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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

 

Supreme leader receives Mauritanian president 

Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abd Aziz here on Tuesday According to the report of Supreme Leader Office website, in the meeting, the supreme leader said, "One day, nations of the region will certainly witness annihilation of the Zionist regime but the time depends on the work of Islamic countries and Muslim nations."

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=921219&IdLanguage=3

 

Iran's FM arrives in Yerevan 

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived here on Tuesday evening to attend the 9th joint commission of Iran-Armenia A high ranking politico-economic delegation is accompanying Mottaki in the trip.  Mottaki was welcomed at the Yerevan airport by his Armenian counterpart Edward Nalbandian.  Mottaki is scheduled to attend the 9th meeting of joint commission of Iran and Armenia on Wednesday and talk with Armenian Energy Minister and head of Armenian side of the commission Armen Movsisian.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=117141&sectionid=351020101

 

Peace in Afghanistan will benefit all regional states

Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi has stated that peace and stability in Afghanistan will serve the interests of all regional states.In a speech to the conference on Afghanistan in Istanbul on Tuesday, Rahimi reiterated that the Kabul officials enjoy the full backing of Iran in their efforts to establish peace and security in the war-torn country.He went on to say that the West’s military approach in Afghanistan has proven futile. The presence of foreign forces in Afghanistan for eight years, not only has not brought peace and stability to the country, it has also led to the deterioration of security situation and a rise in extremism and terrorism,” he observed.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

 

  Iran first vice-president off to Turkey

Tehran, Jan 25, IRNA -- First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi heading a delegation departed to Turkey on Monday evening.Rahimi is going to participate in the fourth meeting of Afghanistan's neighbors in Istanbul, Turkey Several Iranian lawmakers and top official are accompanying Rahimi .The meeting titled ‘Istanbul Friendship and Cooperation’ aims to survey ways to secure safety and stability in Afghanistan and eradicating terrorism in the region.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=918756&IdLanguage=3

 

Iran praises Mauritania for cutting ties with Israel

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has praised the Mauritanian government for breaking diplomatic ties with Israel. During a meeting with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in Tehran on Monday, Ahmadinejad called the move a valuable step which "should set an example for the rest of the Islamic countries." Mauritania cut its ties with Israel during the December 2008-January

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=117036&sectionid=351020101

 

Larijani sends condolence message on plane crash in Lebanon 

Following the fatal plane crash off Lebanese coasts claiming a number of Lebanese and other countries’ citizens, IRI Majlis speaker forwarded a condolence message to his counterpart there .Ali Larijani has in the message to Nabih Berri expressed deep sorrow on behalf of he Iranian parliamentarians and himself on the sad occasion.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=919043&IdLanguage=3

 

Regional, int’l cooperation between Iran and Switzerland surveyed 

Bilateral ties, regional and international cooperation were discussed between IRI deputy foreign minister in Europe affairs and a visiting deputy Swiss foreign minister here Monday.  According to IRNA Political Desk, the IRI Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information and Media Head Office reported that the Deputy Swiss Foreign Minster Monsignor Ambol, who is in Iran for an official two day visit in his meeting with his Iranian counterpart Ali Ahani said that his affiliated government is interested in having comprehensive dynamic relations with Iran, particularly in economic, political, and cultural fields.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=919052&IdLanguage=3

 

 

 

Monday, January 25, 2010

 

Iran, Malaysia favor expansion of mutual relations 

The new Malaysian ambassador to Tehran conferred on Sunday with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on expansion of relations and cooperation between the two Islamic states.  At the meeting, President Ahmadinejad highlighted the high status of Iran and Malaysia in regional and global developments. There exist ample potentials in both countries for deepening of bilateral relations between the two countries, said the Iranian president.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=916536&IdLanguage=3

 

 World Tourism Organization to open office in Iran 

World Tourism Organization will set up a representative office in Iran. According to Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, the move was agreed by the head of (ICHHTO), Hamid Baqaei, and secretary general of WTO, Taleb Rifai, in a meeting on the sidelines of International Tourism Trade Fair (Fitur) in Spain on Sunday.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=916614&IdLanguage=3

 

Majlis commission calls for downgrading of ties with England 

Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission on Sunday called for lowering the current level of cultural and commercial relations with England. A number of deputies to foreign minister, officials from different organizations including Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines were present in the Sunday meeting of the Majlis commission.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=916655&IdLanguage=3

 

1st light aircraft exhibit planned 

First Exhibit of Light Aircraft will be held at Payam Airport in Tehran on March 1-5. Secretary of the exhibit Arman Bayat said Sunday that the event is to feature some 80 various types of light aircraft and helicopters. The event seeks to change the infrastructure of aeronautics industry and raise public awareness in the field, he said.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=916577&IdLanguage=3

 

Istanbul to host trilateral, Afghan summits

This file photo shows Turkish President Abdullah Gul (C) joining hands with his Pakistani and Afghan counterparts Asif Ali Zardari (R) and Hamid Karzai during their previous trilateral meeting in Ankara, Apr. 1, 2009  .A trilateral meeting between the presidents of Turkey, Afghanistan, and Pakistan will be held in Istanbul, a day before the city hosts a summit on Afghan security.

