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US neutral on Iran women barred for vote
WASHINGTON--The United States on Friday steered clear of taking a tough stand on reports that Iran's electoral watchdog appears to have barred women from running in the June 14 presidential ...
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Iranian trade stats well below last Aprils figures
Radio Zamaneh Iranian customs says imports into the country were down sharply last month compared to the same period in 2012. According to the report, imports fell from $3.3 billion in April of 2012 to $1.3 billion in April of ...
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Irans Destabilizing Activities in The Middle East Under Scrutiny
making headlines around the world, Iran is also prominent for its destabilizing activities in the Middle East, according to the United States in America. In her written testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Under Secretary Wendy Sherman says Iran is the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism, which it uses as a strategic tool of its foreign policy. Beyond its ...
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Bahrain Slams Irresponsible Iranian Statements
Manama-May-18(BNA)The Kingdom of Bahrain today strongly condemned the statements made by Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hussain Amir Abdullahyan. The Foreign Ministry slammed the irresponsible statements, being a flagrant interference in Bahrain's internal affairs, an unprecedented behavior in relations bonding states and an awkward demeanor in regional and ...
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UAE not affected by southern Iran quake
WAM ABU DHABI: The UAE was not affected by the earthquake of 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, which hit southern Iran, 207 km northeast of Ras Al Khaimah, this afternoon, the National Centre of Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has reported. Measuring 3 on the Mercalli intensity scale, the quake occurred at 2.03pm at a depth of 29km, it said. ...
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Beckham Studying New MLS Club Purchase
David Beckham's representatives have held talks with Major League Soccer over the former England captain purchasing a new club in the US. The Paris St-Germain player, 38, announced on Thursday that he is to retire at the end of the season, BBC wrote. When Beckham joined Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007 his contract included an option to purchase an 'expansion franchise'. In 2009 ...
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Struggle Against Dire Conditions for Iran Workers
On April 29, just ahead of International Workers' Day, Iranian authorities summoned Behnam Ebrahimzadeh to discuss the terms of his temporary release from Tehran's notorious Evin prison. Ebrahimzadeh, a labor activist and blogger who is almost three years into a five-year prison sentence, was given leave from the prison after many pleas to care for his ailing son, who suffers from a ...
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IRGC Ready To Defend Persian Gulf
Commander of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi emphasized the IRGC's full preparedness to defend Iran's interests in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. Addressing members of the IRGC's fifth naval zone, Fadavi said that his forces are fully prepared to defend Iran's interests in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of ...
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Italians Protest Against Austerity Policies
The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that Filipino coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters, AFP reported. Chen Wen-chi, head of the Taiwan team investigating the May 9 incident, ...
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Syria’s Golan Heights Can Be Freed
A top Iranian military commander said the liberation of Syria's strategic Golan Heights is not impossible, and that fundamental changes will soon take place in the region. "From a security and military perspective, I should say the liberation of Golan [Heights] is not impossible; it can happen," said Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Massoud Jazayeri in an ...
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President Urges Speedy Information Dissemination
Nation Able To Make Further Scientific Progress Political Desk President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on officials to address the demands of the nation and increase interaction with the people. Addressing the Third Communications and Information Technology Festival in Tehran on Saturday, the president stressed, 'speedy and timely dissemination of the information' should ...
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Call for Swift Action On Myanmar
Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammad Khazaei has urged a swift end to the violence and the breach of human rights against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. In a meeting with the ambassadors of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Khazaei said suppression and violence against Muslims are taking place despite Myanmar's claims of democratization ...
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Stuxnet Virus Improves Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities
Nation Able To Make Further Scientific Progress Political Desk President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on officials to address the demands of the nation and increase interaction with the people. Addressing the Third Communications and Information Technology Festival in Tehran on Saturday, the president stressed, 'speedy and timely dissemination of the information' should ...
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Iranian Shield Prevents Corrosion in Electronic Circuits
Iranian researches have used nanoparticles to synthesize a new type of absorbent to remove toxic dyes from the textile industry's wastewater. The flow of outlet fluids from textile plants into the environment is an important issue, Fars News Agency wrote. Most synthesized and natural dyes have complicated aromatic structure molecules and they are resistant to microbial and decomposition ...
