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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy is converting two merchant container ships into vessels capable of carrying and launching combat drones against maritime or coastal targets. For now, Iran’s drone carriers are unlikely to pose a clear and present danger to the U.S., but they possess symbolic significance as a potential tool to defy American initiatives in the Middle East and respond to Israel’s attacks against Iran.

The UN nuclear agency says Iran has agreed to cooperate in monitoring its sites.

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Iran's navy chief said two Iranian warships are sailing around the globe to "show the authority of the dear people of Iran to the whole world."

In this edition of the Iran Program, we will visit some historical attractions in the central province of Yazd.

While Iranian regime has been continuously conspiring against the United States and its allies, according to a recent media report, schoolchildren in the

"Such a super-maneuverable air-superiority fighter [as the Russian SU-35] would boost Tehrans control over the Iranian airspace," an analyst told Newsweek.

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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Irans hanging of protesters -- and display of their lifeless bodies suspended from cranes -- seems to have instilled enough fear to keep people off the streets after months of anti-government unrest. The success of the crackdown on the worst political turmoil in years is likely to reinforce a view among Irans hardline rulers that suppression of dissent is the way to keep power. The achievement may prove shortlived, however, according analysts and experts who sp...

Irans hanging of protesters -- and display of their lifeless bodies suspended from cranes -- seems to have instilled enough fear to keep people off the streets after months of anti-government unrest.