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Aref to Carry Out Extensive Reforms
Presidential hopeful Mohammad-Reza Aref said his government will carry out extensive reforms to achieve sustainable progress in the country. He highlighted the nation's role in the Islamic establishment saying that people's active participation is the key to a landmark election. The reformist candidate also said he will not breach ethical codes should he become the country's next ...
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Rohani Urges Massive Voter Turnout
Presidential contestant Hassan Rohani call for a massive voter turnout in the upcoming presidential to defuse enemy plots. Rohani said enemies are trying to highlight social and economic problems to discourage people from voting in the presidential election. He said he has prepared a comprehensive plan to overcome current problems in his administration which he named 'the government of ...
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Jalili Vows Policy of Resistance
Presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei said he will avoid adventurism in the foreign policy of his government and will strive to defend national interests if he wins the June 14 election. The conservative candidate accused the US and its allies of killing time in talks with Iran over the issue to intensify the impact of sanctions imposed on Iran. Rezaei noted that he has drawn up a plan which ...
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Commander US Witnessing Scientific Collapse
Iran dismissed western media claims that the Islamic Republic has been involved in cyber attacks against other countries, calling for the reinforcement of international law to counter cyber-warfare. In a letter to the New York Times published on May 22, Alireza Miryousefi, the head of the press office for the Iranian Mission to the UN, wrote, "Although Iran has been the recipient of ...
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Ankara-Damascus Interaction Can End Syria Unrest
From Page 1 In that case, Syrian-Syrian talks will prepare the ground for nationwide elections and the establishment of the government, he noted. Iran has repeatedly voiced opposition to any foreign interference in Syria's internal affairs, calling for inclusive dialog and national reconciliation as well as free elections as the keys to the settlement of the crisis in the country. Tehran ...
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Defense Minister No Iranian Military Presence in Syria
Iran dismissed western media claims that the Islamic Republic has been involved in cyber attacks against other countries, calling for the reinforcement of international law to counter cyber-warfare. In a letter to the New York Times published on May 22, Alireza Miryousefi, the head of the press office for the Iranian Mission to the UN, wrote, "Although Iran has been the recipient of ...
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Almost 1 Ton Of Narcotics Seized in Northeast
Iran's drug combat squads have seized almost one ton of narcotics in the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi in the last three weeks, a provincial police chief announced on Saturday. Speaking to reporters in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Police Chief Bahman Amiri Moqaddam said 800kg of narcotics was seized and 13 drug-traffickers were arrested in a series of coordinated operations ...
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Iran’s UN Ambassador Welcomes Geneva II Conference on Syria
A senior Iranian lawmaker said the United States and Britain are seeking to discourage a large turnout in Iran's upcoming presidential election. "In this election, we are faced with extensive plots by the enemies of the Islamic Republic, especially the US and Britain, to reduce public participation and mar the electoral process," Head of the Majlis National Security and Foreign ...
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IRIB Election Coverage Plans Made Public
A senior Iranian lawmaker said the United States and Britain are seeking to discourage a large turnout in Iran's upcoming presidential election. "In this election, we are faced with extensive plots by the enemies of the Islamic Republic, especially the US and Britain, to reduce public participation and mar the electoral process," Head of the Majlis National Security and Foreign ...
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VP at Ecuadorian President’s Swearing-in
Vice President for international affairs Ali Saeedlou participated in the swearing-in ceremony of Ecuador's President Rafael Correa in the South American country's capital, Quito. Speaking to reporters on Friday, the vice president called for strengthening the amicable bonds between Tehran and Quito, Press TV reported. "Both countries have elite people and revolutionary ...
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Avenues for Boosting Iran-Turkey Ties Explored
Iranian and Turkish officials explored avenues for further expansion of bilateral ties. The remarks were made by Iran's Fars Governor General Hussein Sadeq Abedin and Turkish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Animal Breeding Mehmet Mehdi Eker during a meeting in the southern city of Shiraz on Friday, Fars News Agency reported. Iran's governor general pointed to the current status of ...
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NIORDC Initiatives to Save $15b
Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Alireza Zeighami said the company's initiatives will save the country $15 billion this year. "If measures like enforcing targeted subsidies, rationing gasoline and deploying smart cards had not come into force, the country would have imported as much as $15 billion worth of gasoline in the current ...
