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Iran brings 'Mersad' missile on stream Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:53:23 GMT Iran says its first domestically-built air defense system, which is said to be more powerful than the US-made Hawk missile, is ready to become operational. Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Sunday that the anti-aircraft...

Ahmadinejad inaugurates giant iron ore plant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has inaugurated the biggest iron ore pelletizing plant in the Middle East near the southern city of Sirjan. Gol-e-Gohar pelletizing plant has a capacity to produce five million tonnes of iron ore per year...

The language of Iran is not Farsi, it is Persian. It is like calling Spanish, Espanol. Also, interestingly enough, before British rule of India, much of western India and Pakistan spoke Persian, then the British banned Persian and made Urdu the official language to curb the influence of Iran in...

Iran aid to Afghanistan at $280mn Iran has spent more than $280 million in the reconstruction projects of Afghanistan so far, says Iran's envoy to its eastern neighbor. "A total of $220 million has been spent in the road construction projects while more than $60 million was provided in...

Iran, Qatar ink defensive agreement Iran and Qatar have signed a defensive agreement, which would see the two sides jointly taking on "elements behind regional insecurity." The agreement was inked by visiting Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi and Chief of the...

Iranian scientists have cloned a goat and plan future experiments they hope will lead to a treatment for stroke patients. The female goat, named Hana, was born early on Wednesday in the city of Isfahan in central Iran. "With the birth of Hana, Iran is among five countries in the world...

I was discussing this topic with a Punjabi Muslim from India. He said that Britain carved Pakistan and Bangladesh away from India to remove the chances of Muslims ever being able to control India. He said the Brits knew that in the future, India will rise and become powerful and they were scared...

Iran's Navy on Friday took the delivery of the first indigenously designed and developed guided missile destroyer Jamaran in the presence of the leader of the Islamic Revelation Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. The Mowdge Class vessel has a displacement of around 1,420 tonnes and is equipped with...

Iran, master of enrichment Barack Obama hoped to launch a new era in relations with the Islamic Republic but, a year on, stalemate prevails. David Patrikarakos talks to Iran’s atomic ambassador and to critics in Israel and the US about what went wrong In March 2009, two months after his...

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Iran to unveil air defence equal to Russia system (Reuters) 8 February 2010 Iran will soon unveil a domestically-made air defence system with at least the same capability as Russia’s S-300 anti-aircraft hardware, an Iranian air force commander told on Monday. Last month, Russia’s...

Iran Unveils First Home-Made Light Plane TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran unveiled its first home-made double-engine light plane Monday morning. The one-manned plane, named 'Faez', has a full composite structure and weights 175kg. With a maximum speed of 220 km/h and a light structure, the plane enjoys...

Iran Starts Mass Production of Advanced Unmanned Bombers TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Monday inaugurated the production line of two home-made Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with bombing and reconnaissance capabilities. The two hi-tech drones named 'Ra'd' (Thunder) and 'Nazir' (Harbinger) are...