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Iran poll shows people want change, says Obama

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:07 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has urged Iran's newly elected president to prove to the world that the Islamic republic was not pursuing a nuclear weapon programme as the White House welcomed election of a moderate leader as a hopeful sign. "I think it says that the Iranian people want to move in a different direction," Obama said of the election results in Iran that saw a surprising ...

NRI lawyer wins Iran bank case in British Supreme Court

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:50:02 -0400

Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ...

PM congratulates President-elect Rowhani of Iran

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:30:04 -0400

The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has congratulated President-elect Hasssan Rowhani of Iran on his election. Dr. Singh in his congratulatory message said India and Iran enjoy deep historical and civilizational links, which have provided a strong foundation for our broad-based and mutually beneficial relationship. "We look forward to strengthening this relationship further and harnessing ...

Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:20:01 -0400

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment. "We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, removal of all enriched nuclear material and a closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu during a ...

Iran Begins Diplomatic Offensive in Persian Gulfs Arab States

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:25:16 -0400

Tehran, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Iran started today a diplomatic offensive in three of its Persian Gulf neighbouring nations, led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. According to a announcement released by IRNA news agency today, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister is scheduled to meet with his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman. ...

Moscow Against Arab Involvement In P5+1 Talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:06 -0400

Call for Softening Sanctions Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected the idea of participation of Persian Gulf littoral states in the next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers. "This framework of negotiations is enough," Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) quoted Lavrov as saying on Tuesday. Iran and the P5+1 group--Russia, China, France, ...

India Supportive of Iran’s Disarmament Conference Presidency

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:23:02 -0400

Top British Court Quashes Bans On Iranian Bank

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:59 -0400

India Supportive of Iran's Disarmament Conference Presidency In a rebuke to the US, India on Tuesday declared support for Iran's presidency of the Conference on Disarmament, the UN's panel on nuclear disarmament. The US and Canada have boycotted the CD since Iran took over the presidency on May 27. Declaring it 'an honor to speak during the presidency of Iran', ...

Nanobiosensor Blocks Organ Transplant Rejection

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:57 -0400

Iranian researchers at Tabriz University have developed a nanobiosensor to measure cyclosporine, a material used to block transplant rejection of body organs. Abdolreza Mir-Mohseni, the lead author of the project, said the research aims at developing sensors with QCN and using polymeric reformers to measure the level of lead and cyclosporine in blood samples, ISNA reported. Cyclosporine is ...

HIV Prevention Programs Underway

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:56 -0400

Society Desk Iran's Health Ministry has expressed concerns over the return of HIV infection among Iranian drug addicts using shared syringes. Dr. Abbas Sedaqat, the head of HIV Department in Health Ministry, said that to reduce the risk of HIV, more preventive programs should be implemented. "The supervision and evaluation of HIV transmission have been underway in Iran since past ...

Women in Global Economy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:55 -0400

From Page 1 "The revolution the book began isn't over," she said, with a large portion of this activity still left out of GDP calculations and policy decisions. Youngest Woman "When you don't have all of that in front of you, you just make really bad policy, she said. "You make very bad policy about the next generation, about the environment." Elected in ...

UN 45.2m RefugeesDisplaced People

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:54 -0400

Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies on Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 138 people, officials said. Thousands of people have already been evacuated after floods and landslides caused by early monsoon rains wrought devastation through the region in the Himalayan foothills, ...

World Refugee Day and Human Cost of War

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:52 -0400

Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message congratulated the election of Hassan Rohani as Iran's new president, describing him as a very experienced man. "The trend of future talks with Tehran officials depends on the current Iranian leaders, including the country's president-elect who is a highly experienced person and a former negotiating party to the talks on Iran's ...

Putin Praises Rohani as ‘Very Experienced Man’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:50 -0400

France Changes Tone on Iran Over Syria

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:48 -0400

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the Islamic Republic's key role in the region, saying regional crises cannot be settled without Iran's cooperation. Salehi made the remarks in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV in reference to the ongoing crisis in Syria. The unrest in Syria began over two years ago and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security ...

Austrian Award for ‘Facing Mirrors’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:46 -0400

Iranian filmmaker Negar Azarbaijani's acclaimed movie 'Facing Mirrors' has been awarded at the 2013 Identities Queer Film Festival in Austria. 'Facing Mirrors' picked up the audience award of this year's festival held in the Austrian capital, Vienna. Produced by Fereshteh Taerpour, the movie weaves together the lives of two women with different social and cultural ...

Iran Willing to Expand Ties With Italy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:40 -0400

Iranian Doctors Train Iraqi Colleagues

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:38 -0400

Top British Court Quashes...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:36 -0400

New Chapter in Ties

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:34 -0400

Tehran Instrumental in Settling Mideast Crises

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:31 -0400

China Calls for Fresh Nuclear Talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:29 -0400

China has called on Iran and the group of six major world powers of the P5+1 to hold another round of negotiations as soon as possible following the Islamic Republic's presidential election. During her weekly press conference on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Beijing expects Iran and the P5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US plus Germany) to ...

Iran Interaction Will Improve Regional Situation

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:25 -0400

Syria No-Fly Zone Against Int’l Law

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:23 -0400

AEOI Chief Invited to Russia Forum

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:21 -0400

Narcotics to Be Set on Fire

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:20 -0400

Over 1 ton of narcotics will be set on fire in the northern Mazandaran province to mark the start of the National Week of Anti-drug Campaign on June 26, officials said on ...

Mazandaran Fruit Output At 200000 Tons

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:18 -0400

Domestic Economy Desk Production of stone fruits will cross 200,000 tons across Mazandaran province, said managing director of Mazandaran Horticulturists Association. Mohammad Reza Sha'bani put the area under stone fruit cultivation at 14,000 hectares. He explained that the harvest of stone fruits has begun in Mazandaran and will continue until Aug. 22. Sha'bani said ...

2nd Phase of Kavian Complex Underway

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:16 -0400

Domestic Economy Desk The second phase of Kavian Petrochemical Complex in Bushehr province, which is currently underway at full speed, will be completed in the current Iranian year (started March 21). Announcing this, Ali Mohammad Bosaqzadeh, supervision manager of National Petrochemical Company (NPC), said the implementation of the project is in its final stages. Bosaqzadeh said the plan is ...

