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Romanian charge d’affaires summoned

2006/02/09 ——————————————————————————– 10:03:35 Þ.Ù Tehