UAE Foreign Minister Criticises Iranian Foreign Ministrys Statements Regarding Bahrain

Bahrain News Agency - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

Iran tycoon may have to dump Mercedes for presidency

The National - Sunday 19th May, 2013

One of Iran's wealthiest men might have to wave a wistful goodbye to his armour-plated Mercedes if he wants to become president. Hardline media critical of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani have spliced images of him ensconced in a gleaming Mercedes with shots of another heavyweight candidate, Saeed Jalili, driving a locally assembled Kia Pride with, well, pride. The unspoken message: Mr Jalili, ...

Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Khalida Khalid and her driver released

News.Az - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Azerbaijani citizens arrested in Iran have been released. The employee of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, researcher and publicist Khalida Khalid and her driver Shamkhal Huseynov have been released. The statement came from Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsun Pak Ayin. He said both citizens of Azerbaijan were released on 19 May ...

Abdullah bin Zayed strongly denounces Irans statement on Bahrain

WAM - Sunday 19th May, 2013

WAM Abu Dhabi, 19th May 2013 (WAM) -- The UAE Foreign Minister, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, today strongly criticised a statement issued yesterday by Iran's foreign ministry on sisterly Bahrain. ''Our Iranian neighbours have a real problem in understanding and identifying the way in which they deal with their neighbours,'' Sheikh Abdullah told a press ...

Lawmaker Fires Back In Car Wars Ahead Of Iranian Presidential Vote

Radio Free Europe - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Iran's car saga continues. Conservative lawmaker Ali Motahari has criticized recent comments by hard-line cleric Ahmad Jannati suggesting what kind of car Iran's next president should -- or shouldn't -- drive. Motahari described the remarks by Jannati, who chairs the powerful Guardians Council that's charged with vetting candidate applications -- as illogical, adding ...

Lavrov Discussed Iranian Role in Syria Peace Talks

RIA Novosti - Sunday 19th May, 2013

MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed on Sunday that he had discussed Iran's possible involvement in a conference to resolve the war in Syria, when he met his US counterpart John Kerry early in May.The Russians and Americans agreed during Kerry's visit to Moscow to set up a conference of international players to end the war in Syria. ...

Iran Well Prepared To Move Ahead

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Sports Desk The deputy of Iran's Football Federation said that the country's women football team is in good mood. Speaking to ISNA, Farideh Shojaei said, "The team went to Bangladesh for the AFC Women's Asian Cup with high hopes. We are determined to take the berth for the World Cup but we should know that we are in a tough group. In our group we have Thailand, which is ...

Stopping Illegal Afghan Entries Can Avert Border Incidents

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said unauthorized border crossings into the country by Afghan nationals should be stopped in order to prevent incidents along the border between the two countries. If Afghans travel to Iran legally, border incidents can be prevented, Salehi said during a meeting in Tehran with Abdul Salam Azimi, the chief justice of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, IRIB ...

Attaran Shooting At Cannes

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Imran Khan's Aide Assassinated in Karachi Pakistan held a repeat election on Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former cricket star Imran Khan's party. Khan blamed Zahra Shahid's killing late Saturday night in Karachi on the Muttahida Quami Movement, the ...

40 Hopefuls May Be Approved for June Vote

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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Report Says Iran Hangs 2 Spies Working for Israel US

VOA - Sunday 19th May, 2013

DUBAI, UAE -- Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency reported. Mohammad Heidari, accused of passing security-related information and secrets to Israeli Mossad agents in exchange for money, and Kourosh Ahmadi, accused of gathering information for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, were hanged at ...

Syrian Forces Enter Qusayr

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

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 ...

President World Admits Iran’s Astounding Scientific Progress

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

40 Hopefuls May Be Approved for June Vote Guardian Council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei said the supervisory body might approve as many as 40 presidential hopefuls for the June 14 election. Rejecting certain media speculations about the number of presidential hopefuls vetted by the Guardian Council, Kadkhodaei said on Saturday that the supervisory body 'does not work based on ...

IAEA’s Parchin Visit Acceptable Under Protocol

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

IAEA's Parchin Visit Acceptable Under Protocol Tehran is ready to explain every 'suspicious' point of the country's nuclear program as well as allow experts to Parchin military facility if the IAEA agrees to sign a protocol detailing all its questions, the Iranian ambassador to Russia said. The protocol should contain all IAEA's concerns about Parchin and all other ...

Turkey Egypt Agree to Form Petchem Club

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Turkey, Egypt Agree to Form Petchem Club National Iranian Petrochemical Organization (NIPO) says Turkey and Egypt have agreed to Iran's proposal to form an international petrochemical association similar to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). "On the sideline of the petrochemical conference of the D8 group of countries, Turkey and Egypt, as the two biggest ...

Iran Only Asian State With AFM

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Researchers at Pardis Technology Park have commercialized their new invention--the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). Dr. Abbas Shahmoradi, project manager, told Mehr News Agency that research for the design and production of AFM had begun in 1999, which has now reached the commercialization stage. "Pharmaceutical and biotechnology research centers can now view nanoparticles, viruses and ...

African Oil Gas Outlook

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Turkey's economy has been given a boost with an upgrade by the Moody's ratings agency. Shares rose in Istanbul and the country's cost of borrowing fell. Fitch had lifted Turkey to investment-grade in November, while Standard & Poor's is expected to follow suit, EuroNews wrote. Ankara sees this a seal of approval from international markets for a decade of economic ...

IAEA’s Parchin Visit Acceptable...

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said unauthorized border crossings into the country by Afghan nationals should be stopped in order to prevent incidents along the border between the two countries. If Afghans travel to Iran legally, border incidents can be prevented, Salehi said during a meeting in Tehran with Abdul Salam Azimi, the chief justice of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, IRIB ...

Proposal for Moral Internet Welcomed

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Minister Mohammad Hassan Nami said Tehran's proposal to launch an internet with globally-accepted codes of ethics was welcomed in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Conference. "The Iranian delegation put forward three proposals, one of which was developing a clean internet and omitting immoral dimensions from the ...

West Cannot Make Iran Surrender

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said unauthorized border crossings into the country by Afghan nationals should be stopped in order to prevent incidents along the border between the two countries. If Afghans travel to Iran legally, border incidents can be prevented, Salehi said during a meeting in Tehran with Abdul Salam Azimi, the chief justice of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, IRIB ...

2 Azeri Nationals Set Free

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said unauthorized border crossings into the country by Afghan nationals should be stopped in order to prevent incidents along the border between the two countries. If Afghans travel to Iran legally, border incidents can be prevented, Salehi said during a meeting in Tehran with Abdul Salam Azimi, the chief justice of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, IRIB ...

VP Hezbollah Chief Confer on Regional Developments

Iran Daily - Sunday 19th May, 2013

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said unauthorized border crossings into the country by Afghan nationals should be stopped in order to prevent incidents along the border between the two countries. If Afghans travel to Iran legally, border incidents can be prevented, Salehi said during a meeting in Tehran with Abdul Salam Azimi, the chief justice of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, IRIB ...