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Wednesday,
July 28, 2010
President Discloses US
New Psychological Plot against Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad disclosed that Washington and Tel Aviv have hatched a new plot
to launch a psychological war against Tehran in a bid to increase
pressures on the country.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905050691
Spokesman Dismisses EU
Sanctions on Iran as "Unhelpful"
An Iranian foreign
ministry spokesman condemned the European Union's decsion for imposing
sanctions against Tehran, and cautioned that the measure would not help
resume talks between the two sides.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905050722
Bushehr N. Plant to
Generate Electricity by September
Iranian Minister of Energy
Majid Namjou announced on Tuesday that the country's first nuclear power
plant in the southern city of Bushehr will start operation in September.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905050805
Iran, Turkey Discuss
Security Issues
Iranian and Turkish
security officials held their 13th joint meeting here in Tehran on Monday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905050645
Italy Frees another
Iranian National from House Arrest
Milan's prosecutor freed
another Iranian national, Ali Damirchilou, from house arrest in Italy, a
senior Iranian diplomat announced on Tuesday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905050799
Senior MP Urges West to
Stop Dual-Track Policy towards
A senior Iranian
legislator on Tuesday blasted the West's dual-track approach towards Iran
as an "unacceptable" policy.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905050791
Iran ready to put its
economic potential at other countries’ disposal
The First Vice-President,
Mohammad-Reza Rahimi, said here on Tuesday that Iran can transfer its high
economic power to other parts of the world.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1248924&idLanguage=3
Petchem projects to
open in Assalouyeh
Two projects at Morvarid
Petrochemical Complex and Pardis Petrochemical Company will be inaugurated
on Wednesday in the southern Iranian port city of Assalouyeh in Bushehr
province.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=136458§ionid=351020103
Iran has the right to
use Peaceful nuclear energy
Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, by underlining Iran’s right to use peaceful nuclear
energy, criticized west silence on the Zionist regime nuclear arsenal.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1249032&IdLanguage=3
Russia welcomes Iran’s
readiness to discuss fuel exchange
Russian Foreign Ministry
Spokesman Anderi Nesterenko in a statement published here on Tuesday
welcomed Iran’s readiness for technical talks in the field of exchanging
nuclear fuel for Tehran Research Reactor.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1249062&IdLanguage=3
Monday, July 26, 2010
Iran to Vienna group:
Don't waste time
As Iran voices a readiness
to hold technical talks on swapping low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel,
it recommends the Vienna group not waste any more time.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=136258§ionid=351020104
Brazil, Turkey back
Tehran declaration
Foreign ministers of
Turkey and Brazil have renewed their support for the Tehran declaration as
the initiative to find a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear issue.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=136249§ionid=351020104
Iran ready for
technical talks
Iran's Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki says Tehran is ready for technical talks on swapping
low-enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=136246§ionid=351020104
Iran to deliver IAEA
response Monday
Iran will deliver its
response to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) questions on
nuclear fuel swap on Monday, says the Iranian foreign minister.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=136209§ionid=351020104
Italy Keen to Cooperate
with Iran on Afghanistan
Italy is eager to
cooperate with Iran on Afghanistan due to the Islamic Republic's effective
role in the region, a senior Iranian diplomat announced on Sunday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905031648
Turkish Deputy Interior
Minister Due in Iran Tomorrow
Turkey's Acting Deputy
Interior Minister Osman Gunes is scheduled to pay a visit to Tehran
tomorrow, an Iranian official announced on Sunday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905031630
Commander Describes US
Warships as "Easy Targets for Iranian Navy"
A senior Iranian military
figure underlined the Iranian Navy's preparedness to repel possible
attacks on the country, saying that each hostile US warship would be
swarmed by over 100 Iranian military vessels in the Persian Gulf and the
Sea of Oman if war breaks out between the two arch foes.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905031495
Iran Able to
Mass-Produce Ballistic Missiles
A senior commander of the
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on Sunday that Iran is
now capable of mass-producing its home-made ballistic missiles.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905031639
Iran to Intensify
Security Measures along Eastern Borders
Iran's Deputy Police Chief
Ahmad Reza Radan announced on Sunday that the country has decided to
further tighten security measures alongside its eastern borders after the
recent terrorist attacks in the southeastern city of Zahedan.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905031662
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Ahmadinejad receives
Turkmen FM
President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad received visiting Turkmen Foreign Minister Rasit Meredov here
on Saturday.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1244407&IdLanguage=3
'Iran
Armed Forces fully prepared'
Iran's defense minister
says the country's Armed Forces are in 'the highest state of preparedness'
and ready to fully defend the nation.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=136039§ionid=351020101
Iran eyes nuclear
fusion energy
Head of the Atomic Energy
Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali-Akbar Salehi says Iran seeks to conduct
nuclear fusion research in an effort to break into the alternative energy.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=136019§ionid=351020104
Pak economist for
enhanced Pak-Iran economic ties
A renowned Pakistani
economist Dr. Qaiser Bengali on Saturday stressed the need to enhance
Pak-Iran economic collaboration especially in energy sector.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1243615&idLanguage=3
Saturday, July 24, 2010
President
Ahmadinejad
reveals new US scenario against Iran
President
Mahmoud
Ahamdinejad here Friday unveiled truth about new US-Zionist scenario
