Latest Iran News
RSS-
Pentagon Requests $79bn for Afghan War
Pentagon Requests $79bn for Afghan War The Pentagon has asked Congress for nearly $80 billion to cover the cost of the war in Afghanistan in 2014. The request for $79.4 billion in fiscal year 2014 is slightly lower than the war funding of $87.2 billion for the current fiscal year, Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters, APP reported. The proposed funding for Afghanistan ...
-
Queiroz Lauds Ferguson Calls Him ‘Exceptional’
From Page 1 The Iranian team's boss also lauded Ferguson's dignity and commitment. Meanwhile, Queiroz said that he will never invite Mehdi Rahmati and Hadi Aqili to the team. In January Mehdi Rahmati, in a surprise move withdrew from the national team citing some personal problems, Mehr News Agency wrote. Aqili also left the national team's camp on the night before the match ...
-
New Hepatitis B Vaccine Uses Polymeric Nanoparticles
In the gold-mining process, the precious metal is often extracted from low-grade ore in a technique known as gold cyanidation. As its name suggests, the process utilizes highly-poisonous cyanide, some of which ends up entering the environment in the mines' tailings, IdeaConnection wrote. That's not so good. Scientists at Illinois' Northwestern University, however, recently ...
More Iran News
RSS-
Sudden Weight Loss Harmful
Society Desk A sudden weight loss is as dangerous as obesity and can adversely damage the liver, warned an Iranian nutritionist over the growing tendency to lose weight in a short time among citizens. Mehdi Zobeiri added that taking measures to slim in a short time can cause fatty liver disease. "Fatty liver disease can occur both due to obesity and rapid weight loss," he said, ...
-
Oil Demand Hike Forecast
From Page 1 On production issues, demand is expected to pick up, so most likely another rollover, said an OPEC delegate of the outcome of the group's meeting in Vienna. OPEC for now is pumping more oil than its 30 mbpd official target. Output rose by 280,000 bpd in April to 30.46 mbpd, according to secondary sources cited by the report, led by higher output in Saudi Arabia and Iraq. ...
-
Myanmar Urged to Stop Violence Against Muslims
Oil Demand Hike Forecast The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will need to pump slightly more oil than it thought in 2013 and expects global consumption to be much higher in the rest of the year. This indicates a stronger market that argues against any calls for supply restraint when the group meets on May 31. OPEC in a monthly report forecast 2013 demand for its ...
-
Iraq Blasts Kill 8 Pilgrims
From Page 1 Several international human rights organizations have accused the foreign-sponsored insurgents of committing war crimes. Iran has repeatedly rejected foreign intervention in Syria's internal affairs, calling for national dialog as the only way out of the country's prolonged impasse. Iran-IAEA Talks Referring to the latest talks between Iran and the IAEA, Araqchi ...
-
President to Attend OAU Anniversary in Ethiopia
In the run-up to Iran's presidential and city and village council elections, media outlets have been conducting polls to gauge public opinion ahead of the upcoming vote. According to a new opinion poll carried out by Iranian media outlets, the majority of respondents in the capital, Tehran, said they will definitely take part in the elections, Press TV reported on Tuesday. A total of ...
-
Deputy FM UN Envoy Review Afghan Developments
From Page 1 Several international human rights organizations have accused the foreign-sponsored insurgents of committing war crimes. Iran has repeatedly rejected foreign intervention in Syria's internal affairs, calling for national dialog as the only way out of the country's prolonged impasse. Iran-IAEA Talks Referring to the latest talks between Iran and the IAEA, Araqchi ...
-
Envoy West Cannot Stem Scientific Progress
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will take part in ceremonies to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, later this month, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The announced was made by Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyed Abbas Araqchi during his weekly press briefing in Tehran on Tuesday. The spokesman noted that Iran has ...
-
Inhumane Sanctions Target People
From Page 1 Several international human rights organizations have accused the foreign-sponsored insurgents of committing war crimes. Iran has repeatedly rejected foreign intervention in Syria's internal affairs, calling for national dialog as the only way out of the country's prolonged impasse. Iran-IAEA Talks Referring to the latest talks between Iran and the IAEA, Araqchi ...
-
5 New Military Products
From Page 1 Several international human rights organizations have accused the foreign-sponsored insurgents of committing war crimes. Iran has repeatedly rejected foreign intervention in Syria's internal affairs, calling for national dialog as the only way out of the country's prolonged impasse. Iran-IAEA Talks Referring to the latest talks between Iran and the IAEA, Araqchi ...
-
Armed Forces Will Be Equipped With Range of Missiles
The defense minister announced on Tuesday that it will supply large numbers of different types of missiles to the Armed Forces while unveiling various defense projects in the coming days. Speaking in Tehran on Tuesday, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said that different types of missiles will be supplied to the military units this week on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of ...
-
Ex-UK IAEA Envoy Slams US Deception
Former British ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Peter Jenkins has criticized the US top nuclear negotiator in Iran-P5+1 group talks for her misleading briefing on Iran to the US Congress. Jenkins wrote in an analysis for IPS news's foreign policy section LobeLog that the US diplomat Wendy Sherman started her Congress briefing on Wednesday without any reference to the US ...
-
West at Impasse Over Illegal Sanctions
Former British ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Peter Jenkins has criticized the US top nuclear negotiator in Iran-P5+1 group talks for her misleading briefing on Iran to the US Congress. Jenkins wrote in an analysis for IPS news's foreign policy section LobeLog that the US diplomat Wendy Sherman started her Congress briefing on Wednesday without any reference to the US ...
-
Two Terrorist Groups Broken Up
The Intelligence Ministry said it has smashed two terrorist groups involved in smuggling weapons into the country. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said, "The enemies of the nation have intensified sabotage activities and [are] making arrangements to conduct different types of seditious acts ahead of the upcoming election." The ministry has managed to 'identify and foil a ...
-
Iran Strongly Opposed To Nuclear Weapons
The defense minister announced on Tuesday that it will supply large numbers of different types of missiles to the Armed Forces while unveiling various defense projects in the coming days. Speaking in Tehran on Tuesday, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said that different types of missiles will be supplied to the military units this week on the occasion of the anniversary of the liberation of ...
-
Navy Ready to Counter Threats
The Intelligence Ministry said it has smashed two terrorist groups involved in smuggling weapons into the country. In a statement on Monday, the ministry said, "The enemies of the nation have intensified sabotage activities and [are] making arrangements to conduct different types of seditious acts ahead of the upcoming election." The ministry has managed to 'identify and foil a ...
-
FM Spokesman Duein Turkey
The Foreign Ministry said its spokesman Abbas Araqchi will travel to Turkey to discuss bilateral ties as well as regional and international issues with Turkish officials. Araqchi is due to leave Tehran for Ankara on Thursday for a one-day visit at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Zeki Levent Gumrukcu, ISNA reported on Tuesday. Araqchi , who is also Iran's deputy foreign minister ...
-
Tractor Spare Parts Enter Foreign Markets
Domestic Economy Desk With the stoppage of spare part imports, Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company (ITMC) achieved self-sufficiency in the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the managing director of the company. Abolfath Ebrahimi also said on Monday that high quality spare parts of the company have entered both foreign and domestic markets. He listed increasing production, ...
-
Iran to Boost Pak Oil Gas Ties
Domestic Economy Desk With the stoppage of spare part imports, Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company (ITMC) achieved self-sufficiency in the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the managing director of the company. Abolfath Ebrahimi also said on Monday that high quality spare parts of the company have entered both foreign and domestic markets. He listed increasing production, ...
-
Bangladesh Keen on Expanding Cooperation
Iran is ready to increase bilateral cooperation with Pakistan in all fields, particularly in oil and gas sectors, said the first vice president. In a telephone conversation on Monday with the leader of Pakistan's Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif, Mohammad Reza Rahimi expressed hope Tehran and Islamabad will further improve relations during the new Pakistani government's ...
-
Largest Aloe Vera Gel Factory Ready for Launch
Domestic Economy Desk With the stoppage of spare part imports, Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company (ITMC) achieved self-sufficiency in the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the managing director of the company. Abolfath Ebrahimi also said on Monday that high quality spare parts of the company have entered both foreign and domestic markets. He listed increasing production, ...
-
Barakat Institute Creates 98000 Jobs
Domestic Economy Desk Barakat Foundation Institute (BFI), affiliated to Imam Khomeini Decree Headquarters, has created 98,000 direct and indirect jobs through participation in 130 projects in deprived regions. Hussein Shirzad, the institute's deputy head for investment and economic affairs, announced that the institute has ceded the stocks of eight implemented projects to its partners. ...
-
30000 Units Operating In Industrial Townships
Domestic Economy Desk Close to 30,000 industrial units operate across 910 industrial townships, said the deputy head of the Organization of Small Industries and Industrial Townships of Iran. Iraj Movaffaq added that these industrial units have generated 670,000 direct jobs. He referred to unemployment as one of the main problems of the country, adding that the organization generates jobs by ...
Iran Focus
-
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
News from around our Network