Gov’t Approves Foreign Investment Projects

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:13 -0400

Domestic Economy Desk The government has approved foreign investment projects valued at $54 billion, said the deputy economic affairs and finance minister. Behrouz Alishiri said in the 176th meeting on foreign investment that eight foreign investment projects have been approved. Alishiri noted that the projects are aimed at increasing the production of copper ore and concentrate, float ...

No Oil Swap Deal With Russia

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:12 -0400

Oil Ministry Spokesman Alireza Nikzad Rahbar dismissed speculation about a crude oil swap deal with Russia. He made the remark in reaction to media and press speculation that Iran swaps crude oil with Russia, taking delivery of crude oil from Russia in the North and supplying in kind in the South, IRNA reported. Nikzad stressed that the Oil Ministry has undertaken no talk or coordination to ...

453 Companies in Mashhad Construction Expo

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:10 -0400

Domestic Economy Desk The 16th International Exhibition of Construction Industry and Air-Conditioning Systems opened on Tuesday at Mashhad's International Fairground with 453 domestic and foreign companies in attendance. Announcing the above, Seyyed Mohammad Seyyedi, the head of Iran's International Exhibitions Association, said the domestic companies are mainly from Tehran, East ...

Most Imports From 5 Countries

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:09 -0400

Climate Change Threatens Trouble in Near Future

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:07 -0400

Foreign Transactions Exceed $11b

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:05 -0400

Egyptian Investment Minister Yehya Hamed said on Tuesday his country's economy grew by 2.2 percent during the fiscal year 2012-13, citing it as a proof of Egyptian economy's capabilities to stand despite its intense political conditions. Hamed said the government targets to boost economic growth rate to 3.5 to 4 percent in the coming fiscal year, official news agency MENA reported. ...

Iran-Oman Trade Reaches $250m

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:22:03 -0400

Japan's trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion) as rising costs for imports due to the cheaper yen matched a rebound in exports, the Ministry of Finance reported on Wednesday. Exports rose 10.1 percent in May over a year earlier to 5.77 trillion yen ($60.7 billion) while imports also surged 10 percent, to 6.76 trillion yen ($71.1 billion), the ...

Fars to Renovate 34 Edifices

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:59 -0400

Translated by Leila Imani About 34 historical edifices of Fars province will be renovated in the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the head of the province's cultural heritage, handicrafts and tourism department. Qodratollah Tajbakhsh also referred to the plans drawn up for the current year and said the renovation of Parseh-Pasargad Complex, the mausoleums of Sa'di and ...

Health Tourism on Agenda

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:57 -0400

The practice of medicine in Persia has a long and prolific history. Iranian academic centers like Jundishapur University in 3rd century AD were a breeding ground for eminent scientists from different civilizations. These centers successfully followed their predecessors' theories and greatly extended their scientific research through history, Wikipedia reported. In recent years, some ...

Diamond Mining Endangers Angola’s Antelope

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:55 -0400

Environmental campaigners are urging the Angolan government to halt plans to mine diamonds inside a national reserve that is home to the world's last wild population of a rare antelope, the Giant Sable. There are believed to be fewer than 100 purebred animals left and the species is listed as "critically endangered" on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of ...

Husband Travelling to Find Kidney for Wife

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:54 -0400

Larry Swilling has been on a months-long quest: He's searching for a kidney for his wife. The 78-year-old, who has been looking for a compatible kidney donor for 76-year-old Jimmie Sue since last September, has caught the attention of the Web, CBS reported. But almost a year later, and despite lots of goodwill and plenty of offers from around the globe, he still does not have a match. It ...

Smartphones Can Give Rise To Child Accidents

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:51 -0400

Using a mobile while walking down the street is a challenge for most adults, but new figures reveal that children may be even more at risk from life-threatening distractions. The problem with much mobile technology is that it's not really designed to be used while you're actually mobile--or at least, not if being mobile demands that you concentrate on something other than your mobile ...

Applause a Social Contagion

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:50 -0400

Merkel German Should Be EU Working Language

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:48 -0400

China Dog-Meat Festival Unsafe Inhumane

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:46 -0400

Residents of a small city in southern China plan to hold an annual dog-meat festival on Friday amid intense criticism from animal rights groups that have denounced the one-day event as "unsafe and inhumane." Residents of Yulin in Guangxi province consider the festival an ancient summer solstice tradition. Many cherish their city's dog-meat culture, which involves the mass ...

Replacing Rare Earth Elements With Sand

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:44 -0400

LED light bulbs may be more energy-efficient and longer-lived than their incandescent equivalents, but they're also considerably more expensive to purchase. This is largely because rare earth elements (REEs) are used in their phosphors, IdeaConnection wrote. There are hazards involved in the mining and processing of REEs, plus China is responsible for almost the entire world's supply, ...

Scientists Breed Threatened Species of Poison Frog

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:41 -0400

Easy Ways to Boost Metabolism for Summer

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:29 -0400

People who eat a lot of red meat increase their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, while those who cut down on red meat cut their risk. According to HealthDay, those are the findings of a large new study out of Singapore involving 149,000 US men and women. The researchers found that increasing the consumption of red meat can increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 48 percent. ...

Iran 2nd in US CanSat Contests

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:24 -0400

Quality of Waking Hours Affect Sleep

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:21 -0400

It's no secret that the key to successful weight-loss and healthy weight maintenance is to keep that metabolism revving, fueled by energy and nutrition-rich foods, dietary supplements and an active lifestyle. And, "a little strategy can go a long way toward keeping a diet and weight-loss initiative on track --particularly when the going gets tough," notes Dr. Britta Zimmer, ...

Eight Dead in Somali Extremists’ Raid on UN Office

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:17 -0400

Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shabab insurgents shot and blasted their way into the United Nations compound in Mogadishu Wednesday, leaving eight people dead in the most serious attack on the UN in the troubled country in recent years. Three foreigners in the UN compound died in the attack, along with at least two Somali security guards and three civilians in the surrounding streets, officials ...

