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An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale has struck the southern Iranian province of Hormuzgan. The earthquake hit Goharan on Saturday at 14:33 local time (GMT 1003), according to Iranian Seismological Center. The epicenter, with a depth of 8 km, was initially determined to be at 26.74 degrees north latitude and 58.74 degrees east longitude. No immediate reports of casualties were ...
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Turkey Not to End Iran Oil Imports
A senior lawmaker blasted the world powers for blocking the settlement of Tehran's nuclear issue by raising unbalanced and excessive demands in their proposals, and underlined that Iran will not accept any undertakings beyond the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). "The proposals of the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) are not only unbalanced but are also ...
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Afghan Chief Justice in Tehran
A senior lawmaker blasted the world powers for blocking the settlement of Tehran's nuclear issue by raising unbalanced and excessive demands in their proposals, and underlined that Iran will not accept any undertakings beyond the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). "The proposals of the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) are not only unbalanced but are also ...
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No Effect on N. Policies
A senior lawmaker blasted the world powers for blocking the settlement of Tehran's nuclear issue by raising unbalanced and excessive demands in their proposals, and underlined that Iran will not accept any undertakings beyond the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). "The proposals of the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) are not only unbalanced but are also ...
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VP to Attend ‘Water Summit’
Vice president and the head of the Iranian Department of Environment, Mohammad Javad Mohammadizadeh will attend a forum on water security in Thailand next week. Mohammadizadeh is to join regional leaders at the Asia-Pacific Water Summit, which will focus on water security and climate change in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. He will arrive on May 19 in Chiang Mai. President Mahmoud ...
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Iran Will Launch 2 New Airlines
A top Iranian military commander said the liberation of Syria's strategic Golan Heights is not impossible, and that fundamental changes will soon take place in the region. "From a security and military perspective, I should say the liberation of Golan [Heights] is not impossible; it can happen," said Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Massoud Jazayeri in an ...
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Bahrain Regime Crosses Islam’s Red Lines
A top Iranian military commander said the liberation of Syria's strategic Golan Heights is not impossible, and that fundamental changes will soon take place in the region. "From a security and military perspective, I should say the liberation of Golan [Heights] is not impossible; it can happen," said Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Massoud Jazayeri in an ...
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UNESCO for Expansion Of Ties
Head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization Hamidreza Pahlevani said the Islamic Republic plans to launch two new airlines by the end of the current Iranian year (ends on March 20, 2014). "Nineteen airplanes joined the air fleet last year and this year several more planes will be added to the Iranian air fleet," Pahlevani said on Friday. Commenting on licenses for establishing ...
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Pres. Aide Lebanese President Discuss Regional Developments
A top Iranian military commander said the liberation of Syria's strategic Golan Heights is not impossible, and that fundamental changes will soon take place in the region. "From a security and military perspective, I should say the liberation of Golan [Heights] is not impossible; it can happen," said Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Massoud Jazayeri in an ...
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Loans Allocated for Renovating 200000 Houses
Domestic Economy Desk Mahabad Petrochemical Complex, which is underway in the framework of Mehr-e Mandegar (Lasting Kindness) Plan, is more than 70 percent complete. Announcing this, Abdulhossein Bayat, the head of National Petrochemical Company, said till April 20, construction and installation works progressed by 46 percent, engineering works by 99 percent and logistics by 90 percent, IRNA ...
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New Planes to Join Fleet
From Page 1 The measure is reportedly aimed at countering the effect of sanctions imposed by the European Union, banning the bloc's members from purchasing Iran's oil or extending insurance coverage to tankers carrying its crude. "What will be the size of this fund, how much we are required to contribute, whether it is enough to cover reinsurance--these are the details that ...
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Economy Minister Attending IDB Meeting
Domestic Economy Desk Mahabad Petrochemical Complex, which is underway in the framework of Mehr-e Mandegar (Lasting Kindness) Plan, is more than 70 percent complete. Announcing this, Abdulhossein Bayat, the head of National Petrochemical Company, said till April 20, construction and installation works progressed by 46 percent, engineering works by 99 percent and logistics by 90 percent, IRNA ...
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World Economic Recovery Losing Momentum
From Page 1 "We found that developing economies will come to dominate investment," Maurizio Bussolo, a World Bank lead economist and author of the new Global Development Horizons report, told reporters on Thursday. By 2030, for every dollar invested around the world, 66 cents will be in developing countries. That's a dramatic change, as for almost four decades such investments ...