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

 

Iran says Kouchner under Israeli spell

Tehran on Friday moved to reject a French accusation that it might try to fuel insecurity in southern Lebanon because of an "internal crisis."

http://www.presstv.ir/region.aspx?section=3510201

 

Russia warns against new Iran sanctions

Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, told a news conference in Moscow on Friday that any punitive action against Iran is counterproductive.  Russia on Friday joined China in calling for more diplomacy on Iran, warning against imposing fresh sanctions against the country's nuclear energy section for delays over a fuel exchange deal.  "If our logic is to punish Iran, or if we take up the posture of the offended ... this will not be a sober approach," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.  He called on Tehran to work constructively to alleviate concerns over its nuclear activities but cautioned that any punitive actions against Iran will be counterproductive.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=116781&sectionid=351020104

 

Former Canadian envoy to Iran was covert CIA agent

Canada's former ambassador to Tehran, Kenneth Taylor, actively spied for the Central Intelligence Agency and helped the US plan a military incursion into the country during the Islamic Revolution, according to new reports.   An arrangement was set up by then-US President Jimmy Carter and Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark, whereby Taylor would provide US intelligence with information from his position at the Canadian Embassy in Tehran.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=116897&sectionid=351020101

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

 

FM:Int'l community should act responsibly toward Israeli war crimes 

Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki in a gathering of foreign ambassadors and representatives in Tehran said international community should act in a responsible way toward Israeli regime war crimes. Mottaki made the remarks in a gathering on the occasion of January 19 which marks 'Resistance Day'.  Mottaki said, "How can we forget the painful scenes of horrible massacre of innocent women, children and elderly people? These events cannot be removed from human memory."

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=907725&IdLanguage=3

 

US powered Israel's war on Gaza

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani delivers a speech at the international seminar on "Gaza, Symbol of Resistance",  Iran's parliament speaker says the US and its European allies provided Israel with behind-the-scenes support during its 22-day war on Gaza.  "Israel carried out a very barbaric attack against the Gazans. It took none of the international norms and regulations into account," said Ali Larijani, while addressing the international "Gaza, Symbol of Resistance" seminar in Tehran on Tuesday

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=116514&sectionid=351020101

 

Mohsen Rezaei discusses regional developments with Turkish envoy

Secretary of Expediency Council ( EC), Mohsen Rezaei discussed regional developments with Turkish ambassador to Tehran here TuesdayAccording to the EC Office report, Rezaei told his Turkish visitor that Iran and Turkey can play an important role in regional developments and resistance against Israel. He appreciated Turkey’s stances concerning regional issues, especially Iran.  Turkish Ambassador to Tehran Salim Kara Othman Oglu called Iran and Turkey as a connecting ring between Asia and Europe.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=907755&idLanguage=3

 

External elements creating unrest on Pak-Iran border

A senior Pakistani political leader of major opposition party here on Tuesday said that some external elements are trying to destabilize region by creating unrest on Pakistan-Iran border.  Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz Senator (R) Iqbal Zafar Jhagra however hoped that such elements will not be able to succeed in accomplishing their evil designs against the two strong Muslim states of the region. “There are some elements that are against the peace and stability of the area”, he viewed.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=906786&idLanguage=3

 

 

 

Monday, January 18, 2010

 

FM Spokesman: Failure of 5+1 meeting only natural 

Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Ramin Mihman-Parast said the failure of 5+1 meeting which took place in New York was only naturalHe said the only way for the 5+1 members was to officially acknowledge Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear technology.

The latest round of talks among 5+1 member states which focused on introducing even more sanctions against Iran closed with no results Saturday night in New York while participants failed to get to any agreement.  Mihman-Parast said the 5+1 programs and talks over Iran’s nuclear program are doomed to failure as long as they fail to adopt a realistic approach towards the issue by endorsing Iran’s rights to peaceful nuclear technology.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=902037&IdLanguage=3

 

 Japanese ambassador calls for expansion of Iran ties

Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Akio Shirota conferred on Sunday with Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on ways to expand relations and cooperation between the two countries .The Japanese ambassador voiced Japan's willingness to bolster Iran ties and develop cooperation between the two nations.Akio Shirota highlighted Iran's significant role to help restore security and tranquility in the region.

