Iran’s authorities arrested the daughter of former President Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani for participating in anti-government performances in Tehran, RIA Novosti reports on Sunday with reference to Reuters. "Faise was identified and arrested by security services in Tehran," said IRNA agency. According to preliminary data, Faiza shouted provocative slogans criticizing the authorities. After interrogation, she was released.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev instructed his administration to take measures for each case of violation of the rights of political associations to participate in the elections, reports Echo of Moscow . This was reported today by the heads of the party presented in the State Duma after a meeting with the head of state. The leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky said that all the leaders of the parliamentary parties informed the president of violations during the election campaign.

Two ships of the Iranian Navy passed through the Suez Canal. This was announced today by the Iranian news agency Fars with reference to the Arabo-speaking television channel Al-Alyam. According to these data, the ships are currently heading towards the shores of Syria, ITAR-TASS reports. Egypt authorities gave permission to pass Iranian ships on Friday.

The military, who left the pearl square of Manama on the orders of the Crown Prince Sheikh al Chalice, opened the area for demonstrators. According to the British television and radio broadcasting corporation, thousands of participants in anti -government demonstrations spent the night on the main square of the capital of the country after security forces were withdrawn from there.

39-year-old Perry Moore, American screenwriter, director and writer, as well as the executive producer of the cult series "Chronicle of Narnia", died last Thursday, February 17. His partner, Hunter Hill, found Perry's body in the bathroom of his apartment in Greenwich Villija, reports New York Times . According to loved ones, in the last days, Perry Moore suffered from pain in the back and neck caused by a chronic disease.

The village of Novo-Saitli of the Khasavyurt district, bandits who killed two women-howles, also wounded a five-year-old girl, Interfax was told in the press service of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to the interlocutor of the agency, a girl born in 2006, respectively, the granddaughter and daughter of the murdered women were wounded in a chest.

Russian skaters Yuko Kawaguti and Alexander Smirnov in North Korea performed at the figure skating festival, dedicated to one of the main state holidays of the DPRK - the birthday of the head of the republic Kim Jong Ira, told the R -Sport correspondent, coach of the couple Tamara Moskvin. The leader of North Korea Kim Jong Iru was 69 years old. In the country, large -scale celebrations of this date were organized, including the figure skating festival.

Petersburgsky "Spartak" on its parquet outplayed the Moscow CSKA in the match of the professional basketball league championship with a score of 89:71. “I said in the locker room to the players that the victory over CSKA and the other teams of this level should not offer them upstairs,” the official coach of the Spartaks Zvik Sherf quotes the official website of the St. Petersburg club . “Do not get drunk and too celebrate this victory.

The seventh, the last injured in a major car accident that occurred on Saturday on the Irkutsk-Ust-Uda highway, died in the Baikal region on Sunday. This was reported to ITAR-TASS today in the regional department of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation. The incident occurred on one of the lively transport highways 70 kilometers from Irkutsk. At high speed, the Suzuki car and the Hundai minibus collided there. In total, seven people got into an accident - five men and two women.

In connection with the tense atmosphere in Elbrus, all ski routes are closed, Echo of Moscow reports. In addition to the fact that skiing was stopped, access to the routes of all tourist groups is also prohibited. A source in law enforcement agencies said that all this was done for tourists' safety, and as soon as the situation allows Elbrus routes again.

The Russian Progress cargo ship, which was part of the ISS for almost 5.5 months, today completed its flight at the "cemetery of spacecraft" in the Pacific Ocean.

The British press writes about the confidential agreement of the teams reached within the framework of the FOTA regarding the situation in Bahrain. The teams do not want to go to Bahrain and insist on the cancellation of the stage, but, according to the agreement, they are required to take part in the Grand Prix if the FIA ​​and FOM leadership announces the race, F1news.ru reports.

Russian Bobsleist Alexander Zubkov and Alexei Voivoda won in the competitions of the doubles at the World Cup in the German Koenigze. This is the first victory in the history of Russian and Soviet Bobslei and Skeleton. Earlier, our athletes never rose above the second place at the planet’s championships. According to the results of four races, our duet finished 3 minutes 20.72 seconds over time. “The sensations, of course, are heavenly,” Zubkov told reporters after the finish.

The vice-president of the Deportivo Hinabahul club, which occupies the penultimate line in the tournament table of the Guatemala championship, was shot dead after receiving a number of threats associated with the unsuccessful performance of the team. According to police reports, there are no suspects yet, but “football” threats are worked out as the main version. It is already known that the murder was committed by two men who were waiting for Carlos Noe Gomez.

A naturalized American Backki Hammon, now a player of the Russian basketball team, left the Orenburg "Hope" with a scandal. The club broke a contract with the bronze medalist of the Beijing Olympics due to a bad game throughout the season. This became known after the next match of the country's championship against the Vologda-Cages (79:59), the Soviet Sport reports. At the same time, the famous player was not the only athlete who left the team.