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'Argo's' Oscar gets a thumbs-down in Iran
TEHRAN -- Since the news from Hollywood flashed early Monday in Iran, text messages have been passing the word: A film widely denounced here as a stereotyped, anti-Iranian caricature won the coveted Oscar for best picture. "I am secular, atheist and not...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Jimmy Carter, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Iran claims to find uranium deposits, plans more nuclear plants
TEHRAN -- On the eve of international talks about its disputed nuclear program, Iran announced Saturday that it had designated 16 sites for new nuclear power plants and also had discovered substantial new uranium deposits in its territory. The Islamic...
Tags: Nuclear Power, Iran's Nuclear Program, Freestyle Wrestling, Metal and Mineral, Mining
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Tonight: ‘Argo: Inside Story’; ‘Vanity Fair’s Hollywood’; ‘48 Hours’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelIf you want a primer on “Argo,” the favorite to win best picture at the Oscars on Sunday, Discovery Channel is happy to oblige. “Argo: Inside Story” airs at 10 p.m. Saturday on Discovery. The program details CIA officer Tony... -
Bryan Cranston narrates Discovery Channel documentary about real-life “Argo” story
Channel Guide MagazineBryan Cranston, who plays CIA manager Jack O'Donnell in Ben Affleck's Oscar-nominated Argo – which chronicles the CIA's attempt to rescue six Americans during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis — will narrate ARGO: Inside Story for Discovery... -
In fact-based films, how much fiction is OK?
NEW YORK (AP) — The scene: Tehran's Mehrabad airport, January 1980. Six U.S. diplomats, disguised as a fake sci-fi film crew, are about to fly to freedom with their CIA escorts. But suddenly there's a moment of panic in what had been a smooth trip...
Tags: Toronto Star, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Elections, Arts and Culture, Dan Futterman
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Iranians bemoan Olympics cutting treasured sport of wrestling
Dozens of wrestling greats and their agitated fans gathered Thursday in Tehran to lament the elimination from the Olympics of the sport, which has a storied past in Iran. Olympic officials decided Tuesday to cut wrestling from the 2020 Games,...
Tags: Iran, International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, Russia, Oscar Pistorius
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Iranian general reportedly assassinated while traveling from Syria
BEIRUT -- A high-ranking member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps was assassinated this week while traveling from Syria to neighboring Lebanon, Iranian media reported Thursday, in the strongest indication to date that senior Iranian military...Tags: Assassinations, Bashar Assad, Reconstruction, United Nations, Rebellions
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On Iran, there's time
On Feb. 26, the United States and Iran will once more resume their diplomatic ritual, in the so-called six-party talks, over Iran's disputed nuclear program. As the two perennial adversaries eye one another, there are competing paradigms about how to deal...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Politics, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Defense Equipment
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Iran's Khamenei rejects direct talks with U.S. on nuclear program
WASHINGTON -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the U.S. offer of direct talks on his country’s disputed nuclear program, deepening doubts about the prospects that Tehran’s upcoming discussions with six world powers over...
Tags: White House, Politics, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Iran's leader visits Cairo, easing long estrangement
CAIRO -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived to a red-carpet welcome and a kiss on the cheek by Egypt's new Islamist leader in a historic trip to strengthen relations between the two nations after decades of estrangement and suspicion. Iran...
Tags: Human Rights, International Monetary Fund, Egypt, Crime, Law and Justice, Hamas
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Iran to resume talks with six powers on nuclear program
Six world powers and Iran announced they will resume talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program Feb. 26 in Kazakhstan, after three months of gridlock over arrangements for a new meeting. Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday that...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Tehran film conference denounces 'cultural assault' of Hollywood
TEHRAN — As moviegoers in the U.S. hustle to see Oscar contenders "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" before the golden statuettes go out, the films are also hitting screens in Tehran — as examples of the “cultural assault” of the West....
Tags: Human Rights, Sacha Baron Cohen, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Culture, A Separation (movie)
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