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EU Will Pay Price for ArmingTerrorists
License Holder: (IRNA) www.irna.ir ? Number 4534 ? Wednesday June 19, 2013 ? Khordad 29, 1392 ? Sha'ban 10, 1434 ? Price 2,000 Rials ? 12 Pages ? ...
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Russia US Remain At Odds on Syria
The US has listed 46 inmates held at its military prison in Guantanamo Bay who it says it does not have the evidence to try but are too dangerous to release. It revealed the men's names in response to a freedom of information request by the Miami Herald. Most are from Yemen and Afghanistan. President Barack Obama vowed last month to renew efforts to shut the prison. Lawyer Clifford Sloan ...
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‘Blindness’ Reviewed at Qalamestan
Jos Saramago's famous novel 'Blindness' was reviewed in a session on June 18. Iranian author and critic Mohammadreza Goudarzi attended the session at Qalamestan Literary Creation Center in Isfahan, director of the center, Ahmad Mortazavi told Mehr News Agency. June 18 marked the third anniversary of the death of Saramago (1922-2010), the Portuguese writer and recipient of the ...
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Persian Gulf Missile Now More Precise
Iranian experts at the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps' Aerospace Research Center have increased the precision of the 'Khalij-e-Fars ' (Persian Gulf) supersonic ballistic missile to 8.5 meters. Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the late commander and head of the IRGC Missile Research Center, Martyr Major General Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, ...
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Ahmadinejad Rohani Discuss Cooperation
Ahmadinejad, Rohani Discuss Cooperation President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met in Tehran on Tuesday with the winner of the June 14 presidential election Hassan Rohani. During the meeting, President Ahmadinejad congratulated the president-elect on his victory in the 11th presidential election, IRNA reported. The meeting was aimed at 'coordination' between the two. Ahmadinejad said that ...
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Sanctions Not Affecting Iran Atomic Program
Sanctions Not Affecting Iran Atomic Program International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said international sanctions imposed on Iran have failed to affect its nuclear energy program. The IAEA director general, Yukiya Amano, said on Monday that international sanctions do not seem to be slowing down Iran's nuclear energy program as Tehran is making 'steady progress' in ...
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British Spying Leaks Outrage Russia Turkey
World Desk US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday openly admitted having clashing views on Syria, but pledged to at least try to keep alive a frail bid to hold a peace conference in Geneva. The US and Russian presidents faced off on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, days after the White House signaled it would begin arming terrorists ...
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Canada FM’s Poll Remarks Dismissed
China has congratulated Iran's president-elect Hassan Rohani on his victory in the Islamic Republic's 11th presidential election. "China congratulates Hassan Rouhani on his election as Iranian president," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a regular press conference on Monday. "China will seize this opportunity to promote the development of ...
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Iranians Develop New Parkinson’s Treatment
Iranian researchers at Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute have unveiled foot-and-mouth disease ?monovalent vaccine titled 'A2013' on Monday. "The vaccine is used for livestock with foot-and-mouth disease," said Hadi Famil-Qadakchi, the head of Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, adding that a new type of the disease was discovered in Iran last year, making ...
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IBTO Selected WHO Coordinator
Society Desk Iran's Blood Transfusion Organization has been selected by the World Health Organization as a collaborating center. Iran in 2007 submitted an application for becoming the Collaborating Center of the Geneva-based WHO, IRNA reported. Dr. Ala Alwan, who was then the head of WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean and is now its representative in Iran, visited ...
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Brazilians Protest Confed Cup Costs
The US has listed 46 inmates held at its military prison in Guantanamo Bay who it says it does not have the evidence to try but are too dangerous to release. It revealed the men's names in response to a freedom of information request by the Miami Herald. Most are from Yemen and Afghanistan. President Barack Obama vowed last month to renew efforts to shut the prison. Lawyer Clifford Sloan ...
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Quivers of Syrian Crisis
From Page 1 Asked if some changes would appear in Iran's foreign policy during the new president's tenure, he said the Monday press conference held by the president-elect made many issues clear. Rohani held first news conference after his victory in the June 14 presidential election attended by foreign and domestic reporters on Monday. The Islamic Republic's foreign policy is ...
