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Iran enforces new dress code for shops
Iran has introduced a new Islamic dress code which forbids shopkeepers from displaying female mannequins without a hijab in shop windows, or showing bodily curves. “Using unusual mannequins exposing body curves and with heads without a hijab are now prohibited to be used in the shops,” police said in a statement on Tuesday. The... »
Iran to launch first nuke plant
On Tuesday, IRNA has reported that the Bushehr Nuclear Plant is at 96% complete and will be undergoing testing in the near future. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Iranian Vice-President, told the paper “The most important testing will soon begin at the plant, when the pressure will be raised to 250 atmospheres to detect any... »
Kremlin says Israel promised not to strike Iran
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Israel promised Russia it would not launch an attack on Iran, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview aired on Sunday in which he described such an assault as “the worst thing that can be imagined.” Israel has hinted it could forcibly deny Iran the means to make an atomic bomb... »
Iranians regain access to Facebook, Twitter
TEHRAN, Iran- The online networking sites Facebook and Twitter were back in business for Iranians Tuesday, a day after the government banned the country’s access to them, a freelance writer said. Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad like Mir Hossein Mousavi are using technology to reach voters. The 28-year-old woman, who uses the name Shahrazad to... »