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Did two Tomahawk cruise missiles crash in Iran during the 2003 war?
According to a 2009 armscontrol article, 10 US Tomahawk missiles crash en-route during the 2003 war with Iraq, two of these in Iran.
The cite a bunch of sources in their article, but none of those I looked at seems to give the info about the…
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When instituting Quds Day, did Khomeini say that one should emulate Imam Ali who killed 700 Jews?
The German newspaper Der Spiegel claims:
Der Schwiegersohn des Propheten ist das Vorbild: Imam Ali habe "siebenhundert Juden an einem Tag" erschlagen. Ihm solle man nacheifern, verkündet Revolutionsführer Ayatollah Chomenei 1979, als er den…
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Was the 2003 Bam earthquake caused by nuclear testing?
From New earthquake hits Iran as Khatami denies Bam disaster caused by nuclear test
Meanwhile, the Iranian President, Mohammad Khatami on Tuesady brushed
aside rumors that a nuclear test in Bam area was the trigger for the
killer quake, saying…
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Did Omar Khayyam say this about religion?
Atheistrepublic.com made the following meme which claims:
lf instead of studying religion, men would have
devoted to develop mathematics - algebra.
lf logic of science would have occupied the
place of Sufism, faith and superstition.
Religion…
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In Iran, do widows get their husbands' occupational insurance as a monthly salary?
A voice for men:
Pensions for women. Should a husband die, his occupational insurance (his highest salary per day multiplied by the years he worked) will be monthly paid to his wife as a salary for life, regardless of her being employed or not. No…
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