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New version of computer Flame virus uncovered

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A new cyberespionage tool linked to the Flame virus has been infecting computers in Lebanon, Iran and elsewhere, security researchers have said. Kaspersky Lab, which was credited with revealing the Flame virus earlier this year, dubbed the new malware “miniFlame,” and said it was “a small and highly flexible malicious program designed to steal More >

US court has ordered Iran, al-Qaeda to pay $6bn

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A US judge has formally ordered Iran, al-Qaeda and several other defendants to pay $US6 billion compensation to the victims of September 11, 2001, in a largely symbolic ruling. Although Iran denies any connection to 9/11, it was included in the list of alleged culprits by the US District Court in New York, along with the Lebanese militant group More >

The West accused Iran of shipping arms to Syria

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The four Western powers trying to rein in Iran’s nuclear program have accused Tehran of shipping arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions and ignoring demands to open key nuclear facilities to UN inspectors. The United States, Britain, France and Germany on Thursday expressed growing concern that Iran’s goal is building a nuclear arsenal, not More >

Iran want West to take action on anti-Islam film

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TEHRAN, Iran—Iran’s top leader urged the West on Monday to show it respects Muslims by blocking a film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad and has touched off rage across the Islamic world.

State TV quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying Western leaders must prove they are not “accomplices” in a “big crime.”

Such an appeal falls into the major More >

Iran commander warns Israel and US against attack

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TEHRAN—The top commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard warned Sunday that “nothing will remain” of Israel if it takes military action against Tehran over its controversial nuclear program. General Mohammad Ali Jafari said Iran’s response to any attack will begin near the Israeli border. The Islamic Republic has close ties with militants More >

Israel says containment policy for Iran won’t work

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JERUSALEM—Israel’s prime minister says a policy of containment for Iran will not work because Tehran is guided by a “leadership of fanaticism.” In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” to be aired Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also says he disagrees with those who argue that going to war with Iran would be worse than a nuclear More >

German FM says Nuclear-armed Iran ‘not an option’

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German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has said a nuclear-armed Iran was “not an option”, as he called on Tehran for “substantial negotiations” over its controversial atomic program. “We share the Israeli concerns about Iran’s nuclear program,” Mr Westerwelle said at the beginning of a meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak in More >

Canada expelled Iranian diplomats break relations with Iran

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Canada closed its Tehran embassy and expelled Iranian diplomats on Friday, expressing concern for the mission’s safety and slamming Iran’s support for the Syrian regime and its threats against Israel.

“Canada’s position on the regime in Iran is well known. Canada views the government of Iran as the most significant threat to global peace and More >

Under US sanctions World of Warcraft blocks Iran gamers

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They’ve vanquished elves, trolls, and all manner of magical monsters. But one select group of online gamers is facing an even more formidable foe: The US sanctions regime. Iranian players of “World of Warcraft,”; the massively popular online multiplayer franchise, have found themselves frozen out by Blizzard Activision Inc., the American company More >

UN report will confirm Iran expanding nuclear program

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A UNITED NATIONS report will confirm this week that Iran is expanding its nuclear program in defiance of the international community, bolstering calls for tougher sanctions amid the threat of an Israeli military strike. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog, is expected to detail as early as today how Iran has More >

Israel is insult to all humans, Iran’s president says

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ISRAEL’S existence is an “insult to all humanity”, Iran’s president says. In one of his sharpest attacks yet, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that confronting Israel was an effort to “protect the dignity of all human beings”.

“The existence of the Zionist regime is an insult to all humanity,” Ahmadinejad said. He was addressing worshippers at More >

US defence says, Iran building militia to fight Syrian rebels

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Iran is playing a growing role supporting the Syrian regime and is helping to build and train a militia to fight opposition forces, US defence officials have said. Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Pentagon reporters that the militia, which is generally made up of Syrian Shiite forces, is being used to take More >
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