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Wednesday,
March
03,
2010
Spokesman Raps West's Attitude towards Campaign against Drugs
Iranian Foreign
Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast on Tuesday
lambasted the western world for its lack of action in the campaign against
drug-trafficking. "We are not witnessing a will in the Americans, Britons
and those states which have a serious presence in
Afghanistan for a fight against narcotic drugs,"
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8812181609
Iran sanctions could lead to war, Lula says
Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
has warned that imposing new sanctions on Iran
over its nuclear program would be a very dangerous step.Sanctions could
isolate Iran so much that tensions would spiral out of control, Lula told
AP in an interview on Tuesday.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=120469§ionid=351020101
Parliament Summons German Envoy over Release of Terrorist Leader
The Iranian
Parliament on Tuesday summoned German Ambassador to Tehran Bernd Erbel to
voice Tehran's protest against the release of the captured ringleader of
the PJAK terrorist group by Germany.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8812181604
Qatari PM Reiterates Support for Iran's N. Rights
Qatari Prime
Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir
al-Thani once again underlined his county's support for Iran's right to
access nuclear technology. "We have always
wanted the realization of Iran's rights in grounds of peaceful nuclear
activities," the Qatari official said in a meeting with the visiting
Iranian Interior Minister,
Mostafa Mohammad Najjar.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8812181569
Iran sanctions will not yield results
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
says that imposing additional sanctions on Iran over its
uranium enrichment program will not yield
any results.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=120470§ionid=351020101
Iran Blasts Netherlands' Anti-Islamic
Approach
A
senior Iranian foreign ministry official on Tuesday strongly criticized
the Netherlands for its improper approach towards Islam and Muslims. The
issue was raised in a meeting between Iranian Deputy
Foreign Minister for European Affairs Ali
Ahani and visiting director general of the Dutch foreign ministry for
Middle Eastern and North African affairs.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8812181548
Leader says
Iran will never seek
atom bomb
Leader of the Islamic
Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed
Ali Khamenei inaugurated the country's
first domestically-built destroyer, Jamaran which is 94 meters long and
more than 1,500 tons.
Leader of the
Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Friday that the
country neither believes in atomic bombs
nor is it seeking to develop such weapons.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118988§ionid=351020101
Azeri parliament
speaker to visit Tehran
Azerbaijan
Parliament Speaker Ogtay Asadov heading a parliamentary delegation will
pay a 3-day visit to Tehran from Saturday. This visit is upon an
invitation extended by Iran's Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani.Asadov is
scheduled to meet with President Ahmadinejad,
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and
Secretary of Supreme National Security Council
Saeed Jalili during his visit.
http://isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1489794&Lang=E
Destroyer
building to continue more rapidly
Commander of manufacturing
plants of Iran's Navy said that production of destroyers will continue and
in the next 2 years the second vessel will be delivered to the Navy
Rear-Admiral Amir Rastegari told that by launching "Jamaran Destroyer",
Iran joined 14 countries which manufacture destroyers and cruisers in the
world .He said that more than 120 research, industrial and academic
centers cooperated in manufacturing Jamaran destroyer, adding that such
comprehensive cooperation will affect the quality growth of other
industries, too .
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=968362&IdLanguage=3
Iran-Turkey sign
educational MoU
Education Minister
Hamid Reza Haji Babaei, upon his arrival in Tehran from Ankara, said a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for
promotion of relations in education fields was signed between Iran and
Turkey.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=968279&IdLanguage=3
No common Iran stance
between Russia, US
Russia has rejected claims
by US officials that Moscow and Washington
have a common policy regarding Iran's nuclear program.
"Well,
I can't say [that Russia and the US are] adversaries, and I can't say
[they are] friends," Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with radio Echo Moscow
on Friday.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119037§ionid=351020104
Moscow intends to
fulfill a contract to supply Iran with the missiles
Russia's Deputy Foreign
Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow was against imposing "crippling
sanctions" on Iran. Despite the US and Israel
calling on Moscow to stop sending S-300 air defense system to the Islamic
Republic, Ryabkov said Moscow intends to fulfill a contract to supply Iran
with the missiles .
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=119037§ionid=351020104
Boroujerdi
set to respond to British ambassador’s letter
Senior MP
Alaeddin Boroujerdi has said that he would
respond to a letter by the British ambassador on maintaining ties
on Tuesday.
In an open letter
to Boroujerdi, dated February 8, Britain’s Ambassador to Tehran, Simon
Gass, had said any decision by parliament to downgrade relations with
Britain “would be regrettable.”
Boroujerdi, chairman
of the Majlis Foreign Policy and
National Security Committee, emphasized
the future of Tehran-London diplomatic relations will depend on Britain’s
performance.
http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=1035114
Iran
Terms Human Rights' Criticism Political
Gesture by West
Iran announced
on Monday that it fully respects human
rights, denouncing alleged concerns raised by certain western countries as
political gestures.
In its first
review by the Human Rights Council, which
looks at the record of all UN member states one-by-one, Tehran's Envoy
Mohammad Javad Larijani said Iran was in "full compliance with the
relevant international commitments it has taken on in a genuine and
long-term approach to safeguard human rights."
