Life. Freedom. There was writing to the side saying "Rise up. Join us". Also 4 photos at the bottom of the screen of young people killed and additional writing: "The blood of our youth is dropping from your paws". Also, there was a huge banner in the middle of Tehran highway today that read: We are no longer afraid of you. We will fight. Also, attempted attack on IRI ambassador in Denmark....

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US President Barack Obama made a major gesture of conciliation to Iran on Thursday when he admitted US involvement in the 1953 coup which overthrew the government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh. "In the middle of the Cold War, the United States played a role in the overthrow of a democratically elected Iranian government," Obama said during his keynote speech to the Muslim world in Cairo. It is the first time a serving US president has publicly admitted American involvement in the coup. (snip) Obama also said: "For many years, Iran has defined itself in part by its opposition to...

'The man you are going to meet will be the next president of the United States." This is how my friend Ardeshir Zahedi, Iran's ambassador to Washington at the time, described the "distinguished visitor" he wanted me to meet in Tehran. The year was 1977 and the visitor was Ronald Reagan -- who, with his wife, Nancy, was spending a few days in Iran as a guest of Zahedi. The hitch, however, was that Zahedi himself was in Washington. It was thus the duty of his friends to look after the Reagans. Zahedi's friendship with Reagan had irritated many in...

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Authorities in Iran have detained an Iranian-born lecturer at a top US university on suspicion of espionage for at least three months, colleagues said Wednesday. Political scientist Dariush Zahedi, who lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, is being held in Tehran's Evin prison, his colleague Professor Edwin Epstein told AFP. Tehran-based news service Iran Emrouz reported that the academic and author was being held in solitary confinement on suspicion of espionage after returning home for a visit in June. "I learned about this from family associates in late July, but when exactly he was detained,...

A political-science lecturer at the University of California-Berkeley and Santa Clara University is being held in Iran on charges of espionage, according to Iranian media. Dariush Zahedi, a U.S. citizen, never returned from a trip to his native Iran this summer, and concerned students and colleagues at both campuses are trying to piece together what happened. ``We're deeply concerned for him and we very much hope that he will be released shortly,'' said David Leonard, dean of the International and Area Studies Department at UC-Berkeley. ``His teaching here at Berkeley was always balanced and fair, and as a consequence we...