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Babak Zanjani, Iranian billionaire topic of controversy in Iranian parliament. Twelve Iranian parliamentarians wrote a letter and asked the heads of the three branches of government to look into Babak Zanjani\\\'s case and accused him of corruption. Earlier in a press conference the head of Iran\\\'s Supreme Audit Court had talked about Zanjani. Some parliamentarians agree that simply putting this much money at the disposal of one individual without any collateral is not right and President Ahmadinejad and his cabinet had better choices. Some other representatives believe that Zanjani is not alone The spokesman for Iranian Parliament\\\'s Legal and Judicial Commission. Esfenani, thinks that accusing any person before he or she is convicted in a court of law is illegal. Experts say Babak Zanjani\\\'s estimated net worth is around 13.8 billion dollars. Iranian judiciary officials say that there is no corruption case referred to it by the parliament\\\'s article 90 commission.

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The Pakistani government has for the first time released some figures of the number of causalities in the US drone strikes on the country\'s tribal areas. But the move immediately sparked a controversy, with critics saying that Islamabad is hiding the truth.

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It is a topic that many have discussed for hours and hours. You may also be one of them. A famous revolutionary thinker Dr. Ali Shariati has wrote many books and delivered many speeches that have raised controversy among different tiers of society. How do we look at his works? Dr. Azghadi sums up the controversy beautifully.

Aijaz Ahmad New IAEA report says Iran has not lied US demands new sanctions China says no

Press Tv report from London that includes the footage that shows the victim was pushed by police

2012 London Olympics Controversy SECRET REVEALED

After more than a year of controversy, the ban on full face veil in France has just come into effect. But some women are already vowing to defy the restriction, Al Jazeera's Tim Friend reports from Paris. As the extreme right wing gains increasing popularity in France, President Sarkozy has been accused of trying to win back votes ahead of next year's presidential election by deliberately stigmatising Muslims. The government vehemently denies this, and argues that the full veil is a symbol of male oppression.

Pro-Palestinian Ads Ignite Firestorm Of Controversy

US Senator John McCain posing alongside insurgents in Syria! During his recent illegal trip to Syria from Turkey\'s \"Bab Al-Salameh\" border crossing, Senator McCain met with militants that he described as quote \"brave fighters who need our help\". However, two of the insurgents McCain shared his photo op with were identified by freed Lebanese hostages to be members of the notorious - \"Northern-Storm Brigade\" - a group implicated over the abduction of nine Lebanese Shia pilgrims more than a year ago. According to the Los Angeles Times the insurgents called on the US Senator to provide them with \"heavy weapons, set up a no-fly zone in Syria, and conduct airstrikes against the Lebanese Resistance movement Hezbollah\". Altaf Ahmad, Press TV, Beirut

Iraqi Kurdistan\'s oil exports via Turkey continue to cause controversy. Officials from Iraq\'s central government have warned that all the current contracts with Turkey will be canceled if it goes ahead with the oil deals with Iraq\'s Kurdistan region. Baghdad has also threatened to take legal action against Ankara over the issue.

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George Galloway against Islamophobia. Talks specifically about the recent Hijab controversy in the UK.

Israel has sparked widespread controversy with its construction of a synagogue in the place of a mosque in Jerusalem alQuds.

The following is a Press TV interview with former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia Charles W. Freeman on the controversy surrounding his nomination and subsequent withdrawal form chairing the US National Intelligence Council.

True science and freedom of thought are inseparable but as this video shows some scientists prefer power to truth PHILLIP JOHNSON AUTHOR OF DARWIN ON TRIAL Are students learning the whole truth about Darwin s theory of evolution According to a growing number of scientists the surprising answer is no They claim that many of the most famous Icons of Evolution including Darwin s Tree of Life finches from the Galapagos Islands and embryos that look remarkably similar are based on outdated research and sloppy logic They say students are being hurt by the failure to present both sides of an emerging scientific debate over Darwins theory Come explore this fascinating new conflict over evolution in the classroom a conflict based on science not religion Learn about the controversy that engulfs one town when a teacher actually tries to tell students that some scientists disagree with Darwin From the Galapagos Islands to China Icons of Evolution will take you on a fastpaced fascinating journey into one of the most controversial issues in today s public arena

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of HizbAllah, speaking on the occasion of welcoming Islamic Republic of Iran President, Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, talks about the recent controversy in which a man by the name of Yasir al-Habeeb, in the guise of a Shia Muslim cleric, defamed and spoke ill of one of the wives of Prophet Mohamed [s] and the fatwa of Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei forbidding such words.

