QAZVIN — Banned from becoming president and with just a dozen MPs, women have started making inroads in the male-dominated world of Iranian politics by boosting their numbers on local councils.
Read More »IAEA reviews Iran aid amidst UN sanctions
VIENNA (Reuters) — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is reviewing its technical aid projects in Iran to see if any might violate a new UN resolution imposing sanctions on Tehran over concerns it is secretly trying to build atom bombs.
Read More »Iran to Launch N. Fuel Production Cycle at Industrial Level
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stressing his country’s nuclear power, said that Iran will soon start nuclear fuel production at an industrial level irrespective of the strong opposition shown by the US president and other world powers.
Read More »Lebanon in Dire Need of National Consensus
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani stressed that public participation and national consensus by all Lebanese groups can defuse the plots hatched by some local and foreign agents.
Read More »Larijani Due to Visit China
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani, heading a high-ranking delegation, is scheduled to leave Tehran for Beijing on Thursday January 4 to convey a message from President Ahmadinejad to his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.
Read More »Ahmadinejad Advises West to Take Lesson from Saddam’s Fate
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the western countries should take a lesson from the grave consequences of Saddam’s imposed war on Iran and his fate.
Read More »Iran Stops Gas Exports to Turkey
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Due to the growingly cold weather sweeping entire Iran and the subsequent increase in local consumption, gas exports to Turkey came to a halt, Oil Minister Seyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said here on Wednesday.
Read More »Defense Minister Stresses Iran’s Access to N. Technology
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar stressed that Iran will not give in to the pressures exerted by the world powers.
Read More »Iran will not Step Back from its N. Rights
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed in Abadan on Tuesday that his country may not give up even an iota of its nuclear rights.
Read More »Iran Supports Formation of Lebanese National Unity Gov’t
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- First Vice President Parviz Davoudi in a meeting with the outgoing Lebanese Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mansour here on Tuesday stressed Iran’s support for any plan contributing to the establishment of stability, tranquility and unity among the Lebanese groups.
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