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Iran is not the enemy Peres says
Israeli President Shimon Peres remains optimistic about peace with Iran, citing historical co-operation, and with Palestine, driven by realities across the Middle ...
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The Lede Iran’s President-Elect Confronted With Plea for Detained Opposition Leader’s Freedom
first news conference since winning Iran’s presidential election, the moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani was confronted, live on state television, with the raised expectations his election has stirred. Video of the incident, which was ...
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Iran an opportunity to be seized | Editorial
Iran 's influence has indisputably grown. Today its decisions affect Arab lives from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates, from the Turkish border to the Gulf. Of all the options available to the US in trying to roll back this power - punitive sanctions, military confrontation or arming the Gulf states - negotiation is still the most attractive. ...
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Iranian President-Elect Hassan Rouhani Delivers Diplomatic Talk at First News Conference
Iran’s new president Monday held his first press conference since his election victory. It wasn’t filled with ominous messages aimed at the United States which was the hallmark of outgoing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hassan Rouhani was more diplomatic in his statements. ';The new government feels that a new opportunity for interacting with the world has been ...
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Iranian Woman Voter Shares Thoughts on Election Results
Hassan Rouhani is a cleric who’s worked for decades within Iran’s conservative establishment, but he was also the more moderate of the six candidates on the ballot last week. And he has a reputation for being ';pragmatic.'; That’s given hope to those who hope for a change in Iran. Before the ...
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Video Election wont change Irans nuclear ambitions Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran's presidential election, which brought into power a cleric widely seen as a moderate, was unlikely to bring about any change in Iran's nuclear policy. Mana Rabiee ...
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Rouhani firm on Iran nuclear policy
Iran's newly-elected president Hassan Rowhani has ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN sanctions but hopes an early deal can be reached to allay the concerns of major powers.The moderate cleric, who won outright victory in Friday's presidential election on the hopes of millions for an end to the economic hardship caused by Western sanctions, on Monday pledged ...
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Agents nab “highly dangerous” Iranian wanted in France
Santo Domingo.- Iranian national Larki Ashtari, wanted in France on burglaries, grand theft and kidnappings was arrested in the city Wednesday, by National Investigation Department (DNI) agents. The DNI called Ashtari a highly dangerous criminal who entered Dominican Republic from Paris, via Punta Cana Airport on July 21, 2012, returning to that nation on September 15 of that year. It said the ...
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Iran president-elect Rowhani live tweets his victory
seasonal fireplace channel , you might describe your viewing style and attention span as rather Norwegian. The Scandinavian nation has produced successful television programs centered on everything from a 7-hour train ride between Oslo and Bergen to an 18-hour live stream centered on salmon swimming up a river. "If it feels a little too strange, then you're definitely on the right ...
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Iran vows transparency on nuclear programme
Iran’s new president Hassan Rohani has vowed more transparency over its nuclear programme but neighbouring Israel is not convinced. ';The Iranian election clearly reflects deep disaffection of the Iranian people with its regime. Unfortunately it doesn’t have the power to change Iran’s nuclear ambitions which are determined and guided not by the president but by the ...
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Hope for Change in Iran Tempered With Caution
LONDON -- Analysts are tamping down hopes of major changes in Iran, after the surprise election of relatively moderate candidate Hassan Rowhani as president. Supporters of the new president-elect marched through the streets of Tehran to celebrate. Rowhani’s election on the first ballot, with more than 50 percent of the vote, surprised many experts. On Monday, Rowhani told a news ...
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Not Just Iranians Involved in AMIA Case in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez requested to accuse the Iranians involved in the terrorist attack against the Israeli-Argentinian Mutual Association (AMIA) as the Agentinians accused of covering up. The president expressed her opinions about the case, which is still unsolved by justice after 19 years of the deadly attack, in her Twitter account, in ...