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Fitch Downgrades Slovenia’s Banks
It was not unexpected--late on Friday the Fitch ratings agency downgraded Slovenia's long-term foreign currency rating to BBB + from A minus. It also warned there could be more cuts in the future on worries over the state of the country's shaky banking sector which might mean it is the next eurozone nation to have to ask for a bailout, EuroNews wrote. The Slovenian government is ...
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Brazil to Grow 3
From Page 1 "We found that developing economies will come to dominate investment," Maurizio Bussolo, a World Bank lead economist and author of the new Global Development Horizons report, told reporters on Thursday. By 2030, for every dollar invested around the world, 66 cents will be in developing countries. That's a dramatic change, as for almost four decades such investments ...
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AFZ Iraqi Market’s Export Gate
Economy Desk Arvand Free Zone (AFZ) can act as the gate to Iraqi market, said Japan's Ambassador in Tehran. Referring to AFZ's proximity to Iraq, Koji Haneda said, "I will reflect the potentials of the zone and the outcomes of my visit to the zone in Tokyo." He said the first Japanese trading ship and oil tanker anchored in Abadan Port in Khuzestan province about 60 ...
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Iran to Purchase Indian Vehicles Medicines
Economy Desk Arvand Free Zone (AFZ) can act as the gate to Iraqi market, said Japan's Ambassador in Tehran. Referring to AFZ's proximity to Iraq, Koji Haneda said, "I will reflect the potentials of the zone and the outcomes of my visit to the zone in Tokyo." He said the first Japanese trading ship and oil tanker anchored in Abadan Port in Khuzestan province about 60 ...
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Efforts Underway To Return Smuggled Relics
Amir Nezam House, also known as the Qajar Museum of Tabriz, is a historical building in Sheshghelan district, one of the oldest quarters of Tabriz in East Azarbaijan province. The house was built during the reign of Nassereddin Shah by Amir Nezam Garrousi who was the king's chief of staff, Historicaliran reported. Amir Nezam Garrousi was among the affluent and renowned dignitaries of his ...
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Georgian Exhibit Displays Iranian Artifacts
Amir Nezam House, also known as the Qajar Museum of Tabriz, is a historical building in Sheshghelan district, one of the oldest quarters of Tabriz in East Azarbaijan province. The house was built during the reign of Nassereddin Shah by Amir Nezam Garrousi who was the king's chief of staff, Historicaliran reported. Amir Nezam Garrousi was among the affluent and renowned dignitaries of his ...
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Iqbal Commemoration in Tehran
Translated by Atefeh Rezvan-Nia Edited by Mohammad Reza M. Karimi A dedicated 35-year-old Iranian firefighter, who saved the life of a suffocating girl by giving his mask to her, passed away on Friday after going into coma and his organs were donated to three patients. Omid Abbasi, working as a firefighter for the past 13 years, was the commander of a firefighting team in Tehran, who ...
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Turkey to Host Confab on Women
Turkey will for the first time host a conference of the International Federation of University Women (IFUW) titled "Women's role in achieving a sustainable future: Education, urbanization, violence and human rights." The 31st triennial conference of the IFUW, which was founded in 1919, will be held on Aug. 16-21 in Istanbul at Kadir Has University, TodaysZaman reported. "So ...
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UK Food Industry Urged to Cut Waste
The food industry in Britain should be forced to audit its supply chains regularly to cut down on the amount of food being thrown away, according to waste campaigners. The group This is Rubbish (TiR) called for more transparency in the system, claiming that householders are being unfairly blamed for the UK's food waste when the industry generates over half of the 18-20m tons food wasted ...
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Posters for Saving Rhinos Prepared
Translated by Atefeh Rezvan-Nia Edited by Mohammad Reza M. Karimi A dedicated 35-year-old Iranian firefighter, who saved the life of a suffocating girl by giving his mask to her, passed away on Friday after going into coma and his organs were donated to three patients. Omid Abbasi, working as a firefighter for the past 13 years, was the commander of a firefighting team in Tehran, who ...
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Anger Linked to Higher Heart Attack Risk
Bottling up emotions is thought to harm both mind and body, but a new study suggests that the opposite extreme may be no better. In a study of thousands of heart attack patients, those who recalled having flown into a rage during the previous year were more than twice as likely to have had their heart attack within two hours of that episode, compared to other times during the year, Khaleejtimes ...
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Removing Toxic Dyes From Textile Wastewater
Iranian researches have used nanoparticles to synthesize a new type of absorbent to remove toxic dyes from the textile industry's wastewater. The flow of outlet fluids from textile plants into the environment is an important issue, Fars News Agency wrote. Most synthesized and natural dyes have complicated aromatic structure molecules and they are resistant to microbial and decomposition ...
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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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