He said that Iran and Japan share many common grounds and that enhanced cultural cooperation will help deepen such historical ties.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=903092&IdLanguage=3

 

  Iran seeks $1b worth cooperation work with Uzbekistan 

Iran’s minister of commerce said Sunday Tehran is willing to increase trade cooperation with Tashkent by one billion dollars.Mehdi Ghazanfari made the remark while addressing tenth meeting of Iran-Uzbekistan economic commission that started today.  Ghazanfari said both private and public sectors in the two countries should make serious efforts to promote trade exchange.  About the meeting, the Iranian minister said the two-day economic talks would pave ways for promotion of industrial and trade relations. Holding joint economic meetings would have great impact on fostering bilateral cooperation, he noted. He also hoped the meeting would bring about agreements on transit

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=902318&IdLanguage=3

 

  Sanctions have no impact on national economy

Head Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines Mohammad Nahavandian said on Sunday that imposing sanctions on Iran have no impact on national economy Referring to a meeting the G5+1 held in New York to discuss a fourth round of sanctions on Iran, he said that the former three series of sanctions proved no impact on national economy.  Previous experience indicated that such policies are ineffective and Iran is going ahead with economic development, he said.  He made it clear that new series of sanctions on Iran will not bear any political results, instead, it will backfire.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=903000&IdLanguage=3

  

Iranian, Iraqi border sheriffs to meet on Monday

The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, announced on Sunday that Iranian and Iraqi border sheriffs will meet to exchange information on border issues and coordinate their activities.  The meeting is scheduled to be held on Monday morning in the border town of Qasr-e-Shirin, western Iran.  The meeting has been arranged after the recent agreement made by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari to expand border cooperation.  Border guards from 11 border districts will attend the meeting.

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1019020

 

Countries at COMEX 2010 expo 10

The 12th international exhibition on computer and e-commerce (COMEX 2010) will open tomorrow with participants from 10 foreign countries.Some 170 domestic companies and foreign firms from the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Germany, Japan, France, South Korea, Canada, Singapore, Taiwan, and China will be showcasing their latest products and achievements

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1018988

 

 

 

Sunday, January 17, 2010

 

Ahmadinejad warns of 'enemies plots'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the Islamic world to exercise vigilance against what he called "the enemies' plots

In a meeting with a group of Sunni Muslims on Saturday, Ahmadinejad said that the enemies were trying to sow discord among Muslims. He also urged Muslims to unite in the face of such plots.The Iranian president added that issues such as human rights and terrorism were pretexts used by the West to dominate Muslim countries.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=116342&sectionid=351020101

 

  Anti-Iran meeting in New York ends with no result 

Five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany after negotiating for around four hours about Iran nuclear program ended their meeting without any result.The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, started here at 12:00 hour local time on Saturday and ended at 16:00 hour. Advisor to the Chinese ambassador to the UN, as Beijing representative in the meeting, as well as representatives from Germany and Britain left the meeting without talking to reporters

The US Under Secretary of State Bill Burns just said that the negotiation was constructive and successful.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=901113&IdLanguage=3

 

Sistan and Baluchestan province signs MoU on economic cooperation with Tanzania 

A Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) on economic cooperation was signed here on Saturday evening between head of commerce organization of Sistan and Baluchestan province and deputy minister for fishery and animal husbandry of TanzaniaIn the signing ceremony, the provincial official Iraj Hassanpour said that the MoU is related to dispatching and receiving trade delegations, joint economic cooperation in the field of fishery, cement production, and processing industry, especially in the field of meat production.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=901108&IdLanguage=3

 

  Iran-Turkey Ministers of Culture underline expansion of cultural ties

Ankara, Jan 17, IRNAIran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Mohammad Hosseini and his Turkey’s counterpart Ertugrul Gunay underlined expansion of cultural ties between the two countries on Saturday.Hosseini, who is in Ankara to attend the ceremony to declare Istanbul as the Europe Cultural Capital in the year of 2010, expressed pleasure with this issue and called it as an opportunity for introducing Turkey’s traditions and customs to European and world countries. Referring to the old several thousand years of ties and cultural commonalities, Hosseini said that the two countries have affected each others reciprocally for centuries.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=901087&IdLanguage=3

 

The Economist: Iran GDP to rise $21.6b this year

The Economist while reiterating its former forecast reported an over $21.6 billion rise in Iran’s Gross Domesticl Product (GDP) in the current year.  According to ISNA news agency, The Economist’s December 2009 report indicated that Iran’s GDP in the next five years would reach two-fold.  In its report The Economist said Iran’s GDP in 2010 will be $414 billion which is $55 billion more than last year. The report also predicted a $75.5 billion growth for the 2011 figure to $489.5 billion. According to the report, the growing trend of GDP in Iran will continue so that the figure is expected to hit $587.7 billion in 2012 and $697.4 billion in 2013.

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1010759

  

 

 

Saturday, January 16, 2010

 

Iran-Saudi Arabia come to blows over Yemen

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, addressing the people of Ahvaz in southern Iran.Saudi Arabia has denied being involved in a military offensive against Houthi fighters in Northern Yemen after Iran's president slammed the country over the issue.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at Saudi Arabia for its violent military offensive against the civilians in northern Yemen.Saudi Arabia was expected to mediate in Yemen's internal conflict as an older brother and restore peace to the Muslim states, rather than launching military strike[s] and pounding bombs on Muslim civilians in the north of Yemen," said Ahmadinejad while addressing the people of Ahvaz on Wednesday.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=116192&sectionid=351020101

 

Iran threatens to cut cultural ties with Britain over Cyrus Cylinder

Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) director, who is also a vice president, said on Thursday that Iran would cut cultural ties with Britain if they cannot come to an agreement with the British Museum concerning the Cyrus Cylinder loan". We are currently talking to them about the issue and if the discussions produce the outcome that Britain doesn’t want to fulfill the previous agreement, undoubtedly, we will cut cultural ties with Britain due to our previous ultimatum,” Hamid Baqaii told .

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1017662

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

 

Iran-Turkey sign MoU on border cooperation

Iranian and Turkish delegations, at the end of the second meeting of border provinces here on Tuesday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on developing and deepening border cooperation. The MoU has also considered possibility of opening new border points and consultation on locating a common industrial town in border area. In the signing ceremony, Iran’s Ambassador to Turkey Bahman Hosseinpour, Governor of Van, officials from both countries' Foreign Ministry and Interior Ministry, parliament deputies, local and border officials were present. The MoU was signed by West Azerbaijan province deputy governor and governor of Igdir.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=893893&IdLanguage=3

 

Iranian, Omani FMs discuss issues of mutual interest 

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with his Omani counterpart here on Tuesday discussed with him issues of mutual interest.

Mottaki said that for expansion and consolidation of cooperation between Iran and Oman 'we should use new plans to take new steps'. Yusuf bin Alawi, by expressing pleasure with traveling to Iran, stressed that constant consultations between the two countries in the field of bilateral and regional issues have always been useful.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=893847&IdLanguage=3

 

'Iran will find assassins who killed nuclear scientist'

The Iranian cabinet has condemned the assassination of a nuclear scientist in Tehran and declared that the Islamic Republic is determined to arrest the culprits behind the terrorist attack."In line with the president's decree, intelligence and security bodies are using all their capabilities to identify and arrest those behind the crime and to reveal their foreign supporters to world public opinion," IRNA quoted the cabinet as saying in a statement issued on Tuesday, referring to a decree issued by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.An Iranian nuclear physicist was killed by a remote-controlled bomb attack in the Iranian capital on Tuesday.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=116015&sectionid=351020101

 

Analyst stresses to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue peacefully 

Pakistani political and defence analyst Maj Gen. (Retd.) Jamshed Ayaz Khan on Tuesday demanded of the international community to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue through dialogue.Talking to IRNA he said that attack on Iran is not possible and the US is just giving threats to put pressure on Iran. “War is not the answer of any issue, dialogue is the only way to resolve different issues”, he suggested. Jamshed Ayaz Khan viewed that US is not in position to bare the burden of war. “US is trapped in Afghanistan and Iraq. How can it afford to open another front in Iran?”, he said.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=893063&idLanguage=3

 

Iran, Comoros ties brotherly, idealogical

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a telephone conversation with President of Comoros called bilateral ties 'brotherly and idealogical' and underlined deepening and strengthening mutual relations.According to the Presidential Office website on Tuesday, Ahmadinejad in his conversation with Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, by referring to the Comoros activities in the direction of progress, expressed hope that the Comoros nation could continue its way to progress and honor.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=893820&IdLanguage=3

 

Hezbollah censures Der Spiegel's slander

Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has denounced reports published by the German magazine Der Spiegel that claim that the Shia party is trafficking cocaine as 'fabrications aimed at distorting its image ."The party categorically denies the accusations of Der Spiegel magazine against Hezbollah," the Hezbollah media relations department said in a statement.Hezbollah was not surprised by Der Spiegel's cheap fabrications because for some time the… magazine has persisted in publishing lies and spreading fabricated rumors in an attempt to distort the group's delightful image," the statement read.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

  

Syria, Iran call for regional cooperation

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has called for additional consultations among regional states to devise ways to counter the plots of foreign powers. During a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Damascus on Monday, Assad said that any cooperation between Iran and Syria could be “constructive” for efforts to resolve the problems facing the region.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=115925&sectionid=351020101

 

'US wants to turn Yemen into another Afghanistan'

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the US, Britain, and Israel are implementing a plan to turn Yemen into another Afghanistan. Addressing a group of students at Imam Sadeq University in Tehran on Monday, Mottaki said the three countries want to make Yemen the fourth Muslim country to be attacked after Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

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Congressman seeking to bar Iranians from US

A US congressman has announced his plans to reintroduce the Stop Terrorists Entry Program (STEP) Act into Congress, which calls for the deportation of most Iranians without permanent resident status.The STEP Act, a bill that was originally presented in 2003, would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to bar citizens of Iran, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen from entering the United States.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=115931&sectionid=351020101

 

Discuss Iran nuclear issue in New York

The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany will meet later this week to discuss Iran's nuclear program. The six countries, which are known as the P5+1 group, will meet in New York to hold discussions on whether to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. "The P5+1 will reconvene in New York at the end of this week, and they will be exploring the kind and degree of sanctions that we should be pursuing," US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters on her way to Hawaii on Monday.

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Monday, January 11, 2010

 

Mottaki to attend trilateral foreign ministers meeting in Islamabad 

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will attend a trilateral foreign ministers meeting in Islamabad next week on regional peace and security also involving Iran and Afghanistan, Foreign Ministry and diplomatic sources told on Sunday.The meeting will discuss the rebuilding of war-hit Afghanistan and regional security issues, with special focus on moot on Afghanistan in London, they said.The meeting is likely to discuss agenda for the next trilateral summit.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=889056&IdLanguage=3

 

Iran's Mottaki heads to Syria for talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, has left Tehran for Damascus on an official day-long visit to hold meetings with senior Syrian authorities .Mottaki plans to exchange views with Syrian officials on strategic, political, economic and cultural ties between the two countries.he sides will also discuss the latest regional and international developments.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=115862&sectionid=351020101

 

Iran will enrich uranium to 20% if West balks

The chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Alaeddin Boroujerdi says that Iran will enrich uranium up to 20 percent purity to power the Tehran Research Reactor should Western countries refuse to supply the country with the required nuclear fuel.The Tehran reactor produces medicine for 800,000 people. The parties engaged in negotiations with Iran to supply the 20 percent [enriched] fuel are advised to stop the procrastination. Otherwise, Iran will begin 20 percent enrichment,” .Alaeddin Boroujerdi rejected the allegations made by Western media outlets and officials that Tehran is ready to swap uranium in a third country, such as Turkey.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=115851&sectionid=351020104

 

Iran, Bahrain call for expansion of parliamentary cooperation 

Visiting Bahraini Parliament Speaker Khalifa al-Dhahrani conferred on Sunday with Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani on expansion of mutual relations and cooperation.According to the Information and Press Bureau of Majlis, at the meeting, the two sides were of the view that expansion of mutual cooperation would help attain common goals.At the end of the meeting, the two sides issued a joint statement on expansion of mutual economic, commercial, security and parliamentary cooperation to meet the two sides' interests.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=889109&IdLanguage=3

 

Dialogue only solution to Iran nuclear issue, China says

The Chinese ambassador to Iran, Xie Xiaoyan, says all the parties involved in the discussions on Iran's nuclear program should settle their differences in a constructive manner through continued negotiations and should refrain from taking any actions that might further complicate the situation. "The parties involved in the Iranian nuclear issue should recognize the value of the enormous efforts already exerted, which must be saved from being made in vain. The continuation of negotiations is the most appropriate and realistic approach for the resolution of the issue. Only through negotiations can a solution be found that is in line with the interests of all the parties,"

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=115849&sectionid=351020104

 

 

 

Sunday, January 10, 2010

 

'US responsible for insecurity, extremism in Mideast'

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says US policies are responsible for the alarming surge of extremism, insecurity, and drug production and trafficking in the Middle East. The defective US policies of former US President George W. Bush are the basis of insecurity in the Mideast. The US forces marched into Afghanistan about eight years ago by means of grandiose schemes to establish security, eradicate radicalism and terrorism, and also combat drug production and smuggling," Mottaki told visiting Bahraini Parliament Speaker Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Dhahrani in Tehran on Saturday.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=115771&sectionid=351020101

 

Netanyahu vows no flexibility in Shalit talks

Israel says it will not show any flexibility in the prisoner swap talks with the Palestinians as tensions between the two sides grow amid Israeli air raids on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the proposal to exchange soldier Gilad Shalit, captured by resistance fighters in Gaza in 2006, for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is the last of its kind.he premier said Israel would no longer negotiate on the details of the proposed swap sent to Hamas via a German mediator.

