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House committee passes Iran sanctions legislation
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved legislation Wednesday that would impose even tougher economic sanctions against Tehran. The bill seeks to further curb Iran's oil exports, limit Tehran's access to overseas foreign currency reserves, and expand the list of blacklisted Iranian ...
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5 New Military Products Unveiled
Iran unveiled five new military products in a ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran, the Defense Ministry announced. The ministry said that the new defense products, including weapons and personnel combat equipment, went on display in an inauguration ceremony Wednesday which was attended by Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi and other military officials, Al-Alam reported. On Tuesday, Vahidi said ...
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Ahmadinejad to Pursue GC Decision on Mashaei
Iran on Wednesday denied any link to members of a spying ring detained by Saudi Arabia, according to Iranian media. Saudi state media reported on Tuesday that officials had detained 10 people accused of spying for Iran after arresting 18 people in the same case in March. Tehran rejects that charge and has repeatedly denied any involvement in espionage in Saudi Arabia. Iran's Foreign ...
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Eight Presidential Hopefuls Named
Iran on Wednesday denied any link to members of a spying ring detained by Saudi Arabia, according to Iranian media. Saudi state media reported on Tuesday that officials had detained 10 people accused of spying for Iran after arresting 18 people in the same case in March. Tehran rejects that charge and has repeatedly denied any involvement in espionage in Saudi Arabia. Iran's Foreign ...
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Top Clerics Urge Hopefuls To Respect Law
Religious figures and senior seminary scholars in the holy city of Qom asked presidential hopefuls to abide by the law when the Guardian Council publishes the list of approved candidates for June 14 election. On Tuesday, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Alavi-Gorgani said those who adhere to the law are actually safeguarding the dignity of the Islamic Republic before the watchful eyes of the ...
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Foreign Ministry Extends Condolences Over US Tornado
Iran unveiled five new military products in a ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran, the Defense Ministry announced. The ministry said that the new defense products, including weapons and personnel combat equipment, went on display in an inauguration ceremony Wednesday which was attended by Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi and other military officials, Al-Alam reported. On Tuesday, Vahidi said ...
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Quakes Hit Hormuzgan Fars Provinces
Religious figures and senior seminary scholars in the holy city of Qom asked presidential hopefuls to abide by the law when the Guardian Council publishes the list of approved candidates for June 14 election. On Tuesday, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Alavi-Gorgani said those who adhere to the law are actually safeguarding the dignity of the Islamic Republic before the watchful eyes of the ...
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US Fearful of War With Iran
Iran unveiled five new military products in a ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran, the Defense Ministry announced. The ministry said that the new defense products, including weapons and personnel combat equipment, went on display in an inauguration ceremony Wednesday which was attended by Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi and other military officials, Al-Alam reported. On Tuesday, Vahidi said ...
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Amano Iran Has No...
Iran unveiled five new military products in a ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran, the Defense Ministry announced. The ministry said that the new defense products, including weapons and personnel combat equipment, went on display in an inauguration ceremony Wednesday which was attended by Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi and other military officials, Al-Alam reported. On Tuesday, Vahidi said ...
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Iran pushes ahead with new nuclear plant that worries West
By Fredrik DahlVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could offer it a second way of producing material for a nuclear bomb if it decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday.Iran has transported the reactor vessel to the heavy water plant near the central town of Arak but has not yet installed it, the International ...
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Housing Investment Hits Rls120 Trillion
Domestic Economy Desk Currently, 120 trillion rials worth of investments have been made in the housing sector, said the minister of roads and urban construction in Sirjan, Kerman province, on Tuesday. Ali Nikzad added that according to the March 2012 census, close to 21.2 million households live in 21.6 million housing units. "Over 2.1 million rural houses have been reinforced since ...
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Zanjan Iron Reserves At 12m Tons
Translated by Leila Imani Iran exported 1,038 tons of various fruits, worth $786.7 million, in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2013), said the deputy head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran. Kioumars Fathollah Kermanshahi noted that the figure shows a 29.8-percent and 25.8-percent increase in terms of value and weight respectively compared with the corresponding figure of the ...
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Electricity Exchange With 7 Neighboring States
Translated by Leila Imani Electricity exports to neighboring countries will exceed 12 billion kilowatt-hours kw/h by the end of the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the deputy energy minister for energy and electricity. Mohammad Behzad said Iran exchanges electricity with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq and Afghanistan, Fars News Agency reported. He ...
