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Rafsanjani Shut Out of Iran’s Presidential Race
- With the disqualification of former president and current chair of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani by a vetting body, the Guardian Council, Iran’s presidential campaign is opening with many in the country in a state of ...
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Iran - Irans election candidates asked to support respect freedom of information
Reporters Without Borders has written an open letter to the eight approved candidates in the Islamic Republic of Iran's 11th presidential election, requesting that they publicly commit themselves to support freedom of information.The list of eight approved candidates published yesterday by the Guardian Council - whose members are directly chosen and appointed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ...
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Iran bars past leader from running
Rafsanjani and a controversial aide of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been ruled unsuitable, the interior ministry said. The Guardians Council, a conservative-dominated vetting body, omitted Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997, from its list of eight approved candidates. It also excluded Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a confidant of Ahmadinejad and his former chief of staff. The ...
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Israeli Minister Iran Most Critical Issue
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Despite the current tensions along the Israeli-Syrian border on the Golan Heights, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz warned Tuesday that a nuclear-armed Iran remains the Jewish state's biggest challenge. "Events and the situation in Syria, Sinai and the Gaza Strip must not displace -- even for a moment -- the most critical issue, which is a ...
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Christian Pastor in Iran Arrested During Prayer Meeting Church Threatened With Closure
A Christian pastor at the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran was arrested during a prayer meeting at the church, which may be forced to close down in June due to pressure from Iranian ...
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International Watchdog Iran Expands Nuclear Activities
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has made a significant step toward building a reactor that Western experts say could provide a second path to possibly producing material for a nuclear ...
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Iranian drone found at site of US Navy fleet
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain's Interior Ministry says an Iranian drone has been found in the strategic Gulf kingdom that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.The statement Wednesday gave no other details. Bahrain has repeatedly accused Shiite Iran of encouraging the more than 2-year-long uprising in Bahrain by its majority Shiites. Iran denies it has any direct role.Iran has ...
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Bangladesh Keen on Joining IP Project
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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Flightless Penguin Puzzle Solved
The puzzle of why the penguin is unable to fly may have finally been solved. Researchers believe that the bird's underwater prowess may have cost it its ability to fly, BBC said. By looking at seabirds closely related to the penguin, scientists confirmed that a wing that is good for flying cannot also be good for diving and swimming. The study is published in the Proceedings of the ...
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Iran expanding nuclear activities IAEA
IRAN is making significant progress in expanding its nuclear programme, including in opening up a potential second route to developing the bomb, a new UN atomic agency report shows. The International Atomic Energy Agency's latest quarterly report said that Tehran has accelerated the installation of advanced uranium enrichment equipment at its central Natanz plant. It also outlined further ...
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Captive in Iran Women Share Horrors of Evin Prison
The story of Saeed Abedini, the American pastor imprisoned in Iran for his faith, has the world focusing attention on Iran's treatment of Christians. Now two Iranian women -- Maryam Rustampoor and Marzieh Amirizadeh -- are telling their story of persecution. In 2009, Rustampoor had come home from a dentist appointment and was resting on her couch when her doorbell rang. The moment she ...
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Iran Ups Uranium Output Installs More Advanced Machines
United Nations , according to inspectors, who also reported that the Persian Gulf country continued upgrading the machines it's using to purify the material. Iran's production of medium-enriched uranium rose to 324 kilograms (714 pounds) from 280 kilograms reported in February, the IAEA said today in a 13-page restricted report. Iran has converted or is in the process of ...
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Blow for reformists as Rafsanjani and Mashaei are barred from Iran election
11/05/2013 17:35 CET Two important figures in Iranian politics including the former president, Akbar Hachemi Rafsanjani, have been barred from running in next month’s presidential election. In a blow to potential reformists, the list of eight cleared to stand by the electoral watchdog contains only candidates who are considered hardline conservatives. Also excluded by the Guardian ...
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Rivals banned in run up to Irans election
Two key challengers in the race to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran have been banned from taking part in next month's elections. In a move consolidating the grip of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's electoral watchdog blocked candidacies by both Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former President, and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a presidential adviser. Although both were drawn from ...
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UN Representative Outlines Cooperation With Iran
From Page 1 GARY LEWIS: UNESCO is involved in a combination of work on world's cultural heritage and education. We have spent a lot of time working with the government and civil society organizations on these areas. But first, please let me describe the areas in which the UN's role in the Islamic Republic of Iran is primarily focused on. These are development and providing ...
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No Link to Spies Held in Saudi Arabia
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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Iranians Devise New Esophagus Surgery
Iranian scientists have designed a new method to treat surgical thoracoscopy in esophagus atresia and have introduced the method to other countries. "Recently, a new method for esophagus atresia by thoracoscopy was introduced to surgeons across the world after its article was published in the US Pediatric Surgery Journal in March 2013," said a professor at Mashhad Medical ...
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Iran Cigarette Warning Signs Ineffective
Translated by Atefeh Rezvan-Nia Edited by Mohammad Reza M. Karimi Graphic warning labels and images on cigarette packets, currently produced in Iran, are not effective in preventing individuals from tobacco use. Announcing this, Dr. Gholamreza Heydari, the head of Narcotics Research Center in Tehran's Shahid Beheshti Medical University, said the warning signs should be clear and make ...
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Syrians Will Purge Country of Terrorists
Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes properly or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and soaring unemployment, said a report which found the number of people considered seriously deprived had doubled in the past two years. The findings from national statistics institute ISTAT underline the scale of the challenge faced by the new coalition government of Enrico ...
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Amano Iran Has No Atomic Weapons
By Farzam Vanaki & Farzaneh Shokri The areas in which the United Nations (UN) in Iran is primarily focused on are development and providing humanitarian assistance--especially for refugees, said the UN resident coordinator and resident representative of UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Iran. In an interview with Iran Daily, Gary Lewis talked about issues mainly including the scientific ...
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World Needs 31m Jobs Annually
The United Nations Economic Commission of Africa (UNECA) and African Union (AU) recently launched the Economic Report on Africa 2013. "Making the Most of Africa's Commodities" is written jointly by Carlos Lopes, UN undersecretary-general and executive secretary of UNECA, and Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma, Commission Chairperson of AU. One main component of the report is the ...
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China Iran Influential in Settling Syria Crisis
By Farzam Vanaki & Farzaneh Shokri The areas in which the United Nations (UN) in Iran is primarily focused on are development and providing humanitarian assistance--especially for refugees, said the UN resident coordinator and resident representative of UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Iran. In an interview with Iran Daily, Gary Lewis talked about issues mainly including the scientific ...
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Farewell to Iran’s Mother Teresa
Friends, relatives, colleagues and patients paid tribute to Professor Parvaneh Vosough, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mahak Cancer Hospital, during the funeral ceremony held in Tehran on May 21. Prof. Vosough died on May 19 at the age of 78, Mehr News Agency reported. Everyone in Mozaffar Street loved her green Volkswagen that was a fixture at Ali Asghar Hospital, making evident the ...
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11 Dead in Lebanon’s Tripoli Clashes
At least 11 people have died and more than 100 been wounded in three days of clashes in Lebanon's flashpoint city of Tripoli, a security source said on Wednesday. Fighting between Sunni and Alawite residents of the city was continuing for a fourth day on Wednesday but clashes had become more sporadic, the source said. Large parts of the city of 500,000 people were shut down on Wednesday, ...
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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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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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