against Iran, expressing sorrow that Russia,
too, is now harmonizing with it.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1242374&IdLanguage=3
'West
will regret troubling Iran ships'
Iranian
Commerce Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari
has warned against any plan for the inspection of the country's cargo
ships, saying perpetrators will regret the act.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135928§ionid=351020101
FM: Iran's
Response to Vienna Group Ready
Iranian
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
announced that Tehran has readied its response to the Vienna group's
proposal for the revival of nuclear talks between the two sides.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905010677
Iran to
facilitate regulations for foreign investment
Iran's
Economy Minister Seyed Shamseddin Hoseini said on
Thursday that Iran is going to facilitate regulations for foreign
investments in its territory.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1241841&IdLanguage=3
UN Agency
Admits Iran's Ability in Attracting Investors
Iran was able
to attract more than $3 bln of foreing direct investment in 2009, showed
the new data released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD).
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905010682
Pakistan,
Iran to discuss new avenues of cooperation
Prime
Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has expressed the hope Pakistan and Iran would
find new avenues of cooperation in their multi-dimensional relationship
during the upcoming visit of the Iranian Foreign Minister to Islamabad.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1242376&IdLanguage=3
Iran,
China discuss using Yuan to settle oil trades
Tehran, July
23, IRNA -- Iran and China are in talks to
use the yuan to settle sales and purchases.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1241849&IdLanguage=3
Iran to
Replace Dollar, Euro with Other Currencies in Oil Trades
Iran's First
Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi
stressed on Friday that the country plans
to replace Dollar and Euro with other currencies in its oil trades.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905010705
Turkish delegation due in Tehran on Saturday
A big
industrial-commercial delegation, affiliated to Turkey's Merter
Manufacturers and Businessmen Association (MESIAD), will travel to Tehran
on Saturday for talks on investment opportunities in Iran.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1242281&idLanguage=3
Iran,
Turkey Ink Deal to Construct New Gas Pipeline
Iran and
Turkey signed a contract on the construction of a 660km gas pipeline which
will pass through Turkey and transfer Iran's
natural gas to Europe.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905010687
Pak
analyst urges US to change strategy on Iran
A senior
Pakistani analyst on Friday urged the United States to change its strategy
towards Iran lashing out the States' policy against the country.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1242380&idLanguage=3
Wednesday, July
21, 2010
Iranian FM
Calls for Int'l Support to Transfer Power to Afghan Gov't
Iranian
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki
called on all the world countries to support full transfer of power to the
Afghan government and help Kabul take control of affairs and security in
different parts of the country.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904291561
Iran
to Propose New Solutions to Afghan Problems
Iran
announced on Tuesday that it plans to
offer the Kabul International Conference a set of new proposals to resolve
problems in Afghanistan.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904291442
Parliament
Tasks AEOI with Supplying N. Fuel to Research
Reactors
The Iranian
parliament passed a bill here on Tuesday requiring the
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)
to enrich uranium to the purity level of 20% to supply
nuclear fuel to the country's research and
training reactors.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904291517
Iranian
Parliament Ignores US Offer of Talks
Head of the
Iranian parliament's National Security and
Foreign Policy Commission
Alaeddin Boroujerdi announced on Tuesday
that the legislative body would not study the US congress offer of talks
with Tehran.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904291506
'Iran, N
Korea share common goals'
Iranian
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani
says Iran and North Korea are both
revolutionary and independent nations trying to resist the world's
"greedy" powers.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135629§ionid=351020101
Obama
committed to 'diplomacy' on Iran
US President
Barack Obama says Washington is committed
to a "diplomatic solution" to Iran's standoff with the West over its
nuclear case.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135609§ionid=351020104
US Urges PKK to Shelter MKO Members at
Iran's Borders
The White
House has in a message called on the Kurdistan
Workers' Party (PKK) to harbor the members of the anti-Iran
terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO), in the
mountainous areas on the Iraq-Iran-Turkey borders, a PKK source disclosed
on Tuesday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904291676
Conditions Ripe for Promotion of Ties with S. Arabia
TEHRAN (FNA)-
The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that it believes
conditions are now ripe for expanding and boosting ties and cooperation
with Saudi Arabia.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904291629
Deputy Minister Underlines Security at Iranian Borders
Iran's
bordering areas enjoy good and desirable security, a senior official
stressed on Tuesday, noting that a major part of the insecurities seen on
the rims of the country are sparked by the foreign enemies spearheaded by
the US and Israel
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904291631
Tuesday, July
20, 2010
President Karzai
receives visiting IRI foreign minister
Afghanistan President
Hamid Karzai here Monday evening received visiting Iranian Foreign
Minister Manouchehr Mottaki who is in Kabul to take part at International
Kabul Conference.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1236058&IdLanguage=3
Iranian and Afghan FMs
ask for broader bilateral ties
Foreign ministers of Iran
and Afghanistan Manouchehr Mottaki and Zalmai Rasoul here Monday evening
asked for broader and stronger bilateral ties.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1236075&idLanguage=3
Mottaki meets Afghan
Parliament speaker
Iran’s Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki here Monday met and conferred with Afghan Parliament
Speaker Yunis Qanooni.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1236043&idLanguage=3
US exploits intl.