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8811260611
Deputy FM to Represent Iran at ECO Meeting in Turkey
Iranian Deputy
Foreign Minister Mansour Borqe'i is due to
attend the Economic Cooperation Organization
(ECO) Regional Planning Council meeting in Turkey
on February 16. Borqe'i who serves as Deputy Foreign Minister for
Economic Affairs is scheduled to discuss Iran's views on economic topics
during the three-day meeting in Antalya. ECO is an intergovernmental
regional organization established in 1985
by Iran, Pakistan and Turkey for the purpose of promoting economic,
technical and cultural cooperation among the member states.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8811250458
Iraqi Kurdistan
hosts Iranian book fair
Arbil has
played host to a large Iranian book fair in an attempt to expand cultural
and economic ties with Iraqi Kurdistan.
Some 15,000 books
in various subjects such as politics, philosophy, religion, and science by
famous Iranian authors such as the works of Iranian scholar and university
lecturer Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari were
put on display.
"Iran
is very rich in terms of culture, arts and civilization," said governor of
Arbil Nawzad Hadi during the opening ceremony.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=118720§ionid=351020105
Saudis reject US call to sway China
against Iran
Saudi Arabia
has rejected the US desire for it to persuade China against opposing the
fourth round of UN Security Council
sanctions against Iran .US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked the Saudis to reassure
China that they will meet any shortfall in its oil needs if further UN
sanctions are imposed on Iran .But Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal
said on Monday that Chinese officials "need no suggestion from Saudi
Arabia to do what they ought to do" over the Islamic Republic's nuclear
activities.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=118711§ionid=351020205
Iran
begins drilling for oil in Caspian Sea
The Islamic Republic of Iran has started drilling its first
exploratory well in the Caspian Sea to search for oil in the resource-rich
body of water.
“The
Amir-Kabir semi-submersible drilling rig
has started exploration drillings in the Caspian Sea. It will drill the
country's first exploratory well at a depth of 1,550 meters under the
seabed,” North Drilling Company Managing
Director Hedayatollah Khademi told the Mehr News
Agency on Saturday.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=118561§ionid=35102013
'Show
the world Iran's nuclear program is peaceful'
Tehran has urged brotherly states, and Turkey above all, to make efforts
to help convince the international community that Iran's nuclear
activities are totally peaceful . They should say that not even a single
case of deviation from peaceful nuclear activities has ever been found,
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast told the
Trend news agency on Saturday .
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=118568§ionid=351020104
Israel
not able to attack Iran, ex-IDF chief says
Former Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
Chief of Staff
Dan Halutz says Tel Aviv is not able to launch a
preemptive strike against Iran's nuclear
facilities ."We
are taking upon ourselves a task that is bigger than us. I think that…
Israel should not take it upon itself to be the flag-bearer of the entire
Western world in the face of the Iranian threat," Halutz told Channel 2
news on Saturday.
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=118567§ionid=351020101
Monday, February 8, 2010
20% enrichment, fuel swap are separate issues
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin
Mihman-Parast said on Sunday that 20
percent uranium enrichment in Iran and
fuel swap deal are two separate issues .
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s order to start 20 percent uranium
enrichment is quite natural. That has nothing to do with Iran’s agreement
to fuel swap,” Mihman-Parast told.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=948382&idLanguage=3
Iran
favors expansion of ties with independent states
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Sunday that Iran’s foreign policy is based on expansion of
relations with independent states, Bosnia
in particular.Mottaki told new Bosnian Ambassador to
Tehran Amir Hadzic Kadovic that Iranian
people and government supported Bosnian people and government during war
out of humanitarian duty and principally, friendship in need is friendship
indeed.He said Iran is ready for expansion of relations in trade domain
and implementation of the economic projects.
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=948588&idLanguage=3
Iran Supports Expansion of Parliamentary Relations with
Pakistan
Head of Iran-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group Ali Akbar
Aqayee in a meeting with Pakistani National Assembly Speaker Fahmida Mirza
on Sunday underlined that his colleagues in Iran's legislative body are
willing to bolster ties and cooperation with the Pakistani parliament
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8811181866
Iran's
Progress More Visible under Sanctions
A senior Iranian legislator underlined on Sunday that the sanctions
imposed by the West against Iran's nuclear program have helped the country
make further progress.
"When the world arrogance and hegemonic powers adopt such worn-out
measures as sanctions to humiliate the great
Iranian nation in their own imaginations, Iran's progresses become
even more evident," member of the parliament's
National Security and Foreign Policy
commission Fatemeh Alia told FNA.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8811181846
Iran Successfully Tests 1st Radar-Evading Aircraft
Iran has successfully tested the research model of its first home-made
radar-evading aircraft named 'Sofreh Mahi'(flatfish), a senior Iranian
army commander announced on Sunday.The research model of this plane which
staged a successful flight passed all radar-evading tests that we
desired," Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian
Army Air Force General Aziz Nasirzadeh told.
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8811181832
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