A row is brewing in Canada, after a politician introduced proposals aimed at mandating the removal of veils in polling stations. The private member's bill was tabled by a politician from the ruling Conservative Party. He says the law would increase transparency during elections. But critics say it fuels Islamaphobia. Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports.

رهبر انقلاب از جنجال میگوید Ayatullah Khamenei Speech Excerpt - Farsi

A former NATO officer claims US Special Forces have conducted secret raids inside Pakistan's border regions. The operations were conducted between 2003 and 2008, but only one was ever made public. According to reports, troops were looking for high value targets among both the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The one that became widely known in September 2008 was condemned as a provocation by the Pakistani government. Ethnic groups from Pakistans Belugistan province where most of the raids occurred blame the government in Islamabad for allowing these things to happen, said RT LIVE investigative journalist Webster Tarpley. He pointed out that President Obamas West point speech of December 2 is a thinly veiled declaration of war against Pakistan in the sense that it announces the intent of the US to promote the dismemberment, the partition of Pakistan along ethnic lines and in order to do that you have to create trouble on the ground. Ambassador Richard Holbrook, who is the US tsar for the region, was asked Do you have troops in Pakistan? and he said The US has intelligence personnel in Pakistan but not troops. And I would ask What about the contractors, Mr Ambassador? asked Tarpley. Webster Tarpley disclosed information published in The Nation and Vanity Fair magazines about Blackwater Select and Total Intelligence Solutions having massive snatch and grab and even assassination operations run out of Karachi, Pakistans largest city, under the command of the US Joint Special Operations Command and CIA. The Taliban refused to take responsibility for some explosions in public places in Pakistan and blamed the CIA for destabilizing the situation in the country through terror. I guess from some points of view the golden age of Blackwater was perhaps not under Bush/ Cheney but it is now under Obama, Tarpley said, and they are running wild in ways they trample the sovereignty of Pakistan as a country.

It started last month with one encampment outside Saint Paul's Cathedral. Next came the expansion to Finsbury Square, a smaller but similarly active protest camp. Now, Occupy London have unveiled their latest base, and this time they mean business. At four storeys high and taking up almost half a street, this is the third of the Occupy London movement's locations, coming complete with a fully functional conference room and a five hundred seat auditorium. More significantly, this building is owned by the Swiss bank UBS, who themselves are no strangers to controversy. In two thousand and seven, they were accused of heavily profiting from a controversial mortgage scheme in which thousands of British pensioners lost a total of around one billion pounds. They bought the troubled mortgages from another bank. At the time they said that it was an “entirely usual” transaction. It was bailed out by the Swiss government just one year later. This building is one of its assets, and it's worth over fifty four million pounds. Occupy London want to hold educational workshops and community events here. They've named their new space “The bank of ideas”, this concept was explained to us by one occupier. After weeks of being told that their protest was going nowhere, those within the Occupy movement are seeing this as proof that they aren't giving up any time soon. They plan on hosting a conference of worldwide occupy movements inside. Officially the building is now a 'legal squat', meaning that police are powerless to remove the activists from the building without first consulting the courts. The City of London has already started legal action against the Saint Pauls cathedral protest camp. Although this is a private building and in a different part of London, its owners are likely to start taking steps to launch their own case against the protesters. UBS bank today said that they were taking “appropriate action”. In the meantime, Occupy London is likely to squeeze as many events as it can into their limited occupancy time to take full advantage of their new found space.

[4 Mar 2012] News Bulletin Press TV - English

International women\'s day has been celebrated for over a century, and since then it has manifested itself in different ways in each and every culture. In some countries it has morphed into a sort of Valentine\'s Day. In others the day highlights points that the United Nations intended by creating the occasion. Light is shed on human rights, women\'s rights, and the ongoing struggles of women worldwide. In Iran woman\'s day means all that and a little more. Many husbands choose this day to show their appreciation for their wives, and the ongoing efforts to assert women\'s rights are highlighted. But the occasion has added significance in Iran, because of the people\'s Islamic faith, which emphasizes the holy status of women in society. That might be news for someone with little information about the Islamic faith, but Muslims have numerous laws designed specifically to assert women\'s rights, written in a time when baby girls were such a disgrace for their family, they were buried alive at birth. The role of women in any society is a subject of much controversy and debate. In Iran that debate is very much alive as well, with its own specific aspects. In this edition of the show we\'ll be talking about the Iranian women, and her role and status in the Iranian society.