bodies: Larijani
Speaker of the Iranian
Parliament (Majlis) Ali Larijani has slammed the extensive influence
wielded by Western powers over international bodies such as the UN.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135416§ionid=351020101
Bahrain FM condemns
Zahedan blasts
Bahraini Foreign Minister
Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa on Tuesday sent a message of
condolences to his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki on the terrorist
blasts in Zahedan in southeastern Iran.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1236161&idLanguage=3
Monday, July
19, 2010
US behind terror
attacks
Iran's president says US
and NATO forces offer financial and material support to terrorists, yet US
President Barack Obama, ironically enough, sends a condolence message on
the recent deadly terrorist attacks in southeast Iran.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135320§ionid=351020101
Mottaki highlights
Iranian peace efforts in the region
Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki on Sunday highlighted Iranian peace efforts in the
region. "The countries in the region should adopt an international
mechanism to help resolve regional crises," Mottaki said in a meeting with
visiting Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian in Tehran.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1233719&IdLanguage=3
Iran, Armenia to
enhance relations
Armenian Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanyan in a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki in Tehran has called for expansion of ties between the two
countries.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135349§ionid=351020101
Judiciary Chief
Condemns West's Double-Standard Policy on Terrorism
Iran's Judiciary Chief
Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani deplored the double-standard policies of
the US and certain European countries in dealing with terrorism.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904271501
IRGC Commander:
Terrorist Attacks Indicate Enemies' Weakness
Terrorist attacks against
the Iranian people indicate the weakness of Iran's enemies, a senior
commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) underlined on
Sunday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904271488
Iran to Bar Entry of
Lawbreaking IAEA Inspectors
Tehran warned on Sunday
that it would not allow those International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
inspectors who have transgressed their responsibilities in supervising
Iran's nuclear activities to enter the country.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904271444
Senior MP Stresses
Iran's Positive Role at IPU Human Rights Committee
Rapporteur of the
parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Kazzem Jalali
reiterated on Sunday that Iran's presence at the Inter-Parliamentary
Union's Human Rights Committee meetings has produced positive results.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904271335
Azeri Envoy Asks for
Consolidation of Economic Ties with Iran
Azerbaijan's Ambassador to
Tehran Javanshir Akhoundov underlined his country's enthusiasm for
bolstering economic and trade relations with Iran.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904271647
Tehran, Caracas Stress
Boost in Cooperation in Air Transportation
Iranian and Venezuelan
officials in a meeting in Caracas underlined expansion of mutual
cooperation in the air transportation sector.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904271509
1st Branch of
Iran-Egypt Joint Bank to Kick off Work in Tehran Soon
Iran and Egypt plan to
establish the first branch of their joint bank in Tehran in the near
future, an Iranian official announced here on Sunday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904271535
Iran to open trade
center in Moscow
Iranian Ambassador to
Russia Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi has announced that Tehran plans to open a
trade center in Moscow.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135345§ionid=351020102
'Iran to unveil new
submarines'
Iran's Defense Minister
Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says Iran is to unveil its new domestic
submarines next month.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135351§ionid=351020101
Saturday, July
17,
2010
Supreme
Leader Underlines Iran's Strength against Enemies
Supreme Leader of the
Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei highlighted the Iranian
nation's might and power against enemies' plots and threats.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904250579
US embarrassment in
Iranian kidnapping
Shahram Amiri has been a
big name in Iran since he went missing in June last year. And he's been
making headlines across the world over the last few days. He says the US
abducted him and psychologically tortured him over the last 14 months.
