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Top British Court Quashes Bans On Iranian Bank
India Supportive of Iran's Disarmament Conference Presidency In a rebuke to the US, India on Tuesday declared support for Iran's presidency of the Conference on Disarmament, the UN's panel on nuclear disarmament. The US and Canada have boycotted the CD since Iran took over the presidency on May 27. Declaring it 'an honor to speak during the presidency of Iran', ...
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Nanobiosensor Blocks Organ Transplant Rejection
Iranian researchers at Tabriz University have developed a nanobiosensor to measure cyclosporine, a material used to block transplant rejection of body organs. Abdolreza Mir-Mohseni, the lead author of the project, said the research aims at developing sensors with QCN and using polymeric reformers to measure the level of lead and cyclosporine in blood samples, ISNA reported. Cyclosporine is ...
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HIV Prevention Programs Underway
Society Desk Iran's Health Ministry has expressed concerns over the return of HIV infection among Iranian drug addicts using shared syringes. Dr. Abbas Sedaqat, the head of HIV Department in Health Ministry, said that to reduce the risk of HIV, more preventive programs should be implemented. "The supervision and evaluation of HIV transmission have been underway in Iran since past ...
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Women in Global Economy
From Page 1 "The revolution the book began isn't over," she said, with a large portion of this activity still left out of GDP calculations and policy decisions. Youngest Woman "When you don't have all of that in front of you, you just make really bad policy, she said. "You make very bad policy about the next generation, about the environment." Elected ...
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UN 45.2m RefugeesDisplaced People
Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies on Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 138 people, officials said. Thousands of people have already been evacuated after floods and landslides caused by early monsoon rains wrought devastation through the region in the Himalayan foothills, ...
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World Refugee Day and Human Cost of War
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message congratulated the election of Hassan Rohani as Iran's new president, describing him as a very experienced man. "The trend of future talks with Tehran officials depends on the current Iranian leaders, including the country's president-elect who is a highly experienced person and a former negotiating party to the talks on Iran's ...
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Putin Praises Rohani as ‘Very Experienced Man’
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message congratulated the election of Hassan Rohani as Iran's new president, describing him as a very experienced man. "The trend of future talks with Tehran officials depends on the current Iranian leaders, including the country's president-elect who is a highly experienced person and a former negotiating party to the talks on Iran's ...
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France Changes Tone on Iran Over Syria
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the Islamic Republic's key role in the region, saying regional crises cannot be settled without Iran's cooperation. Salehi made the remarks in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV in reference to the ongoing crisis in Syria. The unrest in Syria began over two years ago and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security ...
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Austrian Award for ‘Facing Mirrors’
Iranian filmmaker Negar Azarbaijani's acclaimed movie 'Facing Mirrors' has been awarded at the 2013 Identities Queer Film Festival in Austria. 'Facing Mirrors' picked up the audience award of this year's festival held in the Austrian capital, Vienna. Produced by Fereshteh Taerpour, the movie weaves together the lives of two women with different social and cultural ...
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Iran Willing to Expand Ties With Italy
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message congratulated the election of Hassan Rohani as Iran's new president, describing him as a very experienced man. "The trend of future talks with Tehran officials depends on the current Iranian leaders, including the country's president-elect who is a highly experienced person and a former negotiating party to the talks on Iran's ...
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Iranian Doctors Train Iraqi Colleagues
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message congratulated the election of Hassan Rohani as Iran's new president, describing him as a very experienced man. "The trend of future talks with Tehran officials depends on the current Iranian leaders, including the country's president-elect who is a highly experienced person and a former negotiating party to the talks on Iran's ...
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Top British Court Quashes...
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message congratulated the election of Hassan Rohani as Iran's new president, describing him as a very experienced man. "The trend of future talks with Tehran officials depends on the current Iranian leaders, including the country's president-elect who is a highly experienced person and a former negotiating party to the talks on Iran's ...
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New Chapter in Ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message congratulated the election of Hassan Rohani as Iran's new president, describing him as a very experienced man. "The trend of future talks with Tehran officials depends on the current Iranian leaders, including the country's president-elect who is a highly experienced person and a former negotiating party to the talks on Iran's ...