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Mahabad Petrochem Plant 70 Complete
Domestic Economy Desk Mahabad Petrochemical Complex, which is underway in the framework of Mehr-e Mandegar (Lasting Kindness) Plan, is more than 70 percent complete. Announcing this, Abdulhossein Bayat, the head of National Petrochemical Company, said till April 20, construction and installation works progressed by 46 percent, engineering works by 99 percent and logistics by 90 percent, IRNA ...
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Indian Insurance Services for Oil Imports
From Page 1 The measure is reportedly aimed at countering the effect of sanctions imposed by the European Union, banning the bloc's members from purchasing Iran's oil or extending insurance coverage to tankers carrying its crude. "What will be the size of this fund, how much we are required to contribute, whether it is enough to cover reinsurance--these are the details that ...
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Global Shift in Investments Forecast
From Page 1 "We found that developing economies will come to dominate investment," Maurizio Bussolo, a World Bank lead economist and author of the new Global Development Horizons report, told reporters on Thursday. By 2030, for every dollar invested around the world, 66 cents will be in developing countries. That's a dramatic change, as for almost four decades such investments ...
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World Powers Criticized for Blocking Settlement of N. Issue
A senior lawmaker blasted the world powers for blocking the settlement of Tehran's nuclear issue by raising unbalanced and excessive demands in their proposals, and underlined that Iran will not accept any undertakings beyond the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). "The proposals of the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) are not only unbalanced but are also ...
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Southern Province Hit by 5.7 Magnitude Quake
Commander of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi emphasized the IRGC's full preparedness to defend Iran's interests in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. Addressing members of the IRGC's fifth naval zone, Fadavi said that his forces are fully prepared to defend Iran's interests in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of ...
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Iran Hosts Islamic Confab In Lebanon
Commander of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi emphasized the IRGC's full preparedness to defend Iran's interests in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. Addressing members of the IRGC's fifth naval zone, Fadavi said that his forces are fully prepared to defend Iran's interests in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of ...
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West Warned Over Arming ...
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale has struck the southern Iranian province of Hormuzgan. The earthquake hit Goharan on Saturday at 14:33 local time (GMT 1003), according to Iranian Seismological Center. The epicenter, with a depth of 8 km, was initially determined to be at 26.74 degrees north latitude and 58.74 degrees east longitude. No immediate reports of casualties were ...
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Turkey Not to End Iran Oil Imports
A senior lawmaker blasted the world powers for blocking the settlement of Tehran's nuclear issue by raising unbalanced and excessive demands in their proposals, and underlined that Iran will not accept any undertakings beyond the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). "The proposals of the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) are not only unbalanced but are also ...
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Afghan Chief Justice in Tehran
A senior lawmaker blasted the world powers for blocking the settlement of Tehran's nuclear issue by raising unbalanced and excessive demands in their proposals, and underlined that Iran will not accept any undertakings beyond the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). "The proposals of the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) are not only unbalanced but are also ...
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No Effect on N. Policies
A senior lawmaker blasted the world powers for blocking the settlement of Tehran's nuclear issue by raising unbalanced and excessive demands in their proposals, and underlined that Iran will not accept any undertakings beyond the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). "The proposals of the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) are not only unbalanced but are also ...
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VP to Attend ‘Water Summit’
Vice president and the head of the Iranian Department of Environment, Mohammad Javad Mohammadizadeh will attend a forum on water security in Thailand next week. Mohammadizadeh is to join regional leaders at the Asia-Pacific Water Summit, which will focus on water security and climate change in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. He will arrive on May 19 in Chiang Mai. President Mahmoud ...
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Iran will have men in space within ten years
Iran will have astronauts in space within the next ten years, according to government officials who recently revealed to Iran news media the Iranian Space Agency’s long-term space objectives.
Iran has pursued an ambitious space program in recent years, entering the so-called ‘Asian Space Race’ and launching the country’s first rocket in 2004, followed in 2009 by the launch of an entirely domestically-built satellite, thereby becoming the 9th country in the world to have achieved orbital-launch capability. Read more
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