He's back in Iran now and has been telling his story.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135005§ionid=3510302Iran
Blames US, Israel for
Deadly Bombings in Zahedan
A senior official of the
Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) took the US and the Zionist regime
of Israel responsible for the two deadly suicide bomb attacks in the
southeastern city of Zahedan in Sistan and Balouchestan province which
took 27 lives.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904250716
Terrorists funded by
foreigners
Iran's deputy interior
minister in charge of security says the main elements behind the Zahedan
attack have been certainly trained and equipped from outside the country.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135080§ionid=351020101
'West, Israel linked to
SE Iran blasts'
A ranking official with
the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has implicated "the US, Israel
and some European countries" in the deadly blasts in the southeastern
Iranian city of Zahedan.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134983§ionid=351020101
UN chief condemns
Zahedan bombings
UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-Moon has condemned the deadly bombings at a mosque in southeast Iran
that killed at least 27 people.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135069§ionid=351020101
Nasrallah offers
condolences to Iran
Hezbollah Secretary
General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has expressed condolences to the people
and government of Iran over the deadly explosions in the southeastern city
of Zahedan.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135068§ionid=351020101
Canada censures Zahedan
terror attack
Canadian Foreign Minister
Lawrence Cannon has condemned the twin bombings that targeted a mosque in
the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan on Thursday.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=135070§ionid=351020101
Iranian President Calls
for Int'l Cooperation to Help Afghanistan Progress
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul
called on all world countries to help Afghanistan achieve development and
prosperity.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904250641
Afghanistan Pleased
with Iran's OK with Kabul Conference
Afghan Foreign Minister
Zalmai Rassoul appreciated Tehran for agreeing to participate in an
international conference in Kabul on July 20 to urge countries to have a
bigger share in the reconstruction efforts in the war-ravaged country.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904250697
Iranian, Japanese
Officials Discuss Bolstering Bilateral Ties
Iranian Deputy Foreign
Minister for Asia and Oceania Mohammad Ali Fathollahi and Japanese Foreign
Minister Katsuya Okada in a meeting in Tokyo discussed ways of
strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904250678
Armenian DM to Visit
Tehran Tomorrow
Armenian Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanian is due to visit Iran on Saturday to confer with Iranian
officials on the expansion of ties and cooperation between the two
countries in the field of defense.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904250656
Tehran, Yerevan to
Jointly Finance Oil Pipeline Project
Tehran and Yerevan agreed
to construct a pipeline through joint venture to supply Iran's petrol and
diesel fuel to Armenia.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904250560
Russia Still Bound to
S-300 Missile Contract with Iran
Russian officials
announced that they are still committed to the terms of a contract on the
delivery of the sophisticated anti-aircraft S-300 missile system to Iran.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904250527
Iranian FM: Several
World States Urge Implementation of Tehran Declaration
Iranian Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki underlined that a high number of world countries call
for the implementation of the 'Tehran Declaration' signed by Iran, Turkey
and Brazil on the swap of nuclear fuel between Iran and potential
suppliers.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904250488
Iran to issue € 9 bn of
energy bonds
As part of an overall plan
to develop Iran's energy sector, the National Iranian Oil Company plans to
issue 9 billion euros of participation bonds soon.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134995§ionid=351020103
China publishes
Avicenna book
Beijing has published the
complete Chinese version of The Canon of Medicine by the Iranian polymath
and father of modern medicine, Avicenna.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134935§ionid=351020105
Wednesday, July
14, 2010
West is behind politico-security
crises in Middle East
Madrid, July 14, IRNA – Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki, in an interview with Spain State TV Channel One, said
west is behind politico-security crises in the Middle East.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1225340&IdLanguage=3
Mottaki departs Madrid
for Lisbon
Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki who was in
Madrid heading a high ranking diplomatic delegation for a 2-day visit,
departed here for Lisbon, capital of Portugal, on Tuesday evening.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1225207&idLanguage=3
Iran oil minister in
Moscow for gas, oil talks
Oil Minister of Iran Massoud Mir-Kazemi
arrived here on Wednesday to confer with Russian Minister of Energy Sergei
Shmatko on ways to foster gas, oil and energy cooperation.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1225509&IdLanguage=3
US has given Amiri to
Iranain interest section
Majlis Deputy and member of national
security and foreign policy commission said that Shahram Amiri was
surrendered to Iranian interest section at Pakistani embassy in Washington
by the US officials on Tuesday.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1225237&IdLanguage=3
Amiri speaks to Press TV after
'escape'
Shahram Amiri, the Iranian academic who
was abducted by US and Saudi forces last year, has held an exclusive
interview with Press TV, after his "escape" from US forces.
