Strong earthquake in southern Iran kills 4 Sep 11, 2008
3 on the Richter scale hit Iran's historic city of Bam in southeastern province of Kerman, killing almost 30,000 people. Editor: An. (Xinhua)
Strong quake hits southern Iran Sep 10, 2008
The worst in recent times hit Bam in southeastern Kerman province in December 2003, killing 31,000 people - about a quarter of the city's population - and destroying the city's ancient mud-built citadel. Tehran alone sits on two major fault lines, and the 7. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Iran's naval forces ready to protect Gulf Aug 14, 2008
Sattari told reporters on the sidelines of his visit to a naval base in Sirjan, a city in southern province of Kerman. The forces will defend the territory of the country as well as the sea borders powerfully, the report quoted Sattari as saying. (Xinhuanet, China)
TAKING THE IRAN NUKE TOUR Jun 15, 2008
If you want to destroy the nuclear technology totally, you should attack all the cities: in Bushehr, in Kerman, in Esfanah, in Natanz, and in Tehran, in Karaj, in Mashhad. " It's unclear from what Hodge and Weinberger saw whether the Iranians really want weapon's grade enrichment; whether their efforts are to build their own nuclear reactors, rather than relying on outsiders; or whether the effort is simply Ahmadinejad sticking a thumb in America's eye. But one has to ask, should the kind of... (New York Post -- Opinions)
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Israel, conversely, has more than 10 Iranian cities on its hit list including Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, Qazvin, Shiraz, Yazd, Kerman, Qom, Ahvaz, and Kermanshah. Cordseman also noted that Iran would have lower fission yields, and less accurate force into cluster targeting on Israels two largest urban complexes, and that the Iranian side would also most likely be thwarted by Israels missile defense systems. (Human Events Online)
Iran hard-liners winning vote Mar 15, 2008
The semi-official Fars news agency, affiliated to conservatives in Iran's ruling Islamic establishment, said hard-liners also won seats in Bam in the southeastern Kerman province, Nain in the central Isfahan province as well as Boroujen and Farsan in the central Chaharmahal Bakhtiari province. But initial results also showed reformists leading in the towns of Zarand, Rafsanjan, Sirjan in southeastern Iran and Semnan in northern Iran, Fars reported. (MSNBC -- International)
Conservatives seen ahead as Iran counts vote Mar 15, 2008
Seats in the southeast Kerman province were shared between reformists and conservatives but those in the southern Fars province had gone mainly to conservatives, it said. Iran's former top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, standing for conservatives in the holy city of Qom, was elected to parliament in a landslide victory with 76 percent of the vote, Fars said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Iranian nights Feb 22, 2008
You'll then turn towards the Lut Desert and the city of Kerman, which was once a trading point along the Silk Road and still hosts a lively bazaar. You'll spend the night and then head off to Yazd, a Zoroastrian center whose warren of streets features badgirs (wind towers), bazaars, and a Zoroastrian fire temple. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Sneak peek at a desert Armageddon Jan 3, 2008
Even under a limited counterforce scenario where not more than 10 Iranian cities are attacked (Tabriz, Qazvin, Tehran, Esfahan, Shiraz, Yazd, Kerman. Qom, Ahwaz, Kermanshah), though Israel has the ability to attack all major Iranian cities, the casualties range from 16 to 28 million. (Asia Times Online)
* World News Quick Take Dec 28, 2007
Police killed four people during a clash with what were described as drug smugglers in the country's southeastern province of Kerman, state television reported yesterday. The incident occurred about 1,000km southeast of Tehran, the report said, in an area that has frequently witnessed clashes between police and gangs of drug smugglers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Iran: Protests Lend Momentum To Students' Struggle Dec 10, 2007
Similar protests spread the next day to the cities of Hamadan, Isfahan, Mazandaran, Shiraz, and Kerman, where students reportedly openly criticized Iran s disputed nuclear program. "Since the academic year began in October, the students movements and activities have not stopped," Iraj Jamsheedi, an independent journalist, told RFE/RL from Tehran. (EurasiaNet.org)
Disillusionment and anger Dec 8, 2007
Compare this with the image of his opponent, Hashemi Rafsanjani, two-time president, a wealthy ayatollah whose family owned hundreds of acres of pistachio orchards in Kerman province, and who produced ill-judged campaign ads showing him discussing the lack of entertainment options with a group of affluent, western-dressed teenagers from Elahieh. When Ahmadinejad appeared on the international stage he seemed unconventional, even shabby, among the crowd of sombre suits; his uniform was a crumpled... (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Iran says Japanese man spoke to family Dec 2, 2007
The 23-year-old man was abducted in October while travelling in the south-eastern province of Kerman, a region notorious for clashes between security forces and drug smugglers. "The gentleman is healthy and he has been able to talk to his family within the past two or three days," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told a weekly news conference. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Deadly history of earthquakes Nov 15, 2007
4 magnitude quake centred in a remote area near Zarand in Iran's Kerman province. 26 December 2004. (BBC News -- Americas)
Iranian women tackle rugby Oct 27, 2007
Other women's rugby teams in the country are from Golestan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Semnan, North Khorasan, Shiraz and Isfahan. Source: Agencies. (Aljazeera.Net)
Iranian women tackle rugby in Islamic republic... Oct 26, 2007
Other teams in the country are from Golestan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Semnan, North Khorasan, Shiraz and Isfahan. Copyright AFP 2007, AFP stories and photos shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. (The Drudge Report)
Abducted Belgian released in Iran Sep 15, 2007
The road links the city of Bam, in Kerman province, and Zahedan, capital of the poverty-stricken Sistan-Baluchestan region heading to the Pakistani border. According to the police commander in Bam, the pair was kidnapped by the head of a bandit group, who offered their release in exchange for his jailed brother's freedom. (Middle East Times)
2nd Belgian hostage freed in Iran Sep 15, 2007
Boeve and another Belgian female citizen Carla Van den Eeckhout were kidnapped in August by 15 armed bandits and taken into the mountains when the two were visiting the historic sites near the ancient city of Bam in southeastern Iranian province of Kerman ... Kerman province and its nearby Sistan-Baluchestan province bordering Pakistan and Afganistan have seen a string of attacks and kidnappings in the past years, which the Iranian authorities blamed on a Sunni group called Jundallah. (Xinhuanet, China)
31 Iranians abducted by gunmen in SE Iran Aug 20, 2007
Southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province and its nearby province of Kerman have been hit by a string of attacks and kidnappings in the past years, which the Iranian authorities blamed on a Sunni group called Jundallah. Last Sunday, two Belgian tourists were kidnapped by bandits while visiting the historic sites near the ancient city of Bam in Kerman. (Xinhuanet, China)
Report: 2 Belgians kidnapped in Iran Aug 14, 2007
"Ismaeel Shahbakhsh, leader of a bandit group in the area in the area, abducted the Belgian couple on Sunday near Fahraj, on the borders of the Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces," Colonel Abbas Ebrahimi was quoted as saying ... Sistan-Baluchestan province and its nearby province of Kerman have been hit by a string of attacks and kidnappings in the past years, which the Iranian authorities blamed on a Sunni group called Jundallah. (Xinhuanet, China)
Semi-final history for Iraq Jul 25, 2007
"Despite the critical situation in Iraq, many Iraqis are focusing on the football team. It is very important for people in our country," said Sabri, who plays for Iranian club side Mes Kerman. "We have never reached the semi-finals at this tournament, so this is history. "This has brought great happiness to our people at home, and such victories will bring more happiness. (Aljazeera.Net)
Toll in Iran from cyclone climbs to 12 - report Jun 10, 2007
Officials said the hurricane, a rare occurrence in the Gulf region, affected the provinces of Hormuzgan, Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan, damaging roads, bridges and houses. "So far 12 people in Sistan-Baluchistan and Hormuzgan have been killed and 9 have been injured due to floods," Mehr reported, quoting emergency services official Farzad Panahi. (Reuters AlertNet)
Death Toll From Cyclone Gonu Rises to 61 Jun 10, 2007
Iranian officials previously said water had encircled more than 100 villages deep in Kerman Province, where many residents subsist on livestock and small farm plots in villages consisting of a handful of families. Video footage showed people taking their belongings to higher ground, and said hundreds were living in tents in the port town of Konarak. (ABC 7 News, DC)
35 dead as storm swamps Muscat Jun 9, 2007
Water encircled more than 100 villages deep in Kerman Province, where many residents subsist on livestock and small farm plots in villages consisting of a handful of families. Lt. Siamak Miladi, a police commander in the town of Kalaganj, said rescue workers were expected to reach many villages by helicopter Saturday. (CNN -- International)
Cyclone in Oman, Iran leaves at least 52 dead Jun 9, 2007
Water encircled more than 100 villages deep in Kerman Province, where many residents subsist on livestock and small farm plots in villages consisting of a handful of families. The storm killed at least 52 people -- 49 in Oman and three in Iran -- with more than two dozen missing. (Boston Globe)
Player who beat Pele and Puskas hangs up his boots May 31, 2007
This is was the last game of Ali Daei in football, said Daei after the 2-0 victory against Mas of Kerman, where he rediscovered his striking touch to score one of the goals. Be rest assured that Ali Daei will not return to football again. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Persian Spring: May 21, 2007
On the bus from Kerman to Yazd, I kept thinking how familiar the scrubby sages and desert poppies would look to George W. Bush. Where there is water, the contrast is astoundingelectric-green fields of alfalfa; bright blossoming orchards of pomegranate, almond, pistachio, apricot, and peach trees; hillsides covered with hundreds of fig trees leafing out, fruit just starting, the size of a baby's fingernail. (Slate)
More sanctions won't stop nuclear work - Iran May 5, 2007
"They want to stop (Iran's atomic plans) with continuous resolutions," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech to university students in the southeastern province of Kerman. "I tell them: issue resolutions until you get tired," he said according to the ISNA news agency. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Ahmadinejad: Iran Won't Halt Uranium Enrichment May 4, 2007
"If they (the West) think by using some organizations (U.N.) they can prevent Iran from obtaining (nuclear) technology ... they are mistaken," Ahmadinejad told a rally in the southeastern Kerman province, state television reported. Senior officials from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China warned Iran on Wednesday of fresh U.N. sanctions if it refused to halt uranium enrichment work which the West suspects could be used to build nuclear weapons. (Newsmax)
Major powers warn Iran of possible new sanctions May 3, 2007
"The world should know that ... Iran is among those countries who have the industrial (nuclear) fuel cycle," he told a cheering crowd in the central province of Kerman. Iran said last month it could make nuclear fuel on an industrial scale, a move that would take it closer to developing atomic weapons if it wanted to. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Iran arrests former nuclear negotiator (Nasser Karimi) May 3, 2007
"Our nation will not give up its right even an iota," the president told a crowd in Kerman, 650 miles southeast of the capital, Tehran. "In the important nuclear issue, implementation of justice is the demand of [the] Iranian nation. Our nation says, 'Law for everyone, right for everyone.'" Mr. Ahmadinejad's comment came ahead of another U.N. Security Council deadline for Iran -- this one in late May -- to halt its uranium enrichment program or face more punishment. (Washington Times, DC)
Iran court reverses convictions Apr 19, 2007
The reversal, in an infamous five-year-old case from Kerman, in central Iran, has produced anger and controversy, with lawyers calling it corrupt and newspapers giving it prominence ... The ruling may still not be final, however, because a lower court in Kerman can appeal the decision to the full membership of the Supreme Court. (Boston Globe)
Iran Exonerates Six Who Killed in Islam’s Name Apr 19, 2007
The reversal, in an infamous five-year-old case from Kerman, in central Iran, has produced anger and controversy, with lawyers calling it corrupt and newspapers giving it prominence ... The ruling may still not be final, however, because a lower court in Kerman can appeal the decision to the full membership of the Supreme Court ... The ruling stems from a case in 2002 in Kerman that began after the accused watched a tape by a senior cleric who ruled that Muslims could kill a morally corrupt... (The Ledger)
Group cleared over Iran murders Apr 16, 2007
The serial killings took place in 2002 in the south-eastern city of Kerman. Morally corrupt. (BBC News -- Africa)
report on a proxy war Apr 5, 2007
Last year they've attacked civilians between the city of Kerman and Bam and killed one entire family, kids parents and others in the car, they have indiscriminately shoot at any passing car on the road to create terror. Posted by: | Apr 3, 2007 7:05:54 PM. (Harper's Magazine)
The Baha'i Faith Mar 3, 2007
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Shia-Sunni Violence Spreads in Iran Feb 23, 2007
It is allegedly responsible for the kidnapping and assassination of a number of clerics and officials and a bloody road massacre in Kerman province last year. Jundullah, also called Popular Iranian Resistance Movement, has accepted responsibility for the attacks. (Ocnus.net)
Iran arrests more suspects for bomb attack in Zahedan Feb 16, 2007
Sistan-Baluchestan and its close province of Kerman have been hit by a string of attacks and kidnappings in the past years, which the Iranian authorities blamed on a Sunni group called Jundallah. Earlier this year, four members of Iranian security forces were killed in Zahedan when armed men opened fire at their vehicle. (People's Daily Online, China)
Al-Qa'ida group blamed for bus bomb attack on Iranian guards Feb 16, 2007
The group, known by its Persian name Jundollah, shot dead 12 people last May on the Kerman to Bam highway in south-east Iran. Earlier, the group issued a video showing the execution of an Iranian officer. (Yahoo News -- Osama bin Laden & al-Qaida)
President feels heat over inflation Jan 28, 2007
A few blocks away, traders at Kerman fruit and vegetable market voiced outrage. Ibrahim Falali, 42, said he was selling imported tomatoes from Pakistan to make up for shortfalls and high prices caused by the export of Iranian produce to Iraq. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
