Fold mountains slip on soft areas

The Zagros Mountains are well researched from a geological perspective. However, scientists at the ETH Zurich have now used computer simulations to demonstrate for the first time how it came about that mainly folds with almost ...

Iran sends rocket, capsule into space: IRNA

Iran on Thursday signalled a broadening of its space ambitions by announcing the launch of a new rocket and a test capsule designed to house a monkey, amid Western concerns over its scientific advances.

Iran to launch several satellites: Ahmadinejad

Iran plans to launch several home-built satellites by March 2012, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday after the unveiling of four new prototypes.

Iran tech expo sends defiant message to West

(AP) -- An Iranian supercomputer. New space rockets and satellites carrying the flag of the Islamic Republic. Biotech innovations that include artificial tendons.

Google software for the masses lands in Iran

Google has made mapping, photo-sharing, and Web browsing software available for the first time to people in Iran but blocked access by government computers there.

Top Iran nuke envoy blames US for cyberattack

Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili blamed the United States for a cyberattack on what he insisted is a nuclear energy -- not weapons -- program, in an interview broadcast Monday.

Stuxnet worm rampaging through Iran: IT official

The Stuxnet worm is mutating and wreaking further havoc on computerised industrial equipment in Iran where about 30,000 IP addresses have already been infected, IRNA news agency reported on Monday.

Iran aims to send man into space in nine years

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that Iran plans to send a man into space by 2019 as a blow to Western powers pressing Tehran over its nuclear programme, state news agency IRNA reported.

Iranian users having trouble accessing Gmail: Google

Iranian users are having trouble accessing Gmail, Google said Wednesday following a report that Iran's telecommunications agency had permanently suspended the Internet giant's email service.

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