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=115651&sectionid=351020202

   

Canadian, American Muslims offended by terror attacks

Terrorist acts have offended the 10 million Muslims living in America and Canada, a group of imams living there said in a statement.The National Post reported that Syed Soharwardy, an imam at the Al-Madinah Calgary Islamic Centre, organized the effort to issue a fatwa. One imam from the United States and 19 from Canada joined him.We want Muslims around the world who would dare to commit terrorism on our soil to know that we stand together with all Canadians and Americans," Soharwardy said. "We are asking Muslims here not only to condemn terrorism but to also see these events as attacks on themselves."

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=115738&sectionid=351020701

 

 

Saturday, January 9, 2010

 

Iran strike could destabilize Middle East - Pentagon

A strike on Iran could be "very, very destabilizing" and have unintended consequences for the Middle East, the top U.S. military officer said on Thursday, stressing that diplomacy was crucial

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/8/worldupdates/2010-01-08t033309z_01_nootr_rtrmdnc_0_india-452330-2&sec=worldupdates

 

 

Hamas-organized protest against delay of aid convoy spearheaded by UK lawmaker

Convoy delayed in the Egyptian port city of Al-Arish after being refused entry at another Egyptian port

Organizers accused Egypt of making the convoy pass through an Israeli-controlled checkpoint

Palestinians angry at what some call Cairo's complicity in helping Israel maintain Gaza blockade

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/06/gaza.egypt.clashes/index.html

 

George Galloway deported from Egypt

Respect MP has spent past month travelling from London to deliver aid and supplies to Gaza Strip .George Galloway was today deported from Egypt after plainclothes police officers refused him re-entry into the Gaza Strip and bundled him on to a plane for London. The Respect MP Galloway, declared "persona non grata" by the Egyptian foreign ministry, arrived back in the UK at around 1pm. He had spent the past month travelling from London to deliver 198 truckloads of aid and supplies to Gaza in a challenge to Israel's economic blockade of the territory. The supplies made it through to Rafah, but when Galloway and Ron McKay, his aide, arrived at the crossing from Gaza to Egypt, they were confronted by police officers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/ politics/2010/jan/08/george-galloway-deported-from-egypt

 

 

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

 

China says UNSC won't discuss sanctions on Iran this month

Beijing, Jan 6, IRNA – Chinese media quoting China permanent representative to the UN said that the Security Council will not discuss new sanctions against Iran in January.China envoy in the United Nations Zhang Yesui, whose country is the rotating chairman of the UN Security Council in the month of January, has underlined diplomatic efforts to solve Iran's nuclear issue.Meanwhile, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu underscored here on Tuesday continuationo of dialogue and diplomatic efforts to solve Iran's nuclear issue and said that there are still ground for diplomatic solutions.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=880586&IdLanguage=3

  

Israeli air strike on Gaza kills two, injures three

At least two Palestinian resistance fighter have been killed and three others critically injured in an Israeli airstrike on southern Gaza.Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip late on Tuesday near the southern city of Khan Yunis, Reuters reported.The Popular Resistance Committees said its members had been targeted by the attack.The fatality appears to be the first in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict this year, and the first since Israel killed six Palestinians in separate incidents in the West Bank and Gaza in late December.

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UK attorney general visiting Israel over war crimes arrests 

Britain's Attorney-General Baroness Scotland is currently on a private visit to Israel but is also due to discuss ways to stop Israeli leaders being arrested for alleged war crimes while visiting the UK.

According to BICOM, the pro-Israel media lobby in Britain, Scotland will be holding talks with senior justice officials on “changing the UK law to prevent the process of issuing arrest charges against Israeli army officials and politicians for war crimes.Her visit comes after a diplomatic dispute erupted between Britain and Israel following the issuing of a war crimes arrest warrant former foreign minister Tzipi Livni that led her to cancel a visit to the UK last month.The warrant led Foreign Secretary David Miliband to apologise to his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman and publicly declare that his government would review the application of universal jurisdiction under which the warrant was issued.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=880350&idLanguage=3

 

Iraq pursuing compensation for Israel nuke attack

Iraqi officials are reportedly considering ways to force Israel to pay reparations for launching air strikes on the country's nuclear reactor near Baghdad. "Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is looking into plans that would compel Tel Aviv to pay billions of dollars in compensations for its 1981 attack on the Tammuz nuclear reactor," an unnamed Iraqi parliament member told Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) on Tuesday.He also noted, "Al-Maliki's appeal follows an answer received from the UN Secretariat by the government of Iraq on November 25, which says Iraq has a right to demand compensation for the damage Israel did to it with the attack on the reactor, through a neutral committee, which will assess the extent of the damage."

