TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- First Vice President Parviz Dawoodi said in a joint meeting of the government and parliament here on Sunday that Iran has now won a magnificent position in the world.
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Islamist forces gather as Somalis prepare to flee
LEGO, Somalia, (Reuters) — Heavily armed Islamist fighters gathered near a key southern Somali town on Sunday a day after their allies were chased out by government troops, sending many residents fleeing in fear of an all-out attack. One Islamist source said its troops were also planning an attack on …
Read More »Fair Suspension Liable to Negotiation
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hoseini said that as with the other issues, suspension can also be put to discussion during Iran-West nuclear negotiations if only fair and just conditions are provided.
Read More »Empty pockets promise grim Eid for Gazans
GAZA CITY — In Gaza City’s Firas market the stalls are laden with gift items and toys, fireworks and new clothes, cooking utensils and fish, as people crowd around, looking, touching and walking on. As the fasting month of Ramadan draws to an end and people look ahead to the …
Read More »Israel Humiliated by Hezbollah’s Victory
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hoseini said that the victory of Hezbollah in the 33-day war against the Zionist army ruined the forged awe of the Israeli regime.
Read More »Lebanon sees revival of pre-Islamic environmentalism
KFAR ZABAD, Lebanon — It was born in the Arabian desert more than 1,500 years ago and is now being revived in the battle-scarred greenery of Lebanon. Already its success is heralding a regional renaissance. The pre-Islamic system of environmental protection known as “hima” — Arabic for protected area — …
Read More »Israeli activists help Palestinians harvest olive crop
JIT, West Bank — Fearful that radical Jewish settlers will swoop and steal their olives, Palestinians are turning to an unlikely source of protection to secure this year’s desperately needed harvest. Several hundred Israelis, from left-wing activists to moderate Jewish settlers, regularly volunteer to help Palestinians pick olives, believing that …
Read More »Ahmadinejad Views US Battleships in Persian Gulf as Worn out
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, responding to the recent military moves by the US in the region, said that Americans have brought just two worn out and shabby battleships to the Persian Gulf.
Read More »Dissident returns to Tunisia, shrugs off legal threat
TUNIS (Reuters) — Veteran dissident Moncef Marzouki returned to Tunisia on Saturday and vowed to campaign for democracy, shrugging off government plans to prosecute him for allegedly inciting Tunisians to commit violence. “I come here to carry out my struggle peacefully,” the human rights campaigner told reporters after a flight …
Read More »Israel a Permanent Blow to Middle-East Tranquility
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Ambassador to Russia said that as long as the Zionist regime exists in the region, the Middle-East may not experience peace and tranquility.
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