Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran criticized Canada for violating the rights of Muslims and other minorities as well as its recent support for Israeli crimes in Gaza Strip. Iran made the move in the fourth summit to review human rights situation in the world which was held in UN European office in …
Read More »Iran Summons EU Ambassadors
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian foreign ministry summoned EU countries’ ambassadors to Tehran on Wednesday to condemn the block’s double-standards and political approach towards terrorism. At the meeting, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Mehdi Safari, expressed Iran’s deep concern regarding EU action on delisting the anti-Iran terrorist group, the …
Read More »Iran Not to Hold Talks with US in Munich
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and the US are not scheduled to attend bilateral talks on the sidelines of a security conference due to be held in Munich, Germany on Feb. 6-8, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. “As some sources in the Iranian parliament have noted, no Iran-US negotiations have …
Read More »Iranian FM: Ending Financial Crisis Needs All States’ Partnership
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran dismissed formation of the Group of 20 to end the global financial crisis as an “inefficient policy”. “Nobody has authorized these 20 countries to make decisions for 190 countries. This rationale which is based on a number of countries’ decision-making for the world according to their own …
Read More »Envoy: IAEA Chief to Report on Iran Soon
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s residing representative at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asqar Soltanieh Wednesday said that the agency’s Director General Mohammed ElBaradei will release his report on Iranian nuclear program within the next one or two weeks. “The Agency’s director general will likely release his report on Iran’s …
Read More »Iran, S. Arabia Stockpiling Cheap Fuel
TEHRAN (FNA)- Cheap refined petroleum stored in Asia has prompted Iran and Saudi Arabia to purchase and stockpile millions of barrels of gas oil. Iran is storing around 2 million barrels of gas oil on ships, as cheap prices encourage the country to stockpile the fuel even though a mild …
Read More »Joint Committee Called for Fate of Iranian Diplomats
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki requested Lebanese officials on Tuesday to form a joint committee to probe into the fate of the four Iranian diplomats kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982. In a message to his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Sallukh handed over by Iran’s Ambassador in Beirut Mohammad Reza …
Read More »Iran Underlines Peaceful Mission of Satellite
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran underlined that its first home-made satellite ‘Omid’ (Hope) which was launched on Tuesday has no military purposes. Speaking to reporter during a weekly press conference here in Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi brushed aside some countries’ concerns regarding Iran’s new scientific achievement. He …
Read More »Intellectuals View Iran’s Revolution as Major Event in World History
TEHRAN (FNA)- Islamic Revolution of Iran, in view of Pakistani intellectuals, was as a major event in the world history. “I believe that it (Islamic Revolution) is one of the unique examples in the history,” Mazhar Abbas a senior journalist in Islamabad told the Islamic republic news agency on Tuesday, …
Read More »Supreme Leader Lauds Launch of Iranian Satellite
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei lauded Iran’s latest achievement in launching the home-grown ‘Omid’ satellite on Tuesday. In his response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s letter, Ayatollah Khamenei appreciated the Iranian scientists and managers’ efforts that led to the successful launch of the …
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