Ex-S. Africa Envoy Slams Tel Aviv’s Treatment of Palestinians

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:15 -0400

A suicide bomber blew himself up as he embraced a Sunni Muslim political leader in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing the man and four of his family a day before elections in the area. Al Qaeda's local wing has increased its attacks this year, often targeting moderate Sunni Muslim leaders in a bid to ignite sectarian upheaval and undermine Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's government. ...

Call for End to Saddam-Era Sanctions Against Iraq

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:09 -0400

S. Korea to Buy European Missiles

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:05 -0400

South Korea will buy European bunker-busting missiles as the United States refused to sell the same kind of weapons to the country, the state procurement agency said on Wednesday. At a meeting presided over by Defense Minister Kim Kwan- Jin, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) approved a plan to purchase air-to-ground missiles with a 500- kilometer (312.5 mile) range from the ...

Kabul Suspends US Talks Over Taliban Move

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:57 -0400

Protests Continue in Brazil

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:54 -0400

Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to protest over high taxes, high prices, poor public services and corrupt government. That was the repeated message on Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward of 50,000 people massed in front of the city's main cathedral, AP reported. While mostly peaceful, the demonstration followed the rhythm of ...

Leader Felicitates Footballers on Victory

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:47 -0400

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has congratulated the national Iranian football squad on their qualification for the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil. "The victory of the national soccer team made the public, sport enthusiasts in particular, happy. I express my gratitude to those who created this feeling of happiness," the Leader said in a message on ...

Blatter Should Remain FIFA President

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:44 -0400

Suzuki Seen as Immediate Threat

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:40 -0400

Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio says the firm's decision to delay its MotoGP comeback until 2015 was made so it can challenge Honda and Yamaha from the outset. Although Suzuki formally confirmed its new MotoGP program on Monday, it put its return back to 2015 rather than the previously mooted '14, AutoSport reported. That choice came despite the new Suzuki MotoGP bike already being ...

Venus Pulls Out of Wimbledon

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:36 -0400

Five-time singles champion Venus Williams has been forced to pull out of Wimbledon, which begins on Monday, because of a back injury. Williams, 33, struggled with the problem during the clay-court season and has not played since pulling out of the doubles at the French Open, BBC wrote. "I will not be able to participate in Wimbledon," she wrote on Facebook. "I am extremely ...

Heat Spurs Tapped Out After Game 6

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:31 -0400

LeBron James started to get up out of his chair after the postgame press conference, and it took him three tries to do it. ''I'll get it,'' he said, sheepishly as he finally got his momentum going enough to peel himself out of the chair. The looks of exhaustion and pain were all over everyone's faces following the epic Game 6 between the Miami Heat and San Antonio ...

Richards Set for City Talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:28 -0400

ButtonBritish GP Will Be Difficult

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:21 -0400

Jenson Button believes the British Grand Prix is going to be "difficult" for his struggling McLaren team. On the back of a disastrous performance in Canada, where McLaren's long-running record of 64 consecutive points finishes came to an end, Button believes the high-speed nature of Silverstone will be a better stomping ground, AutoSport reported. And although he is not expecting ...

Man Utd to Face Swansea

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:16 -0400

Champions Manchester United will travel to Swansea City for their first Premier League match under new manager David Moyes while Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City are at home to Newcastle United on Aug. ...

Farhadi’s ‘Past’ on Screen In Tehran

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:09 -0400

Acclaimed Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's Paris-set tale movie 'The Past' (Le Pass) has started its public screenings at home. Farhadi's latest production went on a screen in Tehran concurrent with some 2,000 screenings worldwide, ISNA wrote. 'The Past' received public screening license from Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance at the request of ...

2 Artists Hailed in UAE

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:06 -0400

LACMA Will Honor Scorsese Hockney

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:03 -0400

Film director Martin Scorsese and artist David Hockney are to be honored by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) later this year. The pair will be honorees at the museum's third annual Art+Film Gala in November, the Hollywood Reporter said. Scorsese's recognition comes after the director criticized the museum for cutting its weekend screening program four years ago. This ...

Christie’s Impressionist Art Sale Realizes $100.4m

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:01 -0400

Two Iranian artists Abbas Akhavan and Kamrouz Aram have garnered awards at the 2014 annual festival of Abraaj Group Art Prize held in Dubai. Akhavan and Aram along with three other artists Anup Mathew Thomas from India, Basim Magdy from Egypt and Bouchra Khalili from Morocco were named the winners of the sixth edition of the event. The winners were honored for their innovative artworks that ...

Irans President Rouhani A Nuclear Fig Leaf

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:15:32 -0400

Naive observers of the recent Iranian presidential election call it a "game-changer." Such optimism warrants a sober assessment of the election, Hassan Rouhani, and the context within which he ...

Explaining Iran’s ‘Surprise’ Election

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:06:29 -0400

Iran's election of centrist Hassan Rowhani has confused the mainstream U.S. news media which was primed to reprise its favored narrative of "rigged" voting but now is goingthrough contortions to explain the ';surprise'; result. Or one could read Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett's book, says Dave ...

Senegal breaks with Iran over arms smuggle

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:45:55 -0400

Senegal today has broken all ties with Iran, following the January seizure of an arms shipments destined to its Casamance rebels. The move could spell a large setback for Iran all over ...

Iran Welcomes Home Football Team After World Cup Place Booked

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:20:33 -0400

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Hamas Iran relations suffering from Syria conflict

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:10:17 -0400

Hamas to Hezbollah: Leave Syria and focus on fighting Israel instead "Our relations with Iran were affected both on the political and the financial levels," said Ghazi Hamad, deputy minister of foreign affairs in the Hamas-run government in the Gaza Strip.Hamad declined to provide any figures for the amount of aid Hamas receives from Iran or give details of any cutbacks, other than to ...

Iran blamed for angry World Cup scenes

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:18 -0400

Iranian players celebrate after the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between South Korea and Iran in Ulsan, South Korea on Tuesday. Photo: CFPSouth Korean media blamed Iran on Wednesday for angry scenes at a tense World Cup qualifier which ended with fans pelting debris onto the pitch and the visiting coach under fire for a rude gesture.Local newspapers said Iran's players had goaded the ...