In the interview, he dismissed
US claims that he has been in the US on his own desire.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=134636§ionid=351020101
Wednesday, July
07, 2010
President
Highlights Cooperation Grounds among D8 Members
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday urged promotion of cooperation
among the eight Muslim developing countries (D8), underlining that such
cooperation would result in the formation of a powerful economic and
political bloc.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904151259
Iran-Mali
presidents underline expansion of bilateral ties
President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Malian counterpart President Amadou Toumani
Toure in a press conference expressed their intention for expansion of
bilateral ties.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1216383&IdLanguage=3
Iran Ready
for N. Talks with West from September 1
Iran's chief
nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, in a letter to EU foreign policy chief
Catherine Ashton, said that Tehran will be ready to resume talks with the
West from September 1 if its conditions are met first.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904151517
Expulsion
of MKO from Iraq Imminent
Iraq's
authorities are determined to expel the members of the terrorist
Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO) from their country as soon as
possible, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast
underlined on Tuesday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904151475
Iran’s ambassador to Spain presents credentials to King Carlos
IRI new
Ambassador to Spain Morteza Saffari here Monday presented his credentials
to King Juan Carlos at Zarzuela Palace.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1214240&idLanguage=3
Iran and
Japan can cooperate effectively in nuclear disarmament movement
IRI
president’s top assistant Mojtaba Samareh-Hashemi said here Monday Iran
and Japan can cooperate effectively in pushing forth global nuclear
disarmament movement.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1214227&idLanguage=3
Iranian
Minister, Czech Officials Stress Railway Cooperation
Iranian
Minister of Road and Transportation Hamid Behbahani and Czech Republic
Charge D'affaires discussed ways to expand cooperation between the two
sides, specially in railway construction projects.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904151402
Swiss
charge d'affaires summoned to Foreign Ministry
Charge
d'affaires of Switzerland, as US interest section in Iran, was summoned to
Foreign Ministry here on Tuesday to give explanations on conditions of
Shahram Amiri.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1216309&IdLanguage=3
Iran Air
says there would be no disruption in flights to Europe
Iran Air
(flag carrier airline of Iran) Spokesman Shahrokh Noushabadi declared here
on Tuesday that the airline's flights to Europe by Airbus fleet, which is
approved by European Commission (EC), will continue and there is no
concern in this regard.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1216301&idLanguage=3
Iran Warns
about Reciprocal Moves against Jet Fuel Boycott
Tehran warned
on Tuesday that any effort by the western countries to block the supply of
jet fuel to Iran under unilateral sanctions will be reciprocated
seriously.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904151376
Tuesday, July
06, 2010
Senior MP
Urges Withdrawal of Alien Forces from Afghanistan
Withdrawal of
foreign forces from Afghanistan is the only way to establish durable
security and stability in the country, a senior Iranian legislator said,
stressing that authority and responsibility for managing the country's
affairs should be entrusted to the Afghan people and their elected
government.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904141470
Mottaki arrives in Nigerian capital city Abuja
Iran’s
foreign minister arrived here late
Monday night to participate at ministerial
assembly of the Developing 8 Islamic countries.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1214257&IdLanguage=3
Parliament
to Set up Committee to Confront US, British Plots against Iran
The
Iranian parliament's National Security and
Foreign Policy Commission plans to set up
a committee to confront the plots hatched by Washington and London against
Tehran, a lawmaker announced on Monday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904141573
Bill Clinton
opposed to assault on Iran
Former US
President Bill Clinton says he believes
military action against Iran over its nuclear energy program is not the
right course of action to take.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=133565§ionid=351020101
Interior Minister Dismisses UNSC Resolution against Iran as "Unjust"
Iranian
Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar slammed the
UN Security Council for issuing an unfair
resolution against Iran, reminding that the council opted for punitive
measures against Iran with total disregard for Tehran's agreement with
Turkey and Brazil on swap of nuclear fuel.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904141556
Lawmaker Terms Palestine "Touchstone for West's Claims"
A senior
Iranian lawmaker deplored the West's support for the Zionist regime of
Israel and its crimes against the
Palestinian people, and said that the
Palestinian issue litmus test of the
West's claims about human rights and democracy.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904141511
Senior Scholar: Abducted Iranian Diplomats Still Alive
The existing
documents and evidence indicate that the four Iranian diplomats kidnapped
by Israeli agents in Lebanon in 1982 are
still alive, a senior Iranian scholar said on Monday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904141532
Monday, July 05,
2010
Iranian FM Lambasts
Security Council's Silence on Israeli Crimes
Iranian Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki condemned the international bodies and organizations,
specially the UN Security Council, for neglecting Israel's crimes against
the oppressed Palestinian people in Gaza.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904131405
Ahmadinejad: Israel
Unable to Bar Iran's Progress
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad stressed here on Sunday that the different plots and attempts
made by the Zionist regime, including the abduction of four Iranian
diplomats by the regime's mercenaries in Lebanon in 1982, could never
block Iran's path towards progress.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904131393
Ahmadinejad condoles
with Sleiman
President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad has expressed his condolences over Lebanese Shia cleric Grand
Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah's passing.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=133430§ionid=351020101
FM Slams World Powers'
Attitude towards Iran
Iranian Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki on Sunday strongly criticized the world powers'
attitude towards Iran, specially their illogical support for the recent
sanctions resolution passed at the UN Security Council against Tehran.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904131386
Washington responsible
for safety of Iranian national
Foreign Ministry spokesman
Ramin Mehmanparast has said that Washington is responsible for the safety
of the Iranian nuclear scientist who was abducted by the CIA on a
pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1112121
Endorsement of
Sanctions against Iran Shows Obama's Dishonesty
Endorsement of US
unilateral sanctions against Iran by Obama proves insincerity of his
election vows about a change in Washington's hostile policies against the
other countries, a senior Iranian legislator said on Sunday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904131317
Legislator Lashes Out
at West's Double-Standard Policies
A prominent Iranian
legislator blasted the so-called supporters of human rights for their
silence over the shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane by the USS
Vincennes in the Persian Gulf in 1988, saying the case corroborated the
West's double-standard policy on terrorism.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904131269
Navy Commander: Iran
Monitoring All Military Moves in Region
Iran's Armed Forces are
closely monitoring all moves and activities of foreign forces in the
Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, a senior Iranian military commander
stressed on Sunday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904131407
Sunday, July 04,
2010
Iran
to Remember Diplomats Kidnapped in Lebanon
Iran plans to
hold a special ceremony to mark anniversary of the abduction of its four
diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904121485
Amiri
Kidnapping documents submitted to Swiss embassy
Foreign
Ministry Spokesman said here on Saturday evening
that kidnapping documents of Shahram Amiri by Central Intelligent Agency
(CIA) has been submitted to the Swiss embassy in Tehran as the US interest
section in Tehran.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1210034&IdLanguage=3
President
Terms US 1988 Attack on Iranian Passenger Plane 'War on Humanity'
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
stressed on Saturday that the US warship's
attack on an Iranian passenger plane in the
Persian Gulf in 1988 was a declaration of
war against humanity and a source of shame for the so-called
human rights' advocates.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904121397
Resolutions have no effect on Iranian national firmness
Foreign
Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that the UN
Security Council resolutions against Iran have no effect on the
national firmness to continue its way.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1210020&IdLanguage=3
Iran to
Boost Active Diplomacy with Europe
Iranian
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday stressed that Tehran will
continue dialogue with the European states in a bid to thwart the plot
hatched by the enemies for sowing discord between Iran and Europe.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904121393
'Iran to
hit back at ship inspection'
Iran's
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has said
the Islamic Republic will strike back if Iranian cargo ships come under
inspection.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=133296§ionid=351020101
Pakistan
FM on defiant mood on Iran gas line
Pakistan
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has been in a defiant mood on Iran
gas pipeline project, insisting that nations resist pressures.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1210004&IdLanguage=3
Group 5+1
ready for talk with Iran
Russian
Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday and referring to the
meeting of political directors of Group 5+1 in Brussels to discuss Iran’s
nuclear program, pointed out that all members of the Group are ready for
negotiation with Iran.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1210042&IdLanguage=3
Iran warns
against US dual-track policy
Iranian
Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani has slammed the US for its
policies of occupation and unilateralism as well as double standards
towards its so-called war on terror.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=133294§ionid=351020101
Speaker
highlights Iran-Afghanistan Cultural Commonalities
Iranian
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday underlined the cultural and
religious commonalities of Iran and Afghanistan.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904121528
West Seeking to Change Afghanistan's Cultural Values
Iranian
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Mohammad Hosseini cautioned
on Saturday that the western countries are seeking to change Afghanistan's
Islamic culture.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904121338
Ahmadinejad: Iran's Industrial Exports stand at $18bln
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Saturday that the country's
industrial exports have reached $18bln in the current Iranian year
(started on March 21).
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904121345
Pak
senator flays US for imposing sanctions on Iran
A Pakistani
lawmaker condemned on Saturday the decision of the United States to impose
fresh sanctions on Iran, terming it unjustified.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1207481&idLanguage=3
Minister
Stresses Iran's Industrial Growth despite Sanctions
Iranian
Minister of Industries and Mines Ali Akbar Mehrabian announced that the
country's industrial and mineral production and exports have shown an
increase despite western sanctions against Tehran.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904121307
Iranian
Experts Develop 2nd Humanoid Robot
Iranian
inventors made a man-like robot named 'Sorena 2' which walks on two feet,
discerns words and does other manly actions.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904121250
Iran Tops World Schools Volleyball Championship
Iran's
volleyball team clinched the championship title of the 2010 World Schools
Volleyball Championship after beating France 3-1 in the final match.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904121336
Saturday, July
04, 2010
Iran's
President to Take Part in D8 Meeting in Nigeria
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
is slated to visit the Nigerian capital city of Abuja to take part in a
summit of the eight developing countries (D8).
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904110507
Turkey Stresses Energy Cooperation with Iran
despite UN Sanctions
Turkey's
Energy and Natural Resources Minister
Taner Yildiz underlined his country's resolve to continue cooperation with
Iran in the energy sector despite UN Security
Council sanctions against the Islamic
Republic.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904110615
Confab to
Introduce Iran's Investment Opportunities to Malaysians
A conference
on Iran's investment opportunities kicked off work in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia on Thursday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904110637
Iran
sanctions serious mistake
The CEO of
French energy giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, says imposing sanctions
against Iran over its nuclear program was a "serious mistake."
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=133135§ionid=351020103
Official:
Investment in Iran Grows Despite Boycotts
The new UN
Security Council sanctions against Iran are ineffective as the volume of
transactions in Iran's investment market shows a 10 percent growth since
the ratification of the UN resolution, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs
and Finance Behrouz Alishiri said Thursday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904100581
Sanctions
against Iran
due to Tehran’s opposition against US totalitarianism
An
international relations professor at Pakistan International University
said here Friday imposing new sanctions against Iran is due to Tehran’s
opposition against White House
totalitarianism
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1208080&IdLanguage=3
'5 plus 1'
group still eyeing diplomacy with Iran
Diplomats
from United States, Russia, China, France,
Britain and Germany said after meeting at
EU headquarters in Brussels they were still pursuing a negotiated solution
with Tehran over its nuclear program,
German press agency DPA said Friday.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1207954&idLanguage=3
Larijani,
Syrian VP Confer on Gaza,
Iraq
Iranian
Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and Syrian
Vice-President Farouk al-Shara in a
meeting in Damascus discussed the latest developments in the
Gaza Strip and Iraq.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904110592
Iran's Air
Force Renovates Strategic Mig-29
A senior
Iranian military commander announced that the country has successfully
renovated one of its strategic Mig-29 fighter
jets.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8904110652
US stance
on Tehran-Moscow cooperation has not the least significance
Russian
Ambassador to Tehran Alexander Sadovnikov says the US stance on the
Tehran-Moscow cooperation is not of much importance.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1207841&IdLanguage=3
Reject of
Tehran Declaration ‘unwise,’
Former Prime
Minister Gordon Brown’s
advisor on non-proliferation has criticised the West’s response to the
Tehran Declaration as “deeply unwise.”
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1207868&IdLanguage=3
Saturday,
June 19, 2010
Spokesman
Underlines Iran's Continued N. Activities
Iran announced on Tuesday
that UN Security Council sanctions resolutions could never make the
country give up its nuclear rights, and stressed that it would continue
its civilian nuclear activities within the boundaries of the International
rules and regulations.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903251683
Iran to Send
Letters of Protest to UNSC Members
Iran on Tuesday announced
its plans to send letters to the UN Security Council member states to
protest at their illogical approach towards Tehran and to further brief
them about Tehran's decisions and nuclear policies.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903251625
Ahmadinejad: Iran to
Boost Investments in South Pars Gas Field
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad announced on Tuesday that the country would invest billions of
dollars in the development phases of the South Pars oil and gas field.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903251586
US: Diplomacy an option
on Iran
Despite Washington's
continued push for more sanctions against Iran, US National Security
Council spokesman Mike Hammer says diplomacy is an option on the Islamic
Republic.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=130608§ionid=351020101
Iran to React to
Terrorist Attacks from Northern Iraq
Iran can no more keep
silent on the attacks waged against its citizens by terrorist groups
stationed at Iraq's northern borders, Tehran's Ambassador to Baghdad
Hassan Kazzemi Qomi warned on Tuesday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903251735
Terrorist Group
Disbanded in Northern Iran
Iranian officials
announced on Tuesday that they have disbanded a team of terrorists in the
northern city of Ramsar in Mazandaran province, which aimed to stage
sabotage and terrorist operations in the country.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903251718
Iranian Oil Minister
Due in Turkmenistan Tomorrow for Gas Talks
Iranian Oil Minister
Masoud Mir-Kazzemi is scheduled to pay an official visit to Ashgabat on
Wednesday in a bid to discuss energy cooperation between the two
neighboring states, an Iranian diplomat announced on Tuesday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903251602
Monday, June 14, 2010
US, Israel,
enemies of Saudi Arabia
The Iranian president says
the US and Israel are trying to drive a wedge between Iran and Saudi
Arabia, a day after Riyadh denied claims it will allow Israel to use its
airspace to attack Iran.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=130253§ionid=351020101