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Ballot wars The Iranian public strikes back
On the same day that the United States announced it would be sending arms to the opposition in Syria, a massacre took place in Syria, Iraq was roiled by sectarian violence, and Afghans were struggling to survive the corruption of their government. In the midst of all this carnage and catastrophe, Iranians took time off from their daily chores to go out and vote for their next president. This ...
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Obama administration says progress on nuclear talks depends on Iran taking next step
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will not welcome the election of a relative moderate as Iran's next president with any new nuclear offer. A State Department spokeswoman says it is up to Tehran to compromise. Jen Psaki told reporters Monday the U.S. is open to new nuclear talks with Iran. But Washington and its international partners first want a response to an offer of sanctions ...
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Allies of Irans outgoing President Ahmadinejad routed in local elections
TEHRAN, Iran - Allies of outgoing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have suffered a resounding defeat in local council elections, a clear rejection at the end of his term. Not a single Ahmadinejad ally won a seat in Tehran. Parvin Ahmadinejad, the president's sister, was among the losers. Final results were announced on Iranian state TV late Monday. The 31 seats for the Tehran city ...
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`US should end intervening in Iran`s internal affairs first and recognize Iranians` right to nuclear energy to negotiate with Iran` Rowhani says
`US should end intervening in Iran`s internal affairs first and recognize Iranians` right to nuclear energy to negotiate with Iran,` Rowhani says TEHRAN - Iran`s new president Hasan Rowhani said Monday that he will defend "Iranian people`s right to nuclear energy until the very end." Speaking at his first press conference since he was elected to the post, Rowhani set conditions for ...
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Iran’s new president on US relations We must go forward
Following Hassan Rowhani's first press conference, NBC's Ali Arouzi was able to question Iran's new president on diplomacy with the U.S. in which Rowhani hinted at possibly easing relations, saying "we mustn't look back we must go forward as long as America respects Iran's rights and doesn't meddle in its internal ...
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Rohani vows to reset Irans relations with the world
Iran's President-elect Hassan Rohani said his win was a 'victory for moderation' and vowed to soothe tensions with the US and factions inside ...
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Rowhani hopes for accord between Iran world powers
TEHRAN--President-elect Hassan Rowhani expressed hope Monday that Iran can reach a new agreement with major powers over its disputed nuclear program, saying a deal should be reached through more transparency and mutual ...
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Iran elections surprise winner
Iran were not allowed a wide range of candidates in Friday's election for a new president. But they certainly made the most of it. They decisively ...
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US wont sweeten nuke offer for Irans next leader
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration won't welcome the election of a relative moderate as Iran's next president with any new nuclear offer. A State Department spokeswoman says it's up to Tehran to ...
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Report Iran to send 4000 Revolutionary Guards to aid Syria regime
As Western powers prepare to provide weapons to rebels in Syria's civil war, Iran is reported to be planning to send a 4,000-man contingent of Revolutionary Guards to beef up President Bashar Assad's forces. Britain's Independent newspaper reports Tehran "is now fully committed to preserving Assad's regime, according to pro-Iranian sources who have been deeply involved ...
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Irans Rouhani preaches outreach to international community
Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani vowed Monday to lead a government engaged with the international community with a moderate policy. Former nuclear negotiator Rouhani cleared the majority-plus one threshold to claim victory in Iranian presidential elections Friday. He was considered the only moderate in a field of five other candidates viewed as strong allies to Supreme ...
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Resilient Iranian Voters Elect Hasan Rowhani as President
Washington shouldn't fool itself that the unexpected victory of Hassan Rowhani in Iran's presidential election last week justifies optimism about nuclear negotiations. Rowhani may be a moderate in Iran's peculiar political lexicon, but he has neither the power nor, judging by his own statements, the inclination to compromise with the West on Tehran's nuclear program. ...
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Hassan Rowhani open to return of diplomatic ties between Iran and Britain
Hassan Rowhani, Iran's president-elect, has paved the way for a possible restoration of diplomatic ties with Britain as he vowed to drastically improve his country's relations with the outside ...
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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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