Iran A new moment of truth

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:50 -0400

Protest The Iranian election brought an unexpected victory for reformer Hassan Rouhani, marking not only the end of Ahmadinejad's rule, but a watershed in Iranian domestic politics as well as in Tehran's global standing and its troubled relations with the West. Mr. Rowhani was not initially considered as one of the top contesters to challenge key presidential hopefuls from the ...

Hamas says its Iran ties worsen over Syrian civil war

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:18 -0400

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas said on Wednesday its relations with financial backer Iran have suffered as a result of the Islamist group's support of rebels battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a long-time Iranian ...

Rare personal touch on Twitter posts carrying Irans Supreme Leader tag

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:28 -0400

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Is Iran's supreme leader suddenly in a chatty mood? A Twitter feed believed run by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office, khamenei.ir, now sports musings about his boyhood desires to work out at a gym and the pleasures of mountain strolls. Khamenei's office has said he does not have his own Twitter account -- although he does have a website -- but the ...

Iraqi officials say suicide bomber kills politician 4 relatives in northern Ninevah province

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:46:23 -0400

BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials say a suicide attack has killed a local political leader and four of his relatives in northern Iraq. A police officer said Wednesday that a suicide bomber blew himself up late the previous night inside Younis al-Rammah's guesthouse in the northern province of Ninevah. He says al-Rammah and four relatives were killed and six others wounded. The slain leader headed ...

China eager for Iranian nuclear talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:57 -0400

The Chinese government expects peaceful nuclear negotiations will continue through multilateral dialogue with Iran, a government spokeswoman said. Iranian delegates joined officials from the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany in a second round of nuclear negotiations in Kazakhstan in April but made few breakthroughs. February talks in Kazakhstan included efforts to ...

UAE charges 30 suspects with plotting coup linked to Muslim Brotherhood

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:45:35 -0400

A state security prosecutor in the United Arab Emirates says 30 Egyptian and UAE suspects have been charged with plotting a coup linked to a network of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, in a case likely to further strain relations with Cairo. The move also deepens the UAE's crackdown on perceived threats since the Arab Spring, including 94 alleged backers of an Islamist group awaiting a July ...

Peace Action Maine Mainers Unite to Prevent War With Iran

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:14 -0400

Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Will Propose a Platform Emphasizing Diplomacy, Not War PORTLAND, Maine - August 15 - Peace Action Maine, Pax Christi Maine, Military Families Speak Out/ Maine, the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, and other Maine based organizations are circulating a statewide petition that opposes preemptive military action, acts of war, a naval ...

Real News Network Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:04 -0400

Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran? August 8 - The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid corruption allegations has left many questions in Israel and in the region. What this could mean for the stalled peace process with the Palestinians will depend mostly on the next US president. But on the question of Iran, there is still fear that Israel might act unilaterally. ...

Physicians for Human Rights Human Rights Groups Petition Iran for Release of HIVAIDS Doctors

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:53 -0400

www.IranFreeTheDocs.org MEXICO CITY - August 4 - A coalition of AIDS and human rights organizations that includes Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) has launched a campaign to free two Iranian physicians, Drs. Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei. The doctors, who are brothers, are active in HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment in Iran. According to international ...

Palestinian party toughens line on Israel talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:23:25 -0400

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- An adviser to the Palestinian president says Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement wants him to stick to long-standing demands for resuming talks with ...

Iranians vote in election to replace Ahmadinejad

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:21:29 -0400

By Jon Hemming, Reuters Millions of Iranians voted to choose a new president early Friday, choosing between six candidates to replace incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.The first presidential poll since 2009 is unlikely to change Iran’s strategic ties with the West, but it may bring a change in leadership style.Two-thirds of the country’s 75 million people are eligible to vote in the poll, ...

Israeli PM Sets Red Line over Nuclear Iran

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:15:20 -0400

Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

Iranian nuclear scientist killed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:12 -0400

An Iranian nuclear scientist was " assassinated by terrorists" in eastern Tehran on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.Dariush Rezaei, PhD of nuclear Physics and a university professor, was killed by motorcyclists in front of his home on Saturday evening, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.According to local media, the assassinated scientist was an expert linked ...

Iran to launch 3 more satellites

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:12 -0400

Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) said that Iran will launch three more satellites in space by the end of Iranian calendar year, ending on March 20, the state IRIB TV website said on Thursday.Iran, on Wednesday, announced that it "successfully" put the Rasad (surveillance) satellite in the orbit to render images to the stations in the country.Three satellites will be put in the space ...

Iran Syria Iraq to sign major gas deal on Monday

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:09 -0400

Iran, Syria and Iraq will sign a major gas deal here on Monday to transfer Iran's South Pars natural gas to Europe, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Iran's caretaker oil minister Mohammad Aliabadi as well as oil ministers of Iraq and Syria will join the ceremony and choose a name for the pipeline to transfer Iran's gas to Europe, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister ...

Iran calls on Iraq to deploy forces in borderlines to keep Kurdish rebels away

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:13:51 -0400

A senior commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that the guard's forces would continue destructive and invasive operations against the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) group until the deployment of Iraqi forces in the borders, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.The unnamed military official said that, "Iraqi government should deploy police ...

Supreme court quashes Iran bank sanctions and criticises secret hearings

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:42:09 -0400

Supreme court president, Lord Neuberger, said: 'Having held a closed hearing, it turned out that there had been no point in the supreme court seeing the closed judgment.' Photograph: David Levene for the ...

Armed gang kills 48 in raid in Nigeria

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:22:44 -0400

Map locating Zamfara state in northern Nigeria. An armed gang has raided a village in the state and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, a local official ...

Monsoon flash floods across North India claim 130 lives 500 missing

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:38:01 -0400

Business India News: Dehradun: At least 102 people have died in landslides triggered by incessant rain in Indian state of Uttarakhand alone in the incessant monsoon rains lashing across North India. Authorities say the toll is likely to increase as 500 people are still reported to be ...

Iran - Is there hope for free expression in Iran post-election

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:23 -0400

The presidential and municipal elections held in Iran on 14 June lacked objective media coverage. The more than 50 million Iranian voters were denied freely reported and independent information when making their choice. Nonetheless, although the media were muzzled, Iranians used the elections to express their views and vote against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's policies."This election ...

