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Iran challenges Google's map omission
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it will sue Google if it fails to identify the Persian Gulf on its maps.
- Iranian official declares right to atomic energy
Saeed Jalili, the head of Iran’s Supreme Council of National Security and the country’s top nuclear negotiator, said today that Iran considers the use of nuclear energy to be its absolute right, and by no means is that negotiable.
- Syria releases two Iranian captives
Two Iranian engineers abducted in Syria by opposition forces were released yesterday and returned to Iran today.
- Iranian workers face growing unemployment
Close to 15,000 workers have been thrown out of work since 325 fertilizer factories closed down due to the unregulated import of Chinese fertilizers, says the president of the Association of Fertilizer Producers.
- Alarm sounded over Tehran air pollution
The head of the Tehran Environment Organization has announced that the city’s air quality has reached alarmingly poor levels and may soon constitute an emergency.
- Protests in Sistan-Baluchistan turn deadly
Protests against the arrest of the Rask Friday Mass leader’s son in Sistan-Baluchistan have left at least one protester dead and many injured, after the city’s military and security forces opened fire on the crowd.
- Authorities ease restrictions on captive leader
Opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, who has been under house arrest for close to 15 months, has been given “permission to open his windows to get fresh air, to stroll in the building’s parking area and to lock his apartment door,” reports from Iran indicate.
- U.S. considers removing group from terrorist list
The U.S. government may omit the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (Mujahedin-e Khalq) from its list of terrorist groups, the U.S. State Department has announced.
- Rising alcohol addiction concerns health ministry
The Iranian Ministry of Health says the consumption of alcoholic beverages has reached alarming levels in the southern areas of Tehran.
- Scientist’s alleged assassin hanged
Ali Jamali Fashi, who was convicted of assassinating Iranian scientist Masood Ali Mohammadi, was hanged today at Evin Prison.