Iran to host meeting on Syria on May 29

China Daily - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Iran ian Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Tuesday. Abbas Araqchi said "from the very beginning, we believe that there is no military solution to the Syrian crisis and that a national dialogue between the Syrian government and the opposition will lead to a rational solution" to the crisis. The slogan of the upcoming meeting in Iran's capital of Tehran is "Political ...

Iran’s MFA issues official statement on release of Azerbaijani citizens

News.Az - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Abbas Araghchi: "Demonstrating goodwill we released the Azerbaijani citizens". "There are good relations between Azerbaijan and Iran," spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry Seyed Abbas Araghchi said at the weekly ...

Iran disbands two terrorist groups

News.Az - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Iran disbands two terrorist groups, Intelligence Ministry says. The Iranian Intelligence Ministry says it has identified and disbanded two terrorist groups that smuggled weapons into the country. In a statement released on Monday, the Ministry said, "The enemies of the nation have intensified their destructive activities and [are] making arrangements for different types of seditious ...

Diplomat Says Tehran Approves Deal To Probe 1994 Argentinian Bombing

Radio Free Europe - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Argentinian and Iranian representatives had already inked a memorandum of understanding on the "truth commission" to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 ...

Indonesia nabs Iranian big fish Abdi over human smuggling

The Standard - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

(46 mins ago) Indonesian authorities have arrested an Iranian-born Australian resident who they suspect headed a people-smuggling network that spanned the country, a report said. Mohammad Abdi, 36, was detained at an apartment in Jakarta yesterday along with two other Iranians, The Australian newspaper said, citing Indonesian police. ';Right now we think he's a big ...

Cooperation in Irans interest to clarify peaceful nuclear intent - IAEA chief

RT - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

UN After last week's failure for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran to agree a deal on Tehran's nuclear program, the UN watchdog told RT that it must gain access to Iran's nuclear facilities. The urgency of which to reach an agreement appears to be increasing, as Washington and Tel-Aviv threaten a possible military response if diplomacy and sanctions fail to ...

Iran to list approved presidential candidates

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Iran's June 14 presidential election steps up a gear on Tuesday when the Guardians Council releases the approved list of candidates who have passed muster under the vetting process. The unelected council, controlled by religious conservatives appointed by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, must ensure that all candidates meet certain conditions before being allowed to stand. These ...

Outside View An ill wind from Tehran

Middle East Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . While Iranian newspapers promote Rafsanjani as a reformist, the West shouldn't get its hopes up. Despite Rafsanjani's opposition to the 2009 presidential election results and confrontation with Khamenei, indications are the two have made nice. Rafsanjani wouldn't have registered without knowing he would make the cut by obtaining Khamenei's prior ...

Iran election overseers add further caveats

The Daily Star - Monday 20th May, 2013

TEHRAN: Iran’s election overseers said Monday they would bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month’s presidential election, a reference to a former leader seen as a threat to hard-liners. Former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s entry in the race scrambled the equations because of his popularity, reputation and potential to draw voters away from ...

VIDEO Will Israel bomb Iran

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen explores what might happen if Iran continues with its nuclear programme. Iran insists it does not want nuclear weapons but Israel and the United States - both of which have nuclear armouries - refuse to believe its denials. Our correspondent visits Israel and finds a widespread fear and distrust of Iran. Could it be that Israel and the US will launch a ...

Iran Will Let Argentina Question Suspects in Anti-Semitic Attack

Hispanic Business Magazine - Monday 20th May, 2013

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has approved a deal with Argentina that clears the way for an investigation of an attack that killed 85 people at a Jewish cultural centre in Buenos Aires in 1994, an Iranian diplomat said Monday. Ali Pakdaman, charge d'affaires at the Iranian Embassy in Argentina, told Argentine radio station Del Plata that the deal will not go through the ...

Iran nuclear talks fail again

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

Nuclear talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency have failed again, as the top US diplomat in separate six-party negotiations warned Washington's patience was wearing thin.International discussions on Iran's nuclear ambitions were held in Istanbul and Vienna on Wednesday but the Western reactions afterwards ranged from tepid to disappointed.While the EU's foreign policy chief ...

Iranian refugee from Melbourne arrested over allegations of people smuggling

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have arrested an Iranian refugee who lives in Melbourne on allegations of people smuggling.Mohammad Abdi, 36, was arrested along with two other Iranian refugees by anti-smuggling police who raided an apartment in West Jakarta early yesterday morning.Indonesian police say the man, who holds Australian travel documents but is yet to become a citizen, was ...

Iran Hangs Spies Accused Of Providing Information To CIA Israel

Web Pro News - Monday 20th May, 2013

Iran is a dangerous place for anyone who might even be remotely in contact with foreign countries. That danger was clearly demonstrated over the ...

Will Iran’s Former President Rafsanjani Be Allowed To Run

RadioFreeEurope - Monday 20th May, 2013

A senior figure in the Iranian regime appears to have hinted that presidential hopeful Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (pictured) might be considered too old to ...

Irans Zahra Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign

NPR - Monday 20th May, 2013

Iranian men register their candidacy for the June presidential election at the Interior Ministry in Tehran on May 9. Some 700 candidates have registered, but most will be disqualified. Some Iranians inside and outside the country have turned to an online graphic novel which features a woman running for the ...

Arab League Condemns Iranian Belligerent Statements

Bahrain News Agency - Monday 20th May, 2013

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 ...

Assessment of presidential candidates by Iranian opposition leaders claimed false

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

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 ...

The Dark Side of Irans Drug Policy

Human Rights Watch - Monday 20th May, 2013

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 ...

Iran Russia Hezbollah Top Backers in Syrian Regimes Success

US News - Monday 20th May, 2013

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 ...

Iranians Develop Paste For Bone Repair

Iran Daily - Monday 20th May, 2013

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 ...

3 Contestants Quit Presidential Race

Iran Daily - Monday 20th May, 2013

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 ...