Equal number of Americans believe US Iran pose greatest security threat – poll

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:29:13 -0400

USA A US poll has revealed that 10 percent of Americans view their country as the biggest threat to world peace, while similar numbers singled out Iran, China or North Korea as the most dangerous. One-third of Americans say terrorism is the greatest threat. In May 2013, Media and Public Opinion (MPO) Research Group asked 501 Americans what they consider the biggest threat to world security. ...

U.S. To Test The Waters With Irans New President Rohani

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:35:38 -0400

Iran's newly elected president is signaling he might take a more pragmatic, moderate approach to nuclear negotiations with major world powers. But there's a lot of debate in Washington policy circles about what Hassan Rohani's election might mean for the ...

Losing Koreans red faced after abusing Iranians

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:16:37 -0400

(7 mins ago) South Korean media blamed Iran for angry scenes at a tense World Cup qualifier in Seoul. Fans pelted debris on to the pitch and the visiting coach was under fire for a fist pump. Local newspapers said Iran's players had goaded the crowd with wild celebrations as their 1-0 win in Ulsan on Tuesday as them qualified for the 2014 World Cup after an acrimonious build-up to the ...

Rohani once approved of hiding Iran atomic work

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:11:51 -0400

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Years before he became Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rohani spoke approvingly about concealing his nation's nuclear program and said that when Pakistan got atomic bombs and Brazil began enriching uranium, "the world started to work with ...

Additional Iranian oil sanctions may be counterproductive

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:10:28 -0400

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Iran and Egypt Old Foes New Competitors

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:39 -0400

Demonstrators storm the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, in protest of President Morsi's expansion of powers in Alexandria, Egypt, on Nov. 23. (Photo: Mohamed Hanno, ...

Modernity makes a mark in Iran vote

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:53:21 -0400

if you are interested in contributing. The June 14 election in Iran has not only shattered many prejudgments about the supposedly predetermined results of the 11th Iranian presidential poll on the international level, but it has also taken many inside Iran by surprise. The reformists, who have been subject to the most severe media criticism and sabotage ...

IAEA should avoid political stance Iran says

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:26:43 -0400

Iran questions IAEA's political stance, says committed to NPT. Iranian Foreign Ministry has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief to avoid politicizing Tehran’s nuclear issue. "If the International Atomic Energy Agency’s expectations are beyond Iran’s obligations [under the Non-proliferation Treaty], this will require the definition of a new ...

Outside View Condemnation of attack on Iranian refugees

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:18 -0400

The most recent terrorist attack on June 15, which left two dead and more than 70 people wounded, proved once more that the most urgent question now is the security and safety of the 3,100 people of the Iranian opposition People's Mujahedin of Iran trapped in Camp Liberty. The only practical solution, while relocation isn't happening, is to return them to Ashraf. Reports indicate that ...

Venezuelan President to Meet Iranian President Elect

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:16:10 -0400

Caracas, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Head of State Nicolas Maduro announced today he World meet soon Iranian president elect Hassan Rowhani. I just talked to the Iranian new president. I congratulated him and we agreed to meet soon to continue our alliance, said Maduro, who is visiting Portugal, in his Twitter account. Rowhani was announced on Saturday as winner of the presidential ...

Iran plans national fleet expansion

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:05:21 -0400

Iran's National Development Fund has announced the allocation of 5% of its assets to buy new aircraft, Mehr news has reported. A number of aircraft will be added to the national fleet in the current year, while 25 planes with over 30 years of service are to be removed from the fleet, most of which are Boeing 707 and Boeing 727 models, said head of the country's Civil Aviation ...

Obama Putin express cautious optimism over Iran

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:05:19 -0400

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland - US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed "cautious" optimism on Monday that the election of a moderate cleric in Iran's presidential poll would open up dialogue with Tehran over its disputed nuclear program.In a private meeting following the press conference, however, the presidents said they would sign an agreement on ...

Iran’s president-elect is an odd ‘moderate’

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:38:09 -0400

Mainstream Western media praising Hassan Rowhani, Iran's president-elect, as a "voice of moderation" and a "reformist" no doubt please the radical clerics who actually rule in Tehran. The more he's seen as something other than what he is -- one of the mullahs' own -- the more easily they can continue developing nuclear weapons by stringing along an America ...

BP classes Iran as top gas reserves holder in world

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:23:49 -0400

BP classes Iran as top gas reserves holder in world BP classes Iran as ...

Op-Ed Contributors How to End the Stalemate With Iran

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:01:31 -0400

THE stunning election of a pragmatic former Iranian nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, has offered the Obama administration a once-in-a-lifetime chance to end the atomic stalemate with Iran. In the West, Mr Rowhani is widely seen as a turbaned politico from inside the establishment. One of us has worked for him directly, as his deputy in nuclear talks. The other has conducted research at ...

Australia Iran and South Korea head for Brazil

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:20 -0400

Mehrdad Oladi, Masoud Shojaei, Mohammad Noori and Gholam Raza Rezaei of Iran celebrate qualifying for the 2014 Fifa World Cup following the World Cup Qualifier against South Korea at Munsu World Cup Stadium on June 18, 2013 in Ulsan, South Korea. ...

Iran and U.S. New hope on nukes

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:26:04 -0400

>Editor's note: David Rothkopf writes regularly for CNN.com. He is CEO and editor-at-large of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign Policy magazine, and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Follow him on Twitter.(CNN) -- It would be easy to dismiss Friday's election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran as little more than a sham -- a rigged election that ...

India snubs US backs Iran

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:20:05 -0400

Iran took over the presidency on May 27. Declaring it "an honour to speak during the presidency of Iran", foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai said in a statement in Geneva, "Questioning the relevance and authority of established multilateral disarmament frameworks is misplaced when in fact the current impasse is more due to the obstacles placed in its path rather than any inherent ...

Thiago Alcantara hat-trick sees Spain retain European U-21 title with 4-2 win over

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:42:45 -0400

Jerusalem, Israel: A hat-trick by inspirational captain Thiago Alcantara saw Spain easily retain their European Under-21 title in Jerusalem on Tuesday with a 4-2 win over Italy. Barcelona star Thiago, who was born in Italy where his Brazilian father Mazinho was playing for Lecce, doubled his total ...

