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18 Apr 2011 15:49

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World: Taliban captures engineers in Farah province

  • twelve Iranian engineers in Afghanistan have been kidnapped by the Taliban
  • five Afghans who were working with the Iranians were also captured source
  • » It happened in Farah province, near the Iranian border. Afghanistan’s embassy in Tehran called for swift action, as Iran’s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said he wants “Kabul authorities to exercise their responsibilities with regard to Iranian nationals and to take firm and swift action on this kidnapping.”

27 Dec 2009 11:01

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World: Why have protests in Iran gained steam once again?

  • Leader loss Grand Ayatollah Ali Hossein Montazeri was one of the strongest supporters of the protest movement, and his death re-energized the protesters.
  • Wider net Montazeri’s death did not just affect students but older, middle-class Iranians, which gives the protests a broader base of support than before.
  • Important day Beyond being the seventh day after Montazeri’s death, it is also the Ashura holiday – a holy day for Shiite Muslims. Iran is a largely Shiite country. source