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Iran to unveil new home-built satellite: report

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Iran will unveil a new home-built satellite in February, a newspaper reported Thursday, amid Western concerns that Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons.


Former Iranian premier Mir Hossein Mousavi

Facebook decries Iranian ban

Technology / Internet

created May 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US social networking site Facebook on Saturday said it had received reports its wesbite had been blocked in Iran, lamenting the apparent government bar as "a shame."


Archaeologists find ancient temple in Iran

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 12, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Australian and Iranian archaeologists say they may have found an ancient Elamite temple buried in Iran's Fars province.


Iran telecom satellite lauch scheduled

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created Jan 23, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Iran is set to launch a satellite this year that will provide telecommunications services and Earth imaging for the Islamic republic.


Internet giant Google has unveiled a Farsi translation service to help Iranians "communicate directly"

Google, Facebook launch Persian services

Technology / Internet

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Internet giant Google has unveiled a Farsi translation service to help Iranians "communicate directly" to the world, while Facebook has launched a version of its site in Persian, they said Friday.


A supporter of Mir Hossein Mousavi stands in front of a burning bus during riots in Tehran

Mobile phones, Facebook, YouTube cut in Iran

Technology / Internet

created Jun 14, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

The main mobile telephone network in Iran was cut in the capital Tehran Saturday evening while popular Internet websites Facebook and YouTube also appeared to be blocked, correspondents said.


Brazier found in Iron Age temple in Iran

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 16, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A fourth brazier has been discovered at a 3,000-year-old temple in Iran.


In Iran, cheetahs collared for the first time

In Iran, cheetahs collared for the first time

Biology /

created Mar 01, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

An international team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society working in Iran has successfully fitted two Asiatic cheetahs with Global Positioning System (GPS) collars, marking the first time ...


4,000 BC antiquities found in Iran

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created Aug 17, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iranian archeologists discovered ruins and antiquities in central Iran that date back to 4,000 B.C., officials said Wednesday.


Ancient wall found in Iran

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 25, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (50) | comments 0

Archaeologists in northern Iran have uncovered the remains of a 124-mile-long wall, the second longest such structure in Asia after the Great Wall of China.


Tweeting Iran: Elex news in 140 characters or less

Technology / Internet

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- An opposition activist spreads word of an upcoming protest in the streets of Tehran. Another posts pictures of clashes between demonstrators and police.


NKorea rocket launch partial success: US expert

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

North Korea's rocket launch is a partial technological success on the way to building a long-range missile, even if Pyongyang failed to put a satellite in orbit, the former director of the US missile defense agency said ...


Scientists Expose 'Buried' Fault That Caused Deadly 2003 Quake

Scientists Expose 'Buried' Fault that Caused Deadly 2003 Quake in Iran

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using satellite radar data, NASA-funded scientists, including UC Riverside’s Gareth Funning, have observed for the first time the healing of subtle, natural surface scars from an earthquake ...


A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing

US building tech tools to foil online censors

Technology / Internet

created Aug 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The US agency behind Voice of America said Friday it is working on ways to slip news past tough Internet blockades in countries such as China and Iran.


Attempted Iran media clampdown meets Internet age (AP)

Attempted Iran media clampdown meets Internet age

Technology / Internet

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- Iran clamped down Tuesday on independent media in an attempt to control images of election protests, but pictures and videos leaked out anyway - showing how difficult it is to shut off the flow of ...