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Tehran Instrumental in Settling Mideast Crises
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the Islamic Republic's key role in the region, saying regional crises cannot be settled without Iran's cooperation. Salehi made the remarks in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV in reference to the ongoing crisis in Syria. The unrest in Syria began over two years ago and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security ...
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China Calls for Fresh Nuclear Talks
China has called on Iran and the group of six major world powers of the P5+1 to hold another round of negotiations as soon as possible following the Islamic Republic's presidential election. During her weekly press conference on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Beijing expects Iran and the P5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the US plus Germany) to ...
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Iran Interaction Will Improve Regional Situation
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the Islamic Republic's key role in the region, saying regional crises cannot be settled without Iran's cooperation. Salehi made the remarks in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV in reference to the ongoing crisis in Syria. The unrest in Syria began over two years ago and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security ...
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Syria No-Fly Zone Against Int’l Law
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the Islamic Republic's key role in the region, saying regional crises cannot be settled without Iran's cooperation. Salehi made the remarks in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV in reference to the ongoing crisis in Syria. The unrest in Syria began over two years ago and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security ...
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AEOI Chief Invited to Russia Forum
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the Islamic Republic's key role in the region, saying regional crises cannot be settled without Iran's cooperation. Salehi made the remarks in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV in reference to the ongoing crisis in Syria. The unrest in Syria began over two years ago and many people, including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security ...
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Narcotics to Be Set on Fire
Over 1 ton of narcotics will be set on fire in the northern Mazandaran province to mark the start of the National Week of Anti-drug Campaign on June 26, officials said on ...
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Mazandaran Fruit Output At 200000 Tons
Domestic Economy Desk Production of stone fruits will cross 200,000 tons across Mazandaran province, said managing director of Mazandaran Horticulturists Association. Mohammad Reza Sha'bani put the area under stone fruit cultivation at 14,000 hectares. He explained that the harvest of stone fruits has begun in Mazandaran and will continue until Aug. 22. Sha'bani said ...
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2nd Phase of Kavian Complex Underway
Domestic Economy Desk The second phase of Kavian Petrochemical Complex in Bushehr province, which is currently underway at full speed, will be completed in the current Iranian year (started March 21). Announcing this, Ali Mohammad Bosaqzadeh, supervision manager of National Petrochemical Company (NPC), said the implementation of the project is in its final stages. Bosaqzadeh said the plan ...
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Gov’t Approves Foreign Investment Projects
Domestic Economy Desk The government has approved foreign investment projects valued at $54 billion, said the deputy economic affairs and finance minister. Behrouz Alishiri said in the 176th meeting on foreign investment that eight foreign investment projects have been approved. Alishiri noted that the projects are aimed at increasing the production of copper ore and concentrate, float ...
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No Oil Swap Deal With Russia
Oil Ministry Spokesman Alireza Nikzad Rahbar dismissed speculation about a crude oil swap deal with Russia. He made the remark in reaction to media and press speculation that Iran swaps crude oil with Russia, taking delivery of crude oil from Russia in the North and supplying in kind in the South, IRNA reported. Nikzad stressed that the Oil Ministry has undertaken no talk or coordination to ...
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453 Companies in Mashhad Construction Expo
Domestic Economy Desk The 16th International Exhibition of Construction Industry and Air-Conditioning Systems opened on Tuesday at Mashhad's International Fairground with 453 domestic and foreign companies in attendance. Announcing the above, Seyyed Mohammad Seyyedi, the head of Iran's International Exhibitions Association, said the domestic companies are mainly from Tehran, East ...
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Most Imports From 5 Countries
Domestic Economy Desk Production of stone fruits will cross 200,000 tons across Mazandaran province, said managing director of Mazandaran Horticulturists Association. Mohammad Reza Sha'bani put the area under stone fruit cultivation at 14,000 hectares. He explained that the harvest of stone fruits has begun in Mazandaran and will continue until Aug. 22. Sha'bani said ...
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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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