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Plans to Attain Self-Sufficiency In Galvanized Sheets
Iranian and Turkish officials explored avenues for further expansion of bilateral ties. The remarks were made by Iran's Fars Governor General Hussein Sadeq Abedin and Turkish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Animal Breeding Mehmet Mehdi Eker during a meeting in the southern city of Shiraz on Friday, Fars News Agency reported. Iran's governor general pointed to the current status of ...
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Chadormalou Secures 51 of Raw Materials
Translated by Katayoon Dashti Close to 100 percent of iron ore concentrates produced by Chadormalou Mining and Industrial Company is consumed domestically, which procures 51 percent of raw materials required by Iran's steel industries. Announcing the above, Mohammad Abrishami, the head of the company, expressed hope that concentrate production would reach 11.5 million tons in the ...
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Sugar Production Will Increase
Iran's aviation industry does not need to send its airplanes abroad for repair, an Iranian airline official said on Saturday, underlining the country's self-reliance in the field. "There is no longer any need to send airplanes to foreign states for overhaul and repair, due to the localization of the aviation industry and the fact that all the technical affairs are handled inside ...
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14 Mining Projects To Become Operational
Domestic Economy Desk Iran's automobile manufacturing industry will attain self-sufficiency in the production of galvanized sheet during the current Iranian year (started March 21) with the implementation of the development projects of Isfahan's Mobarakeh Steel Company, said manager of the company. Mohammad Masoud Samieinejad also told IRNA on Saturday, "We seek to cut our ...
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Onion Output Hit 2.3m Tons
Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Alireza Zeighami said the company's initiatives will save the country $15 billion this year. "If measures like enforcing targeted subsidies, rationing gasoline and deploying smart cards had not come into force, the country would have imported as much as $15 billion worth of gasoline in the current ...
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Russian Retail Sales Recovering
Russian consumer spending probably continued to recover in April as the labor market improves and wages rise, a sign the biggest part of the economy is helping withstand the sharpest slowdown since a 2009 contraction. Retail sales probably grew 4.5 percent from a year earlier, after 4.4 percent in March, according to the median estimate of 18 economists. Unemployment probably fell for a third ...
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Singapore’s Q1 GDP Revised
From Page 1 It stated that the global economy is expected to grow at 2.4 percent in 2013 and 3.2 percent in 2014. With existing policies and growth trends, it added, it may take at least another five years for Europe and the United States to make up for the job losses caused by the so-called Great Recession of 2008-9. According to the update, global growth has been revised slightly downward ...
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Petchem Share Rising In Non-Oil Exports
Taiwan lowered the economic growth forecast for this year even as it reported a faster expansion in the first quarter than initially estimated. Gross domestic product rose 1.67 percent in the three months through March from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said in a revised estimate released in Taipei. Its preliminary report last month was 1.54 percent, while the median in a Bloomberg News ...
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9th Gas Line to Turkey Under Construction
Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi said Iran is ready to meet the energy needs of Turkey, adding that the 9th Iranian gas trunkline will be built with the participation of Turkish companies to boost gas exports to the neighboring country. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with Turkish Development Minister Jevdet Yilmaz, Qasemi said construction of the 9th trunkline from Ahvaz to Dehgolan ...
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Saffron Exports Exceed $419m
Taiwan lowered the economic growth forecast for this year even as it reported a faster expansion in the first quarter than initially estimated. Gross domestic product rose 1.67 percent in the three months through March from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said in a revised estimate released in Taipei. Its preliminary report last month was 1.54 percent, while the median in a Bloomberg News ...
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1st Tribal Confab Exhibit Held
Iranica Desk The First Tourism Conference of Iranian Tribes was held in Shahr-e Soukhteh (Burnt City), Sistan-Baluchestan province, on Saturday. Handicrafts of various provinces were showcased in 30 pavilions of an exhibition held on the sidelines of the conference. Special rituals of Iranian tribes were also performed during the one-day event held in the Cultural and Research Complex of ...
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Gabbeh to Go on Display
Tees Village is in the vicinity of the Gulf of Oman, 5 km northwest of Chabahar port city. The presence of many historical monuments in the village indicates its importance in previous eras. The village has a fine weather during spring and fall, cool in winter and very hot in summer. Its residents speak the Baluchi language; they are mostly Sunni Muslims and number 3,873, according to the 2006 ...
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Insects Tool Against Latam Hunger
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) recommendation to consider using edible insects as a food source to combat hunger may have particular repercussions in Colombia and Mexico, two Latin American countries that have a tradition of eating insects and a high degree of biodiversity. Mexico has 300 edible insect species, according to a study published in May by 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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