(REUTERS) Iranian film director Mohsen Makhmalbaf won the Freedom to Create Prize on Wednesday, and dedicated his award to ... his 2001 Afghan picture "Kandahar." He is also one of Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi's most well ... lost to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the disputed poll, and the Iranian opposition says more than 70 people were killed in post-election violence. ...

... , November 26 (thanks to dsinc): ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia -- Iranian hajj pilgrims carried out a peaceful protest without incident ... were evident as Ayatollah Muhammed Rishari, the representative of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led the Iranian delegation. "We need to be purified from our wrongdoings in this hajj," he said in a statement. "We need all Muslims, Sunni ...

... 24 November 09 10:15by Malkah Fleisher ? ?Earl Hall, Columbia University ? (Israelnationalnews.com) An Iranian front organization is donating huge sums to American academic institutions who employ pro-Iran, ... papers. The courses are taught by professors who openly slur Israel and express sympathy for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime, as well as terrorist groups Hizbullah and Hamas ...

New Wars has been watching closely the ongoing developments off Yemen, with US, Saudi Arabian, and Iranian warships deploying to support one side or the other in the ongoing Civil War there. Before we get to our subject, here are a few details via Strategypage: Saudi Arabian warships are maintaining a blockade on Yemen’s Red Sea

... that the West would wish for the reformists' success. Nevertheless, to appreciate that a faction of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry (because it becomes clear, during Esfandiari's ... we understand that this is not mere rhetorical flourish. At least some portion of the Iranian establishment may believe, or believe they have to believe, these statements to be true. Esfandiari's ...

... Liberation of Palestine. Among the companies set up to mask Iranian activities were the ASSA Corporation and the Alavi Foundation, ... UK entity which is wholly owned and operated by Iranian citizens who represent the interests of Bank Melli ... Foundation. Through each of these incarnations, the company has been used by Bank Melli and the Iranian government to finance terror, as detailed in the complaint ...