Austria May Delay Troop Withdrawal From Golan Heights

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:42:57 -0400

Turkish police detained dozens of people at their homes and raided two media offices on Tuesday in a coordinated operation across the country to clamp down on nearly three weeks of mass anti-government unrest, lawyers and local reports said. Officers raided the homes of around 90 members of the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP), a small leftist group that has been active in Istanbul's ...

Russia urges West to soften Iran sanctions

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:26 -0400

Russia Tuesday urged the West to consider relaxing sanctions against Iran, saying there was unprecedented hope of a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff ...

Iran president escapes attack

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:35:31 -0400

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad escaped an assassination attempt on Wednesday when a blast hit one of the vehicles of his cavalcade, a media report said. Iran's Press TV, however, denied the report. Al Arabiya TV reported the blast took place in the western city of Hamadan as the president was about to address a crowd. The attacker was arrested on the spot. The bomb hit a car carrying ...

Iran Hassan Rohani the pragmatic president

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:02 -0400

Lawyer, cleric, academic. Iran’s new president Hassan Rohani was playing the role of the diplomat as he met his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Tuesday. The pair discussed the economic and political problems the country faces, especially after years of sanctions imposed by the West over Iran’s nuclear stance. ';The next government aims to make use of experiences of ...

Iranians Observers Wonder How Rowhani Was Allowed to Win

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:42:32 -0400

W hen tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to celebrate Hassan Rowhani's presidential victory last weekend, one chant stood out: "Dictator! Thank you!" In the back of their minds, the protesters must have been asking themselves the same thing surprised Iran observers are wondering: Why would Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the "dictator" who has ...

Israeli premier pressure on Iran nuclear program must not ease despite election of reformist

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:07 -0400

JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister says the international community must not ease pressure on Iran because of the election of a reformist president. Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he believed Iran's president-elect Hasan Rowhani spoke moderately but backs enriching uranium for nuclear weapons. The comments came after Russia's foreign minister was quoted as saying Iran was ...

Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:57:51 -0400

CAIRO (AP) -- Clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president and his Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday over his appointment of new Islamist governors, some in areas where opponents are ...

Iran ready to suspend 20 per cent uranium enrichment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:33:45 -0400

Iran is ready to suspend production of the most sensitive part of its nuclear programme, according to Russia, which called on the world to respond to any breakthrough by cutting ...

Don’t prolong Iran talks Netanyahu

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:25:18 -0400

Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned world powers on Tuesday against holding ';drawn out'; negotiations with Iran on its nuclear programme following the election of a more moderate president in ...

Brazil here we come Iran fans sing

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:23:35 -0400

Iran .Footage aired on state television showed similar outpourings of joy around the country.In Tehran, residents waved the green-white-red national flag while motorists honked their horns and bikers sped through the capital to join the ...

Irans new leader offers softer tone same key policies

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:21:22 -0400

TEHRAN--Newly elected president Hassan Rowhani struck a diplomatic chord in his first news conference but offered little real change in key policy areas, especially on the long-running dispute over Iran's nuclear ...

Soccer-Australia Iran and S.Korea head for Brazil

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:12:22 -0400

* Iran beat South Korea 1-0 away to qualify * Substitute Kennedy to the rescue for Australia * Uzbekistan and Jordan into playoff By Patrick Johnston June 18 (Reuters) - Australia and Iran booked their fourth World Cup finals appearances with nervous 1-0 victories in a dramatic finale to Asian qualifying on Tuesday. South Korea joined them and Japan in qualifying for the finals after ...

Tehran correspondent answers questions about Iran’s election

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:57:02 -0400

Tomorrow Iran will elect its new president. As the candidates make their last minute bids, NBC's Ali Arouzi gauges the mood on the streets of Tehran. Campaigning in Iran's presidential election ended on Thursday, a day before Iranians head to the polls.The field of candidates has been whittled down to five hardliners – and one moderate.The next president is not expected to produce ...

Moderate Iranian president Rouhani promises to enhance mutual trust with West

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:20:33 -0400

Rouhani has also promised to show more transparency on its nuclear front and bring moderation back to the forefront of Iranian politics.According to the Guardian, Rouhani has presented himself as a moderate politician willing to enhance mutual trust between Tehran and the international community, including Britain and the US.He has also promised to be the saviour of the Iranian economy by working ...

S Koreans angry over Iran victory

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:03:01 -0400

Ulsan, South Korea - Hundreds of fans hurled bottles and debris on to the pitch Tuesday as Iran beat hosts South Korea 1-0 to reach the World Cup after an angry build-up involving taunts from both ...

Iranians express cautious optimism after Hassan Rouhanis victory

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:44 -0400

Hassan Rouhani stood a good chance of emerging victorious from the previous day's presidential ballot, Masoud says he travelled the 105km (65 miles) from Garmsar to celebrate with people in Tehran. Across the country, there were raucous celebrations in dozens of cities through the night.Masoud cites the release of Green Movement leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi from house ...

Hollande New Iran president welcome at Syria peace talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:33 -0400

French President Francois Hollande speaks during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G8 summit near Enniskillen, Northern Ireland on June 18, 2013. Hollande said Tuesday that Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani would be welcome at Syria peace talks "if he can be ...

Frances Hollande open to Iranian presence at Syria talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:25 -0400

Paris had previously ruled out Iran taking part in the proposed conference, saying Tehran had no desire for peace and would use the Syria talks to detract from negotiations later in the year with major powers over ...

Venezuelas Maduro to meet Irans new president-elect Hassan Rowhani further strengthen ties

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:54:12 -0400

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says he'll meet soon with Iran's President-elect Hassan Rowhani to further strengthen already close relations. Maduro announced plans for a meeting through Twitter on Tuesday, saying that he recently spoke with Rowhani and they agreed to meet. He did not offer details. Venezuela deepened trade with Iran under the ...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meets successor amid talk of Iranian nuclear progress

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:17:37 -0400

Iran's outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met his successor Hassan Rowhani for the first time since voters embraced the moderate in Sunday's election, a result that raised hopes of rapprochement between Tehran and the ...

Iran to Continue Efforts to Solve Syrian Crisis Says FM

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:14:26 -0400

Tehran, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that his country will continue with its efforts to peacefully solve the crisis in Syria, no matters if the Persian nation takes part or not in the international conference on that country of The Levant. In that sense, the Iranian minister said that his country will not allow conditions be imposed on Syrians. Ali ...

