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Enemies not to create trouble in Azerbaijan-Iran ties
Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board Allahshukur Pashazade is on a visit to Iran. Members of the Azerbaijan-Iran Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group are also part of the ...
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Iran releases two Azeri nationals
Iran's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak-Ayeen says two Azeri nationals, arrested in the Islamic Republic over illegal activities, have been released. Pak-Ayeen said that the two Azeri nationals were released Sunday morning in the northwestern city of Tabriz. The two individuals, identified as Khalida Khalid, a researcher at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), and her ...
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Somalia Iranians Convicted of Illegal Fishing in Puntland State Waters
Bossaso - A Bossaso court convicted on Sunday, 78 Iranians who were caught in April illegally fishing in Puntland state waters, Garowe Online reports. On Sunday, Judge Sheikh Adan Ahmed handed out fines of 100,000 US dollars to the owners of the five illegal fishing boats and up to 5,000 US dollars to the captains of the illegal fishing boats apprehended near Bossaso. The 73 other Iranian ...
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Iran-Azerbaijan Republic ties excellent
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Iran and Azerbaijan Republic relations brotherly and excellent, the official website of the President of Iran reports. In a meeting with Head of Caucasus Muslim Bureau Sheikhol-islam Allahshokour Pashazadeh, President Ahmadinejad said that Tehran and Baku ties are upon brotherhood, religion and love, so our relations are different from those of other ...
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Iran and Egypt Old Foes New Competitors
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, ...
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Excerpts Iran hangs 2 suspected spies 19 May 2013
Excerpts: Iran hangs 2 suspected spies 19 May 2013 +++SOURCE: Saudi Gazette 19 ...
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Hezbollah MP Iran-Saudi Arabia behind vote law deadlock
Hezbollah’s MP Kamel al-Rifai blamed the lack of Saudi-Iranian understanding for Lebanon's inability to form a government and for the current deadlock over reaching an agreement between the rival politicians on an electoral law for the upcoming elections, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa reported on ...
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Regulations Set for Iranian Electoral Campaign
Tehran, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The campaign for the Iranian presidential elections in June will begin on May 22, one day after the Guardian Council announces the list of candidates, an official source announced today. At least 700 hopefuls have presented their candidacies, informed Deputy Minister of Interior, Solat Mortazavi, who acts as secretary of the Electoral Council. Meanwhile, the ...
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Chairman of Caucasus Muslims Office meets Iran`s supreme religious leader
As part of a visit to Iran, a delegation of Azerbaijan led by chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office Allahshukur Pashazade met Sunday the country`s supreme religious leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei. They discussed relations between the two countries and ...
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Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid Pakistan row
Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will seek increased military aid from India during a three-day visit starting Monday and will discuss recent cross-border clashes with Pakistan, India's archrival, an aide said.The comments follow a weekend report that said Afghanistan's ambassador to India had said the country needs India's help with "equipment and weapons to fight." ...
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Intertwined fates The Lebanon-Syria-Iran axis
The instability rocking Syria has caused three critical security arenas - Lebanon, Syria and Iran - to become more closely intertwined than ever before.As has been widely reported, Hezbollah, acting on Iranian orders, has mobilized a significant portion of its fighting force to Syria to help secure a turnaround for the regime of President Bashar ...
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Iranian Internet in ‘coma’ as presidential election looms
Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month’s presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, say users and experts. The authorities deny such claims, but have not explained exactly why service has become slower. Businesses, banks and even state organizations have not been spared by the ...
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Rafa Nadal beats an out of form Federer 6-1 6-3 in the final of the Masters 1000 in Rome
The Swiss committed many unforced errors and was generally out of the match.At 6-1 and 3-0 Federer saw the game lost; Nadal had won 9 games on the ...
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Iran hangs two men claimed to have acted as spies for Mossad and CIA
The report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with classified information in return for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, who allegedly gave the CIA intelligence on Iran, were hanged at ...
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USD16b to be invested in Irans South Pars field
(MENAFN) Pars Oil and Gas Company Managing Director Mohammad-Reza Zohairi said that USD16 billion will be invested in Iran's South Pars gas field during this Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21st, reported Tehran Times.He also said that a major part of this investment will come from domestic sources.The South Pars field is producing 300 million cubic meters of gas per ...
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Two airlines to open this fiscal year in Iran
(MENAFN) Iranian Civil Aviation Organization head Hamidreza Pahlavani declared that two new Iranian airlines should begin their services during this Iranian fiscal year, reported Tehran Times.With 19 planes added in the last fiscal year, Hamidreza said that a new number of planes will be added to the national fleet.He also said that the country has added two Airbus 340 planes, three Fokker 100 ...
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Rafsanjani bid for Irans presidency elicits hope
(MENAFN - Arab News) Persians are known for their patience, a quality that has rigorously been cultivated through the centuries-old art of rug making. Not only does rug making demand patience but also unconsciously teaches the importance of mediation. Hashemi Rafsanjani, an influential Iranian politician, writer, and the fourth president of Iran (1989-1997), supports a free market economy and ...
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Irans Guard warns against polls unrest
/enpproperty--> A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month's presidential election, calling the outcome "unpredictable" and sending the strongest message yet against any attempts to revive street protests, media reported on Sunday. The entry of former president Akbar Hashemi ...
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GCC rails at Iranian threats to Bahrain
The Gulf Cooperation Council yesterday condemned Iranian threats to Bahrain as un-Islamic and asked Tehran to reconsider its approach to Arabian Gulf ...
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Iranian Candidate Hopes To Take International Viewpoint Home
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. We begin this hour in the Middle East, first Iran. This week, the religiously based Guardian Council is expected to announce the final roster of candidates in that country's ...
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Mystery as Iranian wrestlers quit US to fly home
May 19 - Iran have cut short a trip to the United States which was supposed to help showcase wrestling's campaign to stay in the Olympics and flown home abruptly. The Iranians had competed at an event agains the US and Russia in New York's Grand Central Terminal last Wednesday (May 15) in match dubbed "The Rumble on the Rails".The Iranians had come out on top 6-1 against ...
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Iranian road accident kills smuggled Afghans
TEHRAN: A car packed with Afghans smuggled into Iran collided with another vehicle and burst into flames yesterday, killing nine Afghans and five Iranians, media reported. The official IRNA news agency said the crash occurred shortly after midnight in the southeastern province of Sistan Baluchistan, on a route Afghans use to illegally cross the border in the hope of finding work in the Islamic ...
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Turks Slam Gov’t Support for Insurgents in Syria
From Page 1 The Qusayr area is considered of strategic importance because it lies between the capital and the Mediterranean coast, and is close to the Lebanese border. The United States and Russia are working to organize a peace conference next month, in a bid to find a political solution to the conflict. Washington has backed the unrest in Syria, while Moscow is one of his staunchest ...
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Israelis Against Tel Aviv Economic Policies
Middle East Desk Thousands of Israelis once again took to streets to protest against the austerity measures imposed by the regime. The demonstrations were held in Tel Aviv, East Beit-ul-Moqaddas, and Be'er Sheva in southern Israel on Saturday evening. Similar protests were also held in front of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's house in Caesarea where the demonstrators ...
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UAE Foreign Minister Criticises Iranian Foreign Ministrys Statements Regarding Bahrain
Abu Dhabi, May 19 (BNA)-- UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan strongly criticised the statements issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry regarding Bahrain yesterday. He said the Iranian neighbours have got a real problem which is understanding how to deal with their neighbours. He added it is understood that Iran has local elections but still continues to throw its internal ...
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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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