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An Iranian lady, protesting in a green demonstration. Tehran, Iran, 17 June '09.

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Portraits of Iranian Politicians, Artists and Green Protests

Portraits of Iranian politicians/artists/green protests taken during last year. These photos were taken from the presidential election up to now.Iran...

by Hamed Saber in Iran on 29/04/2010

Manouchehr Mottaki, Iranian Foreign Minister. Tehran, Iran. 20/10/2009. At the press conference the Iranian Foreign Minister stated that Iran had no plans to halt their uranium enrichment work and that it was their 'legal and obvious' right to nuclear technology. Manouchehr Mottaki, is the 11th Foreign Minister since the 1979 revolution. He assumed office in 2005 under the appointment of President Ahmadinijad. Prior to his inauguration he was Iran’s Ambassador to Turkey (1985), the Foreign Ministry's Secretary General for Western European affairs (1989), Deputy Foreign Minister for international affairs (1989) and Deputy Foreign Minister for legal, consular and parliamentary affairs (1992), Iran's ambassador to Japan (1994), the advisor to the Foreign Minister (1999), deputy head of the Culture and Islamic Communications Organization (2001) and head of the international relations committee of the 7th Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.

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Manouchehr Mottaki, Iranian Foreign Minister

Manouchehr Mottaki, Iranian Foreign Minister, spoke at a Tehran conference reiterating that Iran had no plans to halt their uranium enrichment work...

by Siavash in Iran on 19/10/2009

Today June 28th, Tehran saw another demonstration in funeral of Beheshty, one of the most important Mullahs who was killed in bombing at the first years after the revolution. His son and some other people were there. One of the important people was Ghafary, Mullah who said something against Khamenei.

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Clashes following memorial of Ayatollah Beheshti

Today June 28th, Tehran saw another demonstration in funeral of Beheshty, one of the most important Mullahs who was killed in bombing at the first...

by scar in Iran on 28/06/2009

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The Grand Ayatollah Montazeri's state funeral

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The Grand Ayatollah Montazeri's state funeral

Grand Ayatollah Montazeri`s funeral, Qom, Iran. 21/12/09.
by FreedomMessenger, on 21st of December 2009
30th London Iranian Embassy protests continue unabated

Society

30th London Iranian Embassy protests continue unabated

The 30th and continual demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy in London, United Kingdom, has become the focal point for Iranians in solidarity with the people of Iran, but also a hub...
by Elcid Asaei, on 16th of July 2009
Hundreds of Thousands of Iranians Protest

Politics

Hundreds of Thousands of Iranians Protest

Protests following the 2009 Iranian presidential election against the disputed victory of Iranian President Ahmadinejad and in support of opposition candidate Mousavi occurred in major ...
by Tehrani, on 17th of June 2009

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