http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:55:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35488/iran-aims-to-put-a-man-in-space.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIran plans to send a manned mission into orbit within the next 10 years, the CBC reports. The news comes on the heels of a recent, and disputed, rocket launch the Iranians claim put a satellite, its first, into space. The country says its space presence would monitor weather and improve communications, but the international community is wary of military applications.http://www.newser.com/story/35488/iran-aims-to-put-a-man-in-space.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Aug 2008 16:41:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35424/iran-bars-actress-from-leaving-country.html?refid=rss_all_defaultIran has barred an actress from leaving the country after details of her role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in a spy thriller emerged, the Guardian reports. Golshifteh Farahani was on her way to Hollywood to discuss future roles when authorities stopped her at the airport. A trailer for the thriller, Body of Lies , shows Farahani without a hijab on.http://www.newser.com/story/35424/iran-bars-actress-from-leaving-country.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 21 Aug 2008 2:52:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35376/ahmadinejad-says-israel-to-be-removed-soon.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel “a germ of corruption” to be “removed soon” in comments on his presidential website today, the AP reports. While the outburst is nothing new for the Iranian leader, the posts were probably meant to reassure hawks enraged by the vice president’s comments last week that Iranians are “friends of all people in the world—even Israelis.”http://www.newser.com/story/35376/ahmadinejad-says-israel-to-be-removed-soon.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 20 Aug 2008 12:53:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34037/iran-refuses-to-cede-nuclear-rights.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected an informal deadline from the UN Security Council to halt its uranium enrichment program, the AP reports. In talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Ahmadinejad refused to cede "a single iota of its nuclear rights" despite threats of more sanctions. Tehran maintains its nuclear program is aimed at producing power, and says it's open to international talks.http://www.newser.com/story/34037/iran-refuses-to-cede-nuclear-rights.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 03 Aug 2008 9:45:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33745/klein-to-jewish-extremists-stop-bullying-me.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Jewish right-wing "extremists" at Commentary can call Joe Klein anti-Semitic and intellectually unstable all they want, the columnist writes, and they can even call for Time to fire him, but he’s not going stop telling what he calls the “palpable” truth that's "unspoken in polite society": that a group of Jewish neoconservatives provided Bush with the rationale he needed for the Iraq war—and now they’re agitating for a strike on Iran.http://www.newser.com/story/33745/klein-to-jewish-extremists-stop-bullying-me.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 30 Jul 2008 12:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33473/iran-hangs-29-convicts-calls-deaths-crime-deterrent.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAmid charges of excessive use, Iran hanged 29 convicts this morning in Tehran. The Iranian Supreme Court approved the death sentences, variously on charges of murder, rape, armed robbery, or drug trafficking, the BBC reports. Last year, the country carried out 317 executions, second only to China. Tehran, however, insists the death penalty is an effective deterrent, judiciously used after a lengthy legal process.http://www.newser.com/story/33473/iran-hangs-29-convicts-calls-deaths-crime-deterrent.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 27 Jul 2008 9:24:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32888/ahmadinejad-upbeat-despite-sanction-threats.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAfter nuclear talks in Geneva ended in a deadlock yesterday, major powers gave Iran a two-week deadline to halt uranium enrichment or face tougher EU and UN sanctions, Reuters reports. But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today presented an upbeat analysis of the discussions. "Any negotiation that takes place is a step forward," the Iranian president told state media reporters.http://www.newser.com/story/32888/ahmadinejad-upbeat-despite-sanction-threats.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 20 Jul 2008 6:03:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32843/iranian-official-balks-at-start-of-6-nation-talks.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTehran has ruled out freezing its uranium enrichment program, casting doubt over the value of talks between Iran and six world powers less than an hour after they started. The Geneva talks—with the US in attendance for the first time—had raised expectations of possible compromise on a formula under which Iran would agree to stop expanding its enrichment activities, which can produce either fuel for nuclear power stations or the material used in warheads.http://www.newser.com/story/32843/iranian-official-balks-at-start-of-6-nation-talks.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSat, 19 Jul 2008 6:49:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32694/us-closer-to-establishing-diplomatic-outpost-in-iran.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Bush administration is moving forward with plans to establish a US interest section—precursor to a formal embassy—in Iran, the Guardian reports. An announcement will come in the next month about the office, which will put US diplomats in Iran for the first time since the hostage crisis in 1979. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced his support for the project earlier this week.http://www.newser.com/story/32694/us-closer-to-establishing-diplomatic-outpost-in-iran.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 17 Jul 2008 12:28:48 CDT