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Arab League Condemns Iranian Belligerent Statements
Manama-May-20(BNA)The Arab League has today strongly condemned the belligerent statements made by the Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs. The Arab League slammed the Iranian threats and irresponsible and reprehensible statements which represent a flagrant interference in Bahrain's internal affairs and a blatant violation of international conventions ...
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Assessment of presidential candidates by Iranian opposition leaders claimed false
Radio Zamaneh The families of Iranian opposition leaders under house arrest announced today that statements attributed to their parents in the media is false and that MirHosein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have not made any assessments of the coming ...
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The Dark Side of Irans Drug Policy
How Iran Won the War on Drugs ," Amir Afkhami argues that the Iranian government has been successful in addressing the country’s drug problem by treating dependency and reducing the harm drugs cause, rather than by cracking down on supply. Afkhami further suggests that Iran is a model for the region, and that nearby countries such as Afghanistan have much to learn from its ...
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Iran Russia Hezbollah Top Backers in Syrian Regimes Success
The protracted fighting in Syria is not happening within a bubble, amid reports of clandestine support for the Bashar al Assad regime from Hezbollah, Iran and Russia, and an ongoing effort to establish an international peace ...
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Iranians Develop Paste For Bone Repair
Iranian experts have developed an injection paste for the treatment of bone diseases, said the head of Iran's Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center. Saeed Hesaraki noted that the paste, made up of polymeric liquid, will revolutionize medical domains, especially in the treatment of bone diseases, ISNA reported. "Treating reversible ...
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3 Contestants Quit Presidential Race
Three presidential hopefuls dropped out of the upcoming presidential election. Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad-Hassan Abutorabifard, who represented the so-called Coalition of Five, a bloc from the conservative camp, said on Monday that he has made up his mind to withdraw from the race, ISNA reported. Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast issued a statement on Sunday saying he is ...
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Daei Back as Persepolis Boss
Sports Desk Ali Daei reached an agreement with Persepolis to take the hot seat next season. Rah Ahan coach has negotiated with Persepolis officials and will take charge of the Iranian popular club within the next few days, Mehr News Agency wrote. Mohammad Mayelikohan and Mansour Ebrahimzadeh were supposed to be Persepolis coach but the board of management has decided to appoint Daei as the ...
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Quake Jolts Hormuzgan Again
An Iranian rescue and relief ship late on Sunday saved six sailors from a damaged commercial boat in waters off southern Hormuzgan province, who would have otherwise drowned in stormy Persian Gulf waters. Control Tower of the Ports and Sailing Officer of the naval patrol boat Esmaeil Malkizadeh told IRNA, "A large commercial boat carrying 450 tons of foodstuff bound for Iran's Lengeh ...
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Tehran Kabul Sign MoU On Judicial Ties
Iran and Afghanistan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote cooperation in legal and judicial fields. The MoU was signed on the third day of a visit by Afghanistan's Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi and his delegation to Tehran, during which he had meetings with high-ranking Iranian officials to discuss ways of broadening ties between the two countries' judiciaries, ...
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11 Foreign Nationals Sentenced
Three presidential hopefuls dropped out of the upcoming presidential election. Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad-Hassan Abutorabifard, who represented the so-called Coalition of Five, a bloc from the conservative camp, said on Monday that he has made up his mind to withdraw from the race, ISNA reported. Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast issued a statement on Sunday saying he is ...
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Syria Confab Pointless Without Iran
Three presidential hopefuls dropped out of the upcoming presidential election. Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad-Hassan Abutorabifard, who represented the so-called Coalition of Five, a bloc from the conservative camp, said on Monday that he has made up his mind to withdraw from the race, ISNA reported. Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast issued a statement on Sunday saying he is ...
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$16b in SP Investments Expected
Domestic Economy Desk Iran is expected to increase Euro 4 gasoline production by 60 percent, said a member of the Majlis Energy Commission. "Currently, Euro 2 gasoline and diesel are supplied to domestic consumers, the sulfur amount of which is 13,000-15,000 parts per million (ppm)," Abbas Soltani added. He put the amount of sulfur in Euro 4 fuel at less than 10 ppm, which is far ...
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Overseas Electricity Sales Will Rise
Domestic Economy Desk More than 12 billion kilowatt hour of electricity will be exported during the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the deputy oil minister for energy and electricity. Mohammad Behzad also put the share of private sector in electricity generation of the country at 40 percent, Mehr News Agency reported. He also said Iran's electricity generation capacity ...