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US plan in Afghanistan like 'fortune telling'

A top US military intelligence officer says the quality of the intelligence used by US-led forces in Afghanistan is deplorable, citing the recent killing of seven CIA agents.Major General Michael Flynn, the top NATO and US military intelligence chief in Afghanistan, said the roughly 113,000 foreign forces in the country are “so starved” of accurate intelligence that “many say their jobs feel more like fortune telling,” AFP reported on Tuesday.Flynn said radical changes are needed in Afghanistan to help an intelligence-gathering operation which “still finds itself unable to answer fundamental questions about the environment in which we operate."The Taliban has allegedly claimed responsibility for the blast that killed the seven CIA operatives AND boasted about the incident.

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 Tuesday, January 05, 2010

 

Iran president leaves Dushanbe for Ashkhabad 

 Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wound up his two-day visit to Tajikistan and left the country for Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan, Tuesday morning.Heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, the Iranian president arrived in Dushanbe Monday morning on the first leg of his two-nation Central Asian tour.President Ahmadinejad was seen off by his Tajik counterpart Imomali Rakhmon.Iran and Tajikistan inked three letters of understanding, two documents and one joint statement on bilateral cooperation on Monday. Two out of the three letters of understanding were related to Tehran-Dushanbe cooperation in the field of constructing a dam and a power plant as well as a tunnel in Tajikistan. The third letter was signed on extradition of criminals between the two capitals.

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Majlis backs administration’s ultimatum to the West

Majlis Deputy Speaker Mohammad Hassan Abu Torabi has said that the Majlis supports the administration’s in setting a deadline for the West to provide Iran with the 20 percent enriched uranium.

“The message of the Iranian Majlis to the West and the International Atomic Energy Agency is that they should be serious in providing the nuclear fuel for the Tehran medical reactor,” he told the Mehr News Agency on Monday.Abu Torabi added that the nation is determined to get the 20 percent enriched uranium.He also pointed out that if the West refrain from providing the 20 percent enriched uranium, Iran will begin to enrich uranium to the required level.

 http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1011456

 

P.A. urges Israel to drop controversial prisoners law

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has urged Israel to cancel a controversial law that it uses to hold prisoners without a trial.Israel also uses the law to keep prisoners in jail after their terms are over.The PA "has raised this issue before international circles and human rights groups and resorted to the Israeli courts to drop the law, but the efforts were fruitless,", Palestinian Minister of Prisoners Affairs Eissa Qaraqe told Xinhua on Saturday.This law "violates the Palestinian prisoners' rights and their human values," he addedIsrael has ratified the "illegal warrior law" in 2002 and applied it to Palestinians held in its prisons."Those prisoners are deprived of getting any aid from rights organizations and their families are not allowed to visit them," he said.Abdul Nasser Ferwana, a Palestinian prisoner rights activist says Israel had arrested about 1,000 Palestinians during its offensive against the Gaza Strip last year.

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Viva Palestina arrives in Egypt to enter Gaza

Viva Palestina humanitarian aid convoy has arrived in the Egyptian port city of El-Arish to pass thought the Rafah border crossing into the Gaza Strip.A Turkish ship, which carries the convoy from the Syrian port of Lattakia to Egypt, arrived in El-Arish on Sunday evening, said Gamal Abdel Maqsoud, head of El-Arish port.The ship carrying the 250-vehicle convoy will be unloaded at the port and be transferred to the Gaza Strip via Rafah crossing, according to Egypt's official MENA news agencyAccording to the report, 528 activists from 17 countries who are onboard the convoy will also travel to Gaza.

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Monday, January 04, 2010

 

President Ahmadinejad arrives in Tajikistan 

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran arrived here Monday morning on the first leg of his Central Asian tour.The president was welcomed at the airport by Tajik Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov as well as the country’s Foreign Minister, Hamrokhon Zarifi, and a number of Tajik officials.He was later officially welcomed by his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon. Immediately after the welcoming ceremony, the two presidents started their private talks. Later in the day, they are to sign a joint statementA number of agreements are expected to be signed during the talks of the Iranian and Tajik officials for bilateral cooperation in the fields of judicial, consular, mining, tourism and dam construction activities.

President Ahmadinejad is due to hold separate talks with Tajikistan’s Supreme Assembly Speaker Mahmadsaid Ubaydulloyev and the mayor of the Tajik capital.

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=876323&IdLanguage=3

 

Turkey renews call for ending Gaza blockade

Palestinian Ambassador to Ankara Nabil Maarouf (R) speaks to reporters on Monday during a visit by Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu to the Palestinian Embassy.Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has reiterated Ankara's call for an urgent halt to the crippling Israeli blockade on the coastal sliver of Gaza.In a meeting with Palestinian Ambassador to Turkey Nabil Maarouf in Ankara on Monday, Davutoglu made a reference to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and pledged Turkey will maintain its humanitarian support to the besieged enclave, Today's Zaman daily reported.The Turkish foreign minister went on to note that the enduring tragedy in Gaza is the obstacle in the way of reconciliation among rival Palestinian groups as well as to the improvement of peace processes in the Middle East.