Iran and South Korea Classify for World Soccer Cup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:14:26 -0400

Seoul, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Iran beat South Korea 1-0 and both teams are now classified for the 2014 World Soccer Cup in Brazil, a competition to which Australia also got its classification for Asia. Iran got the victory as a visitor, with a goal scored by Reza Ghoochannejhad in a match disputed in Ulsan, South Korea. This result in the last date for the Asian classification group is good for ...

Russia Hopeful Of Continued Cooperation

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:52 -0400

London mayor Boris Johnson dismissed plans of weapons deliveries to Syrian militants, calling for a multi-sided conference, involving Iran, to end the bloodshed. Johnson, who was commenting after British Prime Minister David Cameron said sending arms to Syrian militants is vital, wrote in an article for the Daily Telegraph on Monday that such a move is 'pressing weapons into the hands of ...

Israeli leaders divided over new Iran president

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:08:00 -0400

Hassan Rouhani served as the country's chief nuclear negotiator from 2003-2005. But some observers have hailed the new leader as pragmatist that will lift Iran out of international ...

Who will be Irans next president

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:07:46 -0400

Iran -- Six candidates, mostly conservatives picked by Iran's influential Guardian Council, are jockeying to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran's June 14 presidential election. Who are they? What do they want? And how do they view the ...

Iran in heaven as soccer team qualifies for 2014 World Cup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:53:17 -0400

1 of 4. Iran's national soccer team celebrate after defeating South Korea in their World Cup qualifying soccer match in Ulsan, southeast of Seoul June 18, ...

Iran’s presidential election augurs better future

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:48:34 -0400

Hassan Rowhani’s election as the new Iranian president augurs well not only for that country but also for a world tired of the senseless rhetoric from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. When, at a campaign speech, Rowhani stated, ';We have no option rather than moderation,'; he was also defining what will be one of the main characteristics of his government: a more conciliatory ...

Australia SKorea Iran qualify for World Cup

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:47:41 -0400

SYDNEY -- Australia, Iran and South Korea all secured berths at the 2014 World Cup on a dramatic final day of Asian qualifying on Tuesday.Australia beat Iraq 1-0, waiting until the 83rd minute before Josh Kennedy headed home the winner that secured second spot in Group B.Iran booked its place with a disciplined counter-attacking game that produced a 1-0 win at South Korea. While Iran finished top ...

Israel Think Tank Deems Iran Vote Fair

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:40:38 -0400

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's leading strategic think tank has deemed Iran'spresidential elections as fair. The Institute for National Security Studies determined that Iran'spresidential elections on June 14 were not tampered by the mullah regime. Ina report by Ephraim Kam, the institute said the landslide victory by HassanRowhani marked a surprise and reflected a desire for change ...

47000 Housing Units By December

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:06:23 -0400

Translated by Leila Imani Iran exported EUR70 million of casting spare parts in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2013), said Abdolhamid Qadimi, the secretary of the Association of Metal Casting Industry. He put the country's capacity for the export of casting spare parts at EUR200 million and said adequate attention has not been paid to the industry that plays a very significant ...

EU Will Pay Price for ArmingTerrorists

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:06:18 -0400

License Holder: (IRNA) www.irna.ir ? Number 4534 ? Wednesday June 19, 2013 ? Khordad 29, 1392 ? Sha'ban 10, 1434 ? Price 2,000 Rials ? 12 Pages ? ...

Russia US Remain At Odds on Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:06:14 -0400

The US has listed 46 inmates held at its military prison in Guantanamo Bay who it says it does not have the evidence to try but are too dangerous to release. It revealed the men's names in response to a freedom of information request by the Miami Herald. Most are from Yemen and Afghanistan. President Barack Obama vowed last month to renew efforts to shut the prison. Lawyer Clifford Sloan ...

‘Blindness’ Reviewed at Qalamestan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:06:11 -0400

Jos Saramago's famous novel 'Blindness' was reviewed in a session on June 18. Iranian author and critic Mohammadreza Goudarzi attended the session at Qalamestan Literary Creation Center in Isfahan, director of the center, Ahmad Mortazavi told Mehr News Agency. June 18 marked the third anniversary of the death of Saramago (1922-2010), the Portuguese writer and recipient of the ...

Persian Gulf Missile Now More Precise

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:06:07 -0400

Iranian experts at the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps' Aerospace Research Center have increased the precision of the 'Khalij-e-Fars ' (Persian Gulf) supersonic ballistic missile to 8.5 meters. Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the late commander and head of the IRGC Missile Research Center, Martyr Major General Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, ...

Ahmadinejad Rohani Discuss Cooperation

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:06:04 -0400

Ahmadinejad, Rohani Discuss Cooperation President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met in Tehran on Tuesday with the winner of the June 14 presidential election Hassan Rohani. During the meeting, President Ahmadinejad congratulated the president-elect on his victory in the 11th presidential election, IRNA reported. The meeting was aimed at 'coordination' between the two. Ahmadinejad said that ...

Sanctions Not Affecting Iran Atomic Program

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:06:02 -0400

Sanctions Not Affecting Iran Atomic Program International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said international sanctions imposed on Iran have failed to affect its nuclear energy program. The IAEA director general, Yukiya Amano, said on Monday that international sanctions do not seem to be slowing down Iran's nuclear energy program as Tehran is making 'steady progress' in developing ...

British Spying Leaks Outrage Russia Turkey

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:58 -0400

World Desk US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday openly admitted having clashing views on Syria, but pledged to at least try to keep alive a frail bid to hold a peace conference in Geneva. The US and Russian presidents faced off on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, days after the White House signaled it would begin arming terrorists ...

Canada FM’s Poll Remarks Dismissed

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:54 -0400

China has congratulated Iran's president-elect Hassan Rohani on his victory in the Islamic Republic's 11th presidential election. "China congratulates Hassan Rouhani on his election as Iranian president," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press conference on Monday. "China will seize this opportunity to promote the development of ...

