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Pictures of two different Iranian space monkeys the result of a mix-up, animal allegedly 'in good health'

By Dante D'Orazio on February 2, 2013 09:33 pm + 108 comments

After Iranian-controlled news agencies reported on Monday that the government had successfully Continue reading…
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Iran's monkey may not actually have made it back from space alive

By Adi Robertson on February 1, 2013 01:11 pm + 128 comments

After Iran released news that it had successfully launched and recovered a monkey from space, some Continue reading…
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Iran fires monkey into space

By Amar Toor on January 28, 2013 06:56 am + 169 comments

Media outlets in Tehran today are reporting that the Iranian government has successfully launched a Continue reading…
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Julian Assange calls upcoming Dreamworks film 'a mass propaganda attack against WikiLeaks'

By Bryan Bishop on January 25, 2013 07:16 pm + 84 comments

Earlier this week we got our first look at actor Benedict Cumberbatch playing Julian Assange in the Continue reading…
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US government has 'no doubt' Iran is behind recent cyberattacks on banks, says NYT

By Adi Robertson on January 9, 2013 02:01 am + 47 comments

American officials may be blaming a series of recent bank denial of service attacks on Iran, The New Continue reading…
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Iran reportedly creating software to allow controlled access to social networks

By T.C. Sottek on January 6, 2013 12:09 pm + 15 comments

According to local media, Iran's latest effort to control internet access would reportedly give Continue reading…
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Israel starts training teenagers to create 'digital Iron Dome'

By Aaron Souppouris on January 2, 2013 06:22 am + 141 comments

Israel's Prime Minister officially opened a new national program to train teenagers in the art of Continue reading…
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Stuxnet strikes again, Iranian official says

By Adrianne Jeffries on December 25, 2012 06:06 pm + 52 comments

Is Stuxnet back? A provincial defense official in southern Iran is claiming that one of the largest Continue reading…
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Iran's Supreme Leader adds Facebook to growing online presence, despite official ban

By Adi Robertson on December 17, 2012 12:21 pm + 9 comments

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, is a major force behind the country's increasingly Continue reading…
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Iran launches Mehr, an alternative to 'inappropriate' YouTube

By Jeff Blagdon on December 9, 2012 08:17 pm + 55 comments

With YouTube having been deemed inappropriate by Iran’s theocratic regime in 2009, the country is Continue reading…