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Brazil president says asylum offer to adulterous Iran woman is humanitarian gesture
The decision to give refuge to a convicted Iranian woman should be seen as a humanitarian act without political motives, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "I made the offer for humanitarianism, instead of politics," Xinhua quoted da Silva, as saying while referring to the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, who has been convicted of adultery and sentenced to ...
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PH Malditas crush high-ranked Iran in AFC Women’s qualifiers
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine Malditas, as promised by their coach, created a stir in the Asian AFC Women’s Qualifying. The Malditas crushed higher-ranked Iran, 6-0, Tuesday at the start of Group B play at the Bangabandu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Beefed up by several United States-based standouts who have NCAA Division 1 experience, the Malditas dominated the match ...
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Iran expands nuclear programme - IAEA
In this April 5, 2013, file photograph, Saeed Jalili - the secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council - poses for the press in Almaty at the start of high-level talks between world powers and Iranian ...
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Syria crisis Friends of Syria call on Iran and Hezbollah to withdraw
o Iran and Hezbollah urged to pull out of fight for Qusairo US backs UK's bid to amend EU arms embargooSyria negotiates with Russia over attendance at talks o Opposition gathers in Turkey to decide on ...
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US moves toward full Iran trade embargo
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - The US Congress moved closer on Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and pledged its support to Israel if it felt compelled to attack Tehran's nuclear program in self-defense. The senate voted 99-0 to adopt a resolution that urged President Barack Obama to fully enforce existing economic sanctions against Iran and to "provide diplomatic, ...
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S.Korea to take 1st Iran LPG cargoes in 7 months -sources
SEOUL | Thu May 23, 2013 3:08am EDT SEOUL May 23 (Reuters) - South Korea will receive a shipment of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the first time since imports were halted last October due to European sanctions that made it difficult to get shipping insurance, sources said on Thursday. South Korean LPG importer E1 Corp bought 33,000 tonnes of propane and 11,000 tonnes of ...
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Iran blocks presidential campaign of pro-US candidate Rafsanjani
Iranian authorities announced Tuesday that the Islamic Republic's Guardian Council has approved eight candidates to contest the June 14 presidential elections. Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pro-US pillar of Iran's clerical-nationalist establishment and the country's president from 1989 to 1997, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, the political protg of current President Mahmoud ...
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UN Nuclear Agency Says Iran Expanded Nuclear Activity
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has taken a significant step toward building a reactor that Western experts say could provide a second path to producing material for a nuclear ...
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Syrian president starts meeting with Iranian FM
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met Tuesday evening with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi who arrived earlier in the capital Damascus for talks about the recent development in the region following the Israeli attack on Syria earlier this week. Details about the talks were not made available yet. Coming from a visit in Jordan, Salehi is expected to express Iran's ...
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Iran to increase iron ore exports tax by up to 40
(MENAFN) Due to higher sales to China, Iran's government is negotiating to increase the iron ore exports tax by up to 40 percent, reported Reuters.During the first three months of the year, Iranian iron ore exports went up 48 percent compared with last year's same period.This boost may lead to increase the annual revenue to USD3 billion at current prices.The high tax percentage may cut ...
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U.N. atomic agency Iran expands nuclear technology
Herman Nackaerts, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, left, talks with Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, right, as they face the media at the permanent mission of Iran in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 15, ...
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Iran expands nuclear enrichment capability
Iran further expanded its nuclear enrichment capability by installing hundred advanced centrifuges in a uranium enrichment plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on ...
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Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Seen Making Progress in I.A.E.A. Report
International nuclear inspectors reported on Wednesday that Iran had increased its nuclear production while negotiations with the West dragged on this spring, but the new information suggested that Tehran had not gone past the "red line" that Israel's leaders have declared could incite military ...
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Letter Irans View of Cyberwarfare
To the Editor: Re ...
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US Lawmakers Pledge to Back Israel Against Iran
The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a resolution affirming America's firm opposition to Iran's nuclear ambitions, and pledging full support for Israel in the event of an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. The chance to slam Iran’s government and speak up for Israel brought a rare moment of complete bipartisan unity to the Senate. Republican ...
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UN report finds Iran violates sanctions using front firms
Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential UN Panel of Experts report seen by ...
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Amnesty Report Notes Worldwide Abuses As Well As Courage Of Activists
In a new report, the global rights group Amnesty International (AI) documents abuses in 159 countries and territories that it says were "inflicted by those in power on those who stand in the way of their vested interests." The findings were published on May 23 in Amnesty International's annual report, "The State of the World's Human Rights," for 2012. It ...
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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant IAEA
/enpproperty--> VIENNA-- Iran further expanded its nuclear enrichment capability by installing hundred advanced centrifuges in a uranium enrichment plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Wednesday. In a report, the UN nuclear watch dog said Iran continues to install the IR-2m centrifuges, which could promote its uranium enrichment significantly, in Natanz enrichment ...
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US House panel backs stiff new Iran sanctions
Iran could face tightened sanctions within months after a US congressional panel Wednesday adopted a measure targeting the nation's auto and mining industries as well as its foreign currency ...
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Iran crude exports to S. Korea down 44.4 in April
South Korea's oil import from Iran have dropped 44.4% year-on-year in April to 4.18 million barrels, Reuters has reported. The country's crude imports from Iran last month rose 4% compared with that of March, data from the state-run Korea National Oil Corp ...
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Nuclear watchdog raises Iranian plutonium concerns
Iran , the International Atomic Energy Agency has produced its latest quaterly report on the country's nuclear programme, which does so much to shape the backdrop to Iranian politics - and not in a good way.The IAEA Safeguards Report has been leaked, as tradition dictates, and is available ...
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Tightens Grip After Disqualifying Two Top Presidential Candidates
Mohammad Khatami was swept into the president's office in 1997, leading a wave of reformists who challenged the status quo in which Khamenei, as the unelected Supreme Leader of the Revolution, was most heavily invested. In every election cycle since, the self-appointed portion ...
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UPDATE 1-U.S. Congress moves to tighten sanctions on Iran
Wed May 22, 2013 6:34pm EDT (Updates with Senate vote) By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved legislation on Wednesday seeking to impose tighter sanctions on Iran, the latest congressional effort to slow development of the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program. The "Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013" passed the ...
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Exclusive Glencore Trafigura deals with Iran may have skirted sanctions - U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on ...
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Tehran ditches election headache Rafsanjani
Iran’s most senior clerical authorities have ruled out the one candidate who might have been elected president who could have led reformists: Hashemi Rafsanjani. Not everyone was surprised, but some of the electorate are furious. The election is three weeks away. The powerful Guardian Council of the Constitution have shortlisted eight figures who will be allowed to run for office in 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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