Iranians Develop New Parkinson’s Treatment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:52 -0400

Iranian researchers at Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute have unveiled foot-and-mouth disease ?monovalent vaccine titled 'A2013' on Monday. "The vaccine is used for livestock with foot-and-mouth disease," said Hadi Famil-Qadakchi, the head of Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, adding that a new type of the disease was discovered in Iran last year, making ...

IBTO Selected WHO Coordinator

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:49 -0400

Society Desk Iran's Blood Transfusion Organization has been selected by the World Health Organization as a collaborating center. Iran in 2007 submitted an application for becoming the Collaborating Center of the Geneva-based WHO, IRNA reported. Dr. Ala Alwan, who was then the head of WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean and is now its representative in Iran, visited ...

Brazilians Protest Confed Cup Costs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:44 -0400

Quivers of Syrian Crisis

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:41 -0400

From Page 1 Asked if some changes would appear in Iran's foreign policy during the new president's tenure, he said the Monday press conference held by the president-elect made many issues clear. Rohani held first news conference after his victory in the June 14 presidential election attended by foreign and domestic reporters on Monday. The Islamic Republic's foreign policy is ...

More States Extend Congratulations to President-elect

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:37 -0400

US ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Over Iran Talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:33 -0400

Election Sends Significant Message to Region World

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:27 -0400

Media Ties With Indonesia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:22 -0400

Regional Conflicts to Israel’s Benefit

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:13 -0400

Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi says the continuation of discord and conflicts in regional countries serve the interests of the Israeli regime. In a meeting with Zuhair Al-Khatib, a member of Lebanon's parliament, on Monday, Roknabadi said enemies find the continuation of unrest in Syria beneficial to their own interests and therefore are not trying to resolve the ...

London Mayor Consult Iran on Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:08 -0400

Results of Tehran Council Elections Out

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:05:04 -0400

Speaker Defends Summoning President

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:58 -0400

Japan Urges ‘Serious Dialog’ On Nuclear Issue

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:54 -0400

Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani dismissed as 'mischief' recent reports implying that the court order recently issued to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to appear before court was based on personal issues between the heads of two government branches. Larijani said on Monday that a number of media outlets reported the issue in a manner that implied the complaint had been filed on personal ...

Election Outcome Foils US Scenario

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:29 -0400

Garmsar-Sari Rail Electrification On Agenda

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:27 -0400

Domestic Economy Desk To increase the capacity of Gorgan-Incheboroun Railroad, Iran should electrify Garmsar-Sari Railroad, said the director general of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR) for logistics. Nourollah Beiranvand said since these two railroads are connected to each other and the latter acts as an entry for the former, to raise the capacity of Gorgan-Incheboroun Railroad two ...

83 Have Access to Gas

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:24 -0400

Casting Industry Requires More Attention

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:22 -0400

Call for Controlling Boundary Waters

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:19 -0400

Translated by Katayoon Dashti Controlling the boundary and scattered waters plays a great role in preventing drought and increasing agricultural production as well as food security, said the representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Noureddin Mona added that FAO has implemented a project with Iran, Iraq and Syria in the Mesopotamian region, which has ...

Advanced Fiber Producing Unit Will Be Inaugurated in Gilan

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:16 -0400

Translated by Katayoon Dashti Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) and private sector will jointly launch an advanced fiber production unit with the capacity of 150 tons per year in Gilan province in coming autumn. Gholamreza Shafe'i, deputy minister of industries, mines, and commerce visited the project site, Mehr News Agency repotted. Currently the structures have ...

Economic Ties With Syria

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:13 -0400

FDI Into China Rises

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:09 -0400

From Page 1 Advice from the IMF was widely sought by Russian officials when the country was making its transition to a market economy in the 1990s. Putin acknowledged that reforming the IMF would not be easy, but said Russia would attempt to negotiate some compromises and mutually acceptable solutions ahead of September's G20 Summit in St. Petersburg. Europe's Welfare Model The ...

South Korea Posts Trade Surplus

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:06 -0400

US Consumer Mood Retreats

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:04 -0400

Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Honey Export to Reach 1700 Tons

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:02 -0400

South Korea posted a trade surplus for 16 straight months due to solid demand for locally-made IT products such as chips and smartphones, customs office data showed. Trade surplus was $5.92 billion in May, more than doubling from a surplus of $2.4 billion in the prior month, according to the Korea Customs Service (KCS), Xinhua reported. Exports, which account for around half of the South Korean ...

AFTZ to Launch Mini-Refinery

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:04:00 -0400

Economy Desk A mini-refinery with a production capacity of 800 tons (equivalent to 5,000 barrels) per day is ready for launch in Aras Free Trade Zone (AFTZ), East Azarbaijan province, said the managing director of the zone. Sadeq Najafi added that it would be officially inaugurated by June 22. "It will turn ultra-heavy crude into oil products," he said. "This mini-refinery ...

Turkey’s Growth Forecast Cut

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:59 -0400

Bam No Longer Among World Heritage in Danger

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:58 -0400

The World Heritage Committee has decided to remove Iran's Bam from the List of World Heritage in Danger, said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Del Buey, the deputy UN spokesman, said Bam was inscribed on this list in 2004, shortly after it was struck by a major earthquake, Xinhua reported. "The committee has now noted that remains of the ...

Rural ICT Offices to Promote Tourism

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:57 -0400

Translated by Leila Imani An agreement was signed by the Communications and Information Technology Ministry and Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) on using the rural Information and Commutation Technology (ICT) offices for developing rural tourism. Announcing this, Manouchehr Jahanian, the deputy head of ICHHTO for tourism, said the establishment of ...

Muslims to Boycott Israeli Dates in UK

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:56 -0400

The Muslim community in the UK plans to launch a campaign during Ramadan against Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The campaign advises Muslims to boycott Israeli dates produced in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley starting Friday 21 June--roughly two weeks before Ramadan, MuslimVillage reported. Nearly half of the settlements in the ...

Children Left Behind in China’s Rush to Cities

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:55 -0400

Six-year-old Keke looks silently from a bare living room at her closest companion: a grandmother who resents having to raise her. Keke is one of China's 61 million 'left-behind' children, whose parents have joined the mass migration to cities where they can earn higher wages--but cannot afford to keep a family, AFP reported. Instead they have to leave their children's ...

Ukraine Has Lowest Regional Vaccination Rate

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:53 -0400