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US and allies step up war preparations against Syria Lebanon Iran
The United States and its allies continue to escalate their military aggression against Syria, behind the smokescreen of a proposed international peace conference scheduled for June in Geneva.In official public discourse, the conference is seeking a political solution to end Syria's civil war, involving a negotiated settlement between the Ba'athist regime and the Islamist-dominated ...
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Irans deals with Glencore Trafigura may have skirted sanctions
Metals swap deals by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura with Iran could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme, Reuters has reported, citing a confidential UN Panel of Experts report. Media reports said in March that Glencore had supplied thousands of tonnes of alumina to an Iranian firm that has provided ...
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300 Iranian Refugees Step Forward for Jesus Christ at Leading The Way Revival by Dr. Michael Youssef
Dr. Michael Youssef and his son Jonathan ministered God's love to a church of Iranian refugees on the second day of the Leading The Way Revival in Indonesia in one of the world's largest Muslim nations on Friday, with 300 people reportedly answering a call to commit to Jesus Christ at the ...
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India likely to get another US waiver for oil imports from Iran
John Kerry will make his first visit to India since assuming office as the US Secretary of State to take up the dialogue at a time when the Indo-US relationship is on a low-energy ...
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Kerry Tehran impedes election
TEL AVIV -- Secretary of State John Kerry criticized Iranian authorities on Friday for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates, suggesting that Tehran is standing in the way of legitimate representative ...
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Iranian drones over Bahrain and Syria
ARE we going to experience a new twist in our encounter with Iran? I’m afraid yes. We anticipate a political and militant escalation as we hear the news of a surveillance drone being shot down over the Bahraini airspace. A similar drone was shot down in Al-Qussayr in Syria, according to the opposition claim. If that is true, I mean if the Iranians have the audacity to send drones to ...
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Iran stacks presidential candidate list with safe Khamenei men
FILE -- In this Saturday, May 11, 2013 file photo, former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 78, waves to media, as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, ...
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U.S. casts doubt on credibility of Iran’s upcoming election
United States Friday called into question the credibility of Iran’s presidential election next month, criticizing the disqualification of candidates and ...
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Iranian Filmmaker Presents Secret Film At Cannes
An Iranian director sentenced to prison in 2010 for antigovernment propaganda has appeared at the Cannes film festival for the screening of a new film about censorship, which he shot in secret in Iran. The circumstances of Mohammad Rasoulof's visit to Cannes on May 24 and the location where he now lives remain strictly confidential. He was arrested with fellow director Jafar Panahi ...
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Iran Prepares Itself for June Presidential Vote By Stepping Up Security Measures
Iranian authorities are doing their utmost to ensure that there is no repeat of the daily unrest that followed the 2009 presidential election. (file ...
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Iranian candidate vows to resist West
Tehran, Iran - Iran's top nuclear negotiator, a candidate in next month's presidential elections, vowed Friday he will pursue a policy of resistance against the West if ...
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Iran - Governments actions threaten prospect of free and fair elections in Iran
Serious electoral flaws and human rights abuses by the Iranian government undermine any meaningful prospect of free and fair elections on June 14, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Dozens of political activists and journalists detained during the violent government crackdown that followed the disputed 2009 presidential election remain in prison, two former presidential candidates are under ...
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Irans clerical leaders cut presidency down to size
"I think it is not possible to run the country worse than this," said the former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, right, after he became one of 700 candidates barred from standing in the election this week. He is normally reticent in criticising the Iranian authorities. There has frequently between tension between Iranian presidents and Iran's supreme spiritual leader ...
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Nuclear agencys Iran probe guided by US intelligence
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its intelligence, complicating the agency's efforts to produce findings that can be widely accepted by the international community.Much of the world looks at U.S. intelligence on weapons development with a suspicious eye, given ...
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Iran’s Rafsanjani should enter race...over 200 metres says ally
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 78, is not too old for politics, according to one of his supporters, who says the former president should challenge political rivals to a 200-metre sprint and a wrestling ...
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Why Iran May Pose A Greater Cybersecurity Risk Than China
report from the Wall Street Journal about Iranian infiltration of U.S. energy firms shows why their cyber-assaults could pose a greater immediate threat to U.S. national security. While China pursues ...
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Iran filmmaker gets standing ovation for secret film at Cannes
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof poses during a photocall for the film ''Dast-Neveshtehaa Nemisoosand'' (Manuscripts Don't Burn) at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 24, ...
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IMF chief grilled for second day over French payout scandal
View Photo International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives at the Court of Justice in Paris, on May 24, 2013. French prosecutors have begun questioning Lagarde for a second day to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance ...
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Turkish FM Davutoglu receives Iranian Deputy FM Araqchi
Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu received Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry Araqchi ANKARA - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday received Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Spokesperson for the Ministry Seyyed Abbas Araqchi and an accompanying delegation in Ankara.Davutoglu's meeting with the Iranian delegation took place at the Ministry ...
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Cars Schools Ablaze in Fifth Night of Stockholm Riots
More than a dozen cars were torched and schools, shops and a police station were set ablaze as riots swept through Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs for the fifth straight night, police and firefighters said Friday. Police plan to call in reinforcements to help quell the riots, but parents and volunteer organizations who have patrolled the streets in recent nights have helped ...
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New Team Melli Squad Selected
Iran bounced back from their opening defeat to the Philippines with a 2-0 win over Bangladesh on Thursday that kept alive their hopes of reaching the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup finals. Iran made a disappointing start to their qualifying campaign when they were hammered 6-0 by the Philippines but picked up a vital win against Group B host Bangladesh, with Maryam Rahimi put the Iranians one ...
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Kazzazi’s Novel On Ferdowsi Available
Arts & Culture Desk Distinguished Iranian literary figure Mir-Jalaleddin Kazzazi has released a novel on the life of the renowned Persian poet Abolqasem Ferdowsi. Titled 'A Son of Iran', the book has been released by Moin Publications. "The book is composed in three parts. The first part introduces Ferdowsi based on what he has mentioned about himself in his epic ...
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‘Friends of Syria’ Meeting Welcomed
'Friends of Syria' Meeting Welcomed Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN said the international community welcomes the upcoming 'Friends of Syria' meeting due in the Iranian capital, Tehran, which demonstrates global willingness to peacefully resolve the crisis in Syria. "The interest shown by a considerable number of countries and international organizations to ...
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340 Tons of Gold Reserves Identified
Domestic Economy Desk Close to 340 tons of extractable gold reserves have been identified across the country, said the deputy director of Geology and Mineral Exploration Organization. Behrouz Borna also told IRIB that when the Zarshouran (West Azarbaijan province) and Sarigouni (Kurdestan province) mines become operational, gold production will reach 10 tons per year. "Exploration of ...
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Obama Defends Drone Attacks
The group led by Algerian Mokhtar Belmokhtar that claimed twin suicide car bombings in Niger which killed at least 20 people threatened on Friday to launch further attacks in the country. "We will launch further operations" in Niger, the group said in a statement posted on Islamist Internet forums that also threatened France and countries involved militarily in battling Islamist ...
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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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