Iran busts U.S.-linked spy

June 11, 2011 - 0:0

TEHRAN -- Iranian Intelligence agents have arrested a foreign spy who planned to form a social network for creating riots in the run-up to the Majlis election, Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi stated on Friday. The criminal, who is from one of Iran’s neighbors, was to receive millions of dollars from the United States to form such a network, Moslehi said.

Iranian, Belarusian presidents discuss ties
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko explored ways to further increase Tehran-Minsk relations during a telephone conversation on Thursday. Ahmadinejad and Lukashenko emphasized that the implementation of the agreements signed between the two countries should be accelerated and bilateral cooperation should be increased.
‘Saudi Arabia a gathering place for dictators’
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Three terrorists killed in west Iran
Three terrorists have been killed and four others have been arrested in west Iran, Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi announced in Tehran on Thursday. Three terrorists were killed and four others arrested in the western provinces of Kordestan and West Azarbaijan during operations carried out by intelligence and security forces over the past two nights, Moslehi stated