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More States Extend Congratulations to President-elect
From Page 1 Asked if some changes would appear in Iran's foreign policy during the new president's tenure, he said the Monday press conference held by the president-elect made many issues clear. Rohani held first news conference after his victory in the June 14 presidential election attended by foreign and domestic reporters on Monday. The Islamic Republic's foreign policy is ...
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US ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Over Iran Talks
From Page 1 Asked if some changes would appear in Iran's foreign policy during the new president's tenure, he said the Monday press conference held by the president-elect made many issues clear. Rohani held first news conference after his victory in the June 14 presidential election attended by foreign and domestic reporters on Monday. The Islamic Republic's foreign policy is ...
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Election Sends Significant Message to Region World
From Page 1 Asked if some changes would appear in Iran's foreign policy during the new president's tenure, he said the Monday press conference held by the president-elect made many issues clear. Rohani held first news conference after his victory in the June 14 presidential election attended by foreign and domestic reporters on Monday. The Islamic Republic's foreign policy is ...
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Media Ties With Indonesia
From Page 1 Asked if some changes would appear in Iran's foreign policy during the new president's tenure, he said the Monday press conference held by the president-elect made many issues clear. Rohani held first news conference after his victory in the June 14 presidential election attended by foreign and domestic reporters on Monday. The Islamic Republic's foreign policy is ...
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Regional Conflicts to Israel’s Benefit
Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi says the continuation of discord and conflicts in regional countries serve the interests of the Israeli regime. In a meeting with Zuhair Al-Khatib, a member of Lebanon's parliament, on Monday, Roknabadi said enemies find the continuation of unrest in Syria beneficial to their own interests and therefore are not trying to resolve the ...
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London Mayor Consult Iran on Syria
Iranian experts at the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps' Aerospace Research Center have increased the precision of the 'Khalij-e-Fars ' (Persian Gulf) supersonic ballistic missile to 8.5 meters. Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the late commander and head of the IRGC Missile Research Center, Martyr Major General Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, ...
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Results of Tehran Council Elections Out
Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi says the continuation of discord and conflicts in regional countries serve the interests of the Israeli regime. In a meeting with Zuhair Al-Khatib, a member of Lebanon's parliament, on Monday, Roknabadi said enemies find the continuation of unrest in Syria beneficial to their own interests and therefore are not trying to resolve the ...
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Speaker Defends Summoning President
London mayor Boris Johnson dismissed plans of weapons deliveries to Syrian militants, calling for a multi-sided conference, involving Iran, to end the bloodshed. Johnson, who was commenting after British Prime Minister David Cameron said sending arms to Syrian militants is vital, wrote in an article for the Daily Telegraph on Monday that such a move is 'pressing weapons into the hands of ...
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Japan Urges ‘Serious Dialog’ On Nuclear Issue
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani dismissed as 'mischief' recent reports implying that the court order recently issued to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to appear before court was based on personal issues between the heads of two government branches. Larijani said on Monday that a number of media outlets reported the issue in a manner that implied the complaint had been filed on personal ...
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Election Outcome Foils US Scenario
Iranian experts at the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps' Aerospace Research Center have increased the precision of the 'Khalij-e-Fars ' (Persian Gulf) supersonic ballistic missile to 8.5 meters. Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the late commander and head of the IRGC Missile Research Center, Martyr Major General Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, ...
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Garmsar-Sari Rail Electrification On Agenda
Domestic Economy Desk To increase the capacity of Gorgan-Incheboroun Railroad, Iran should electrify Garmsar-Sari Railroad, said the director general of Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (IRIR) for logistics. Nourollah Beiranvand said since these two railroads are connected to each other and the latter acts as an entry for the former, to raise the capacity of Gorgan-Incheboroun Railroad two ...
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83 Have Access to Gas
Translated by Leila Imani Iran exported EUR70 million of casting spare parts in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2013), said Abdolhamid Qadimi, the secretary of the Association of Metal Casting Industry. He put the country's capacity for the export of casting spare parts at EUR200 million and said adequate attention has not been paid to the industry that plays a very significant ...
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Casting Industry Requires More Attention
Translated by Leila Imani Iran exported EUR70 million of casting spare parts in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2013), said Abdolhamid Qadimi, the secretary of the Association of Metal Casting Industry. He put the country's capacity for the export of casting spare parts at EUR200 million and said adequate attention has not been paid to the industry that plays a very significant ...
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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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