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1st Virtual Museum Of Cultural Heritage Launched
Translated by Leila Imani The first Virtual Museum of Iran's Intellectual Heritage was inaugurated in Tehran's Sa'dabad Cultural Complex on the occasion of the International Museum Day on May 18. According to the report released by ISNA, the initiative has been launched by the association of Javedan Cultural Complex in the year to March 2011. The website of the virtual museum ...
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Climate Change Disaster Threatening Caribbean
The Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming. It is on the brink of calamity, according to a prominent scientist. Conrad Douglas, a Jamaican scientist who has published over 350 reports on environmental management and related matters, has warned that "urgent action at all levels (is) required now", cautioning the region ...
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Islam Growing in UK
A new analysis of the 2011 census shows that a decade of mass immigration has helped mask the scale of decline in Christian affiliation among the British-born population alongside a dramatic spread of Islam, particularly among the young. It suggests that only a minority of people will describe themselves as Christians within the next decade, for first time, MuslimVillage reported. Almost one ...
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Indonesia’s Healthcare Plan Stumbles
When a sick Indonesian baby died after 10 hospitals in Jakarta turned her family away in February, critics blamed a pilot health insurance scheme that had overwhelmed the city's public hospitals. The program, introduced in November, gave health insurance to around 5 million people in Jakarta categorized as poor. Long queues quickly formed at already stretched hospital emergency rooms as ...
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US to stop gold sales to Iran
Gold bars are on display at the "Gold" exhibit in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The US is going to stop all transfers of gold to Iran. The U.S. is trying to stop the gold rush to Iran in a bid to undermine the Islamic Republic's plummeting currency, but critics say the move is more likely to hurt ordinary citizens than the rogue regime's leadership.A ...
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Kuwait Deport Expats For Speeding
Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report has said, drawing condemnation from a human rights group. A senior interior ministry official said that as many as 1,258 foreigners have been deported for traffic violations since a crackdown began about a month ago, according to the Al-Anbaa newspaper. Foreign residents caught driving without a license, ...
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Soothe Ache With Fake Frozen Peas
A bag of frozen peas is an age-old remedy for sore joints and bruises. Now, an innovative medical product called Frozenpeaz--sealed packs containing tiny balls of solidified corn syrup, dyed pea-green--looks just like the vegetables and offers the same benefits, without wasting food, Daily Mail said. Traditional ice packs--usually plastic bags containing silicone gel--and cold compresses ...
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Confab on Nanotech Applications In Energy Industry
Iranian experts have developed an injection paste for the treatment of bone diseases, said the head of Iran's Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center. Saeed Hesaraki noted that the paste, made up of polymeric liquid, will revolutionize medical domains, especially in the treatment of bone diseases, ISNA reported. "Treating reversible ...
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Iranian Student Wins Global Swede Award
Iranian experts have developed an injection paste for the treatment of bone diseases, said the head of Iran's Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center. Saeed Hesaraki noted that the paste, made up of polymeric liquid, will revolutionize medical domains, especially in the treatment of bone diseases, ISNA reported. "Treating reversible ...
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Gestures That Smartphones Can Appreciate
Can't get to the phone? Try waving at it. A device that enables a smartphone's camera to recognize gestures--without gobbling up precious battery life--looks set to transform the way we make calls. According to NewScientist, Microsoft's Kinect and the soon-to-be-released Leap Motion have thrust 3D gesture-recognition technology into the mainstream. Touchless phones, however, are ...
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Saudi Vendor Dies After Self-Immolation
A street vendor died in Saudi Arabia after setting himself on fire in protest at having his goods confiscated by police, human rights activists reported on Monday. The vendor, Mussa Ahmad Al-Harissi, "tried to end his life on Wednesday evening by pouring petrol over himself and setting himself alight," the activists said on condition of anonymity, AFP reported. He was protesting the ...
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Salafists Police Clash in Tunisia
A street vendor died in Saudi Arabia after setting himself on fire in protest at having his goods confiscated by police, human rights activists reported on Monday. The vendor, Mussa Ahmad Al-Harissi, "tried to end his life on Wednesday evening by pouring petrol over himself and setting himself alight," the activists said on condition of anonymity, AFP reported. He was protesting the ...
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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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