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Duma Stresses Legality of Iran’s N. Activities

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Vice-Speaker of the Russian Duma said that Iran’s nuclear activities are conducted within the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) rules sand regulations and are, thus, fully legal.

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UNSC Support for Israel Endangers Regional Peace

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- When at least 2 permanent UN Security Council members with a veto-wielding right voice support for the Zionist regime, there could be no guarantee for regional peace and justice, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Sunday.

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Israel to press on with strikes

BEIT HANOUN (AP) — Israel will keep targeting Palestinian rocket squads in Gaza despite the risk of inadvertently hitting civilians, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday, as tens of thousands of Palestinians buried 18 victims of an errant Israeli artillery strike.

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Rumsfeld departure cheers critics

TOKYO (AP) — The departure of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cheered critics around the world who saw him as a symbol of a failed war in Iraq, while supporters of the military mission pledged to work closely with his successor.

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Iraqis split over US pullout

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — An expected phased reduction in US troops in Iraq after the resignation of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld left Iraqis split on Thursday whether a withdrawal would be in their best interest.

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Iran’s once active campuses falling silent

TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iran’s university campuses are falling silent. Student activists, once at the vanguard of a movement seeking political and social change in the Islamic Republic, say they are increasingly afraid to speak out.

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