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15000 Tons of Egg Exported
Translated by Leila Imani Iran exported 1,038 tons of various fruits, worth $786.7 million, in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2013), said the deputy head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran. Kioumars Fathollah Kermanshahi noted that the figure shows a 29.8-percent and 25.8-percent increase in terms of value and weight respectively compared with the corresponding figure of the ...
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Armenia to Continue Energy Cooperation
Bangladesh's Finance Minister Abu Ma'al Abdul Muhith said his country is highly interested in joining the multibillion-dollar project, which will take Iran's gas reserves to Pakistan and probably India. "If Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline is expanded up to India, we can join it," the Bangladeshi minister said in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday, Fars News Agency reported. ...
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Twofold Rise in Potato’s Regional Sales
Translated by Leila Imani Iran exported 654,000 tons of potato to regional countries in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2013), showing a twofold rise compared with the corresponding figure of previous year. Announcing this, Hassan Khadangi, director general of the Vegetable Office of Agricultural Jihad Ministry's Department for Horticultural Production, said about 350,000 tons of ...
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Africa Economy Seeks New Branding
From Page 1 European leaders gather this week for a summit overshadowed by rampant unemployment and the deepening eurozone recession, but with hopes of breaking down resistance to a planned crackdown on tax evasion. The one-day talks was dedicated weeks ago to the political fight to uncover unpaid taxes hidden away in Swiss or even EU bank vaults, EU Business reported. But days ahead of the ...
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Sri Lanka Bourse Slips
Sri Lanka shares retreated from the previous session's 19-month high as investors booked profits in banking and telecommunication shares after the recent rally pushed the bourse into overbought territory. The main stock index fell 0.39 percent, or 25.03 points, to close at 6,441.64, slipping for the first time in the last five sessions. The bourse hit its highest close since Oct. 14, 2011 ...
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IMF Sees Saudi Slowdown
Saudi economic growth will slow to 4.4 percent in 2013 from 6.8 percent last year, due to an expected fall in oil production and cuts in government spending, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. Overall GDP growth is expected at 4.4 percent because oil output is likely to be lower than its average level in 2012 and the growth rate of government spending looks set to slow, said the ...
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Yasooj Cement Exports Reach 4000 Tons
Economy Desk Yasooj has exported over 4,000 tons of cement to Iraq since the start of the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the head of Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Industries, Mines and Trade Department. Daryoush Divdideh added that the monthly production of cement clinker reached its highest level during March 21-April 21. "The factory has produced 26,244 tons of clinker during ...
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IKCO to Launch Iraq Car Assembly Line
Economy Desk Yasooj has exported over 4,000 tons of cement to Iraq since the start of the current Iranian year (started March 21), said the head of Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Industries, Mines and Trade Department. Daryoush Divdideh added that the monthly production of cement clinker reached its highest level during March 21-April 21. "The factory has produced 26,244 tons of clinker during ...
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Translations of Achaemenid Tablets to Be Published
Iranica Desk The Persian and English translations of 647 Achaemenid clay tablets will be published in a book by the end of the current Iranian year (started March 21). Announcing this, Abdolmajid Arfaei, a researcher and translator of ancient languages, said the tablets are presently in the US, adding that the name of the book is 'Clay Tablets of Persepolis'. He noted that he has ...
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Peace and Friendship Parks On Agenda
Iranica Desk Department of Environment (DOE) plans to establish joint protected zones named peace and friendship parks with neighboring countries in border areas. Announcing this, Nasser Moqaddasi, director general of DOE's Office for Habitats, said setting up the parks will help boost cooperation between Iran and neighboring countries. He noted that efforts are underway to protect the ...
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Bahrain claims Iranian drone found
MANAMA, Bahrain -; Bahrain's Interior Ministry says an Iranian drone has been found in the strategic Gulf kingdom that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th ...
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More Afghan Women Jailed for “Moral Crimes”
The number of women and girls in Afghanistan imprisoned for "moral crimes" has risen by 50 percent in the past 18 months, a rights group says. Human Rights Watch says many are jailed for running away from home, often from forced marriages or domestic violence, BBC reported. Others are behind bars as a result of alleged adultery, in truth often involving rape, it said. The government ...
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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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