UNSC Sanctions Backfire
Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad on Sunday described the new UN Security Council sanctions
resolution against Iran as a futile move, stressing that the decision by
the world powers to impose further pressures on Tehran would backfire.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903231620
Western Companies
Competing for Investment in Iran
Western companies are
striving hard to take part in investment projects in Iran despite a fresh
set of UN Security Council sanctions against the country, a member of the
Iranian parliament stated on Sunday.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903231629
Iran to Start
Gas Exports to Pakistan in Spring 2014
Tehran and Islamabad
sealed a final contract for the start of Iran's gas exports to Pakistan
through a multi-million-dollar pipeline in Spring 2014.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903231611
Deputy FM
Blasts US for Detaining Iranian Citizens Illegally
Deputy Foreign Minister
for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Expatriates' Affairs Hassan
Qashqavi announced on Sunday that the US is holding 63 Iranian nationals
under detention for no good or legal reason.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903231560
Turkish
Speaker Starts Visit to Iran
Turkish Parliament Speaker
Mehmet Ali Sahin arrived in Tehran on Sunday to discuss ties and
cooperation between the two countries in meetings with senior Iranian
officials.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903231536
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Parliament
to Review Iran's Cooperation with IAEA
An Iranian
legislator announced on Saturday that the
country's parliament plans to discuss a bill tomorrow on lowering the
level of Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8903221561
Iran's customs: non-oil exports up %33
A top Iranian
customs official says the new UN Security Council
sanctions against Iran target strategic
arms and do not affect goods that Iran exports or imports.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=130185§ionid=351020102
Iran
insists on S-300 delivery
A senior
Iranian lawmaker urges Moscow to "stand by
its commitments" after the Kremlin made a snap decision to freeze the sale
of the S-300 defense system to Tehran.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=130181§ionid=351020101
Monday, June 07, 2010
Iran's FM calls for OIC practical steps
Iran’s
Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki Sunday evening
urged the Organization of the Islamic Conference
to take practical and effective steps towards lifting the Gaza siege.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1160576&IdLanguage=3
Iran,
Turkey foreign ministers discuss issues in
Jedda
Iran’s
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoghlu discussed issues of mutual interest in Jeddah
Sunday night.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1160601&IdLanguage=3
Lebanon
reaffirms Iran’s right to peaceful nuke energy
Foreign
minister of Lebanon said Sunday evening the country’s president has
reiterated that all nations including Iran have right to gain peaceful
nuclear energy.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1160595&IdLanguage=3
Pak
analyst supports Iran’s swap deal
A senior
Pakistani journalist Muhammad Saleh Zafar endorsed the statement of
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on fuel swap declaration and said that the
west should seriously think about the issue raised by Iranian President.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1159756&idLanguage=3
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Envoy
disapproves of Moscow’s stance on
Iran
Iran’s
ambassador to Russia has called Moscow’s
stance toward Iran’s nuclear program questionable.
“Lack
of trust in Russia and the fact that this country has reneged on its
promises prompted Iran to replace Moscow with Brasilia and Ankara to reach
the Tehran agreement (on a nuclear fuel
swap),” Ambassador Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi
said in an interview with Izvestia last week.
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1095434
Luxembourg
backs Tehran nuclear deal
Luxembourg’s
Foreign Minister
Jean Asselborn expressed support for the
Tehran Declaration signed between Iran, Turkey, and
Brazil on May 17.
Asselborn
made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister
Manouchehr Mottaki in Luxembourg City
on Thursday.
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1095430
Nuclear
agreement has broken international consensus
Ali Akbar
Salehi, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran
(AEOI) director, has said that the Tehran agreement on nuclear fuel swap
has broken the international consensus on the adoption of a new sanctions
resolution against Iran.
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1095415
16b$ earmarked for oil industry
Iran has
allocated over $16 billion from the National Energy Fund to 31 oil
projects in the current calendar year to end
March 20, 2011.
The Oil
Ministry plans to spend $13.6 billion of the credit in oil projects and
$2.4 billion in refinery projects, the Mehr News
Agency reported.
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1095422
Paris to host art exhibit on Islamic
Revolution
A collection
of portraits of cultural and political figures from the Islamic Revolution
created by Gholam-Ali Taheri will be exhibited at a gallery in Paris.
The
collection of 70 portraits will go on display during an exhibition at the
Iran Art Gallery in Paris in September 2010,
Taheri told on Saturday.
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1095418
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