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Karzai raps civilian casualties in US operations

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned US-led forces for unpopular tactics which result in civilian deaths, amid public anger across the country.

We strongly request foreign forces in Afghanistan to stop irregular house searches and operations that are not coordinated (with Afghan forces), especially airstrikes,” Karzai said on Sunday during his surprise visit to the southern Helmand province. Two deadly NATO operations within less than a week have put Karzai and the Afghans at odds with foreign troops.

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Syria asks Christians to remember Gaza kids on Christmas eve

Palestinian children in Gaza protest Israel's crippling siege on the Gaza Strip, April 2008. The impoverished Palestinian sliver has been under a complete Israeli siege for more than two years.

The announced the position of Syria is that this war is a criminal war against people, and ….civilians, women and children. And the only thing we were able to do at the popular level is to try and collect money and volunteer and donate medicine and hospital beds, but unfortunately reaching the wounded in Gaza was not easy at all. It was something very difficult and it was very difficult for us to see people who are dying because we cannot bring medicine to them, people, wounded, who bleed to death. Israel not only perpetrated a criminal war against Gaza but closed all crossing to the people who were so badly affected by this war. We were all the time trying to do something to take the wounded out, especially women and children. But unfortunately things were extremely difficult.

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Sunday, January 03, 2010

 

Ahmadinejad wishes for global justice in '10

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed hope that justice and peace will be established across the world in the New Year 2010.

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Iran waiting to reach agreement on Tehran Reactor fuel: Spokesman 

Foreign Ministry Spokesman said Iran is waiting to reach an agreement on Tehran Research Reactor fuel with related sides. 

http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=874254&idLanguage=3

 

Mottaki Blames Britain for Supporting Rioters in Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki blasted London's support for the rioters who staged wild demonstrations and disrespected Islamic sanctities in the Iranian capital last Sunday.

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8810121548

 

Foreign banks awaiting Iran's green light

A senior Iranian official says five foreign banks are awaiting approval of a law in the Majlis (Parliament) to open branches in Iran. 

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Indian consortium to invest in Iran gas field

An Indian Consortium led by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is to finalize a deal to invest in the development of an Iranian gas field, an Iranian official says.

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Iran holds major military defense drill next month

Iran plans to launch a large-scale military exercise next month to prepare its military forces to be able to repel any possible offensive by the country's enemies, a top commander says.

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Peace activists hold demo for Gaza

Over 1,000 Israeli, Arab, and foreign activists have held a peace rally in Tel Aviv, calling for "liberty and justice for Gaza" and the lifting of the Israeli-imposed blockade on the Gaza Strip.

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Iraq 'regrets' US court ruling on Blackwater

The Iraqi government on Friday expressed "regret" about a US court decision to dismiss all charges against Blackwater guards who killed 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007.

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Karzai raps civilian casualties in US operations

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned US-led forces for unpopular tactics which result in civilian deaths, amid public anger across the country.

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US led strikes on Al-Qaeda in Yemen, report says

The United States, with the full support of the Yemeni government, led the recent ground and air strikes on suspected Al-Qaeda positions killing more than 60 militants, a television report says.

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Saturday, January 02, 2010

 

Threats and sanctions have lost their efficiency: Mottaki

Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki has stated that the era of threats and sanctions against nations has elapsed, saying threatening Iran with such tactics have proven futile. The U.S. defense secretary and the British prime minister have called for an intensification of sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program. Mottaki said such statements are a legacy of the Bush administration.

http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=999810

 

Iran plans to provide Afghans with gasoline

Iran plans to set up a gas station in its border with Afghanistan to provide Afghans with gasoline, an Iranian official says.Ali-Mohammad Azad, the governor general of Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan Province, says the move is aimed at tackling the problem of fuel smuggling into Afghanistan. Preparing the ground for delivering fuel in the joint border in a legal way would ward off many problems, he said. Azad noted that gasoline will be sold to Afghans in "free prices" in Gorgori border region near Hirmand town.

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Israeli forces attack Gaza Strip

Israeli warplanes and tanks have carried out attacks across the Gaza Strip, damaging residential areas and leaving four Palestinians wounded.

The airstrikes which targeted residential areas in northern and central Gaza Strip, caused panic among children in the region, a Press TV correspondent reported on Friday.

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7,500 Palestinians kept in Israeli prisons

More than 7,500 Palestinians are being held in Israeli prisons, a report by the Palestinian Authority's ministry of prisoners' affairs has said.

The ministry published the number of the Palestinian detainees at the end of 2009.

According to the ministry, the Palestinian detainees include 310 children.

The ministry further added that over 300 others have also been jailed without trial.

Several Palestinian parliamentarians and political leaders, mostly from the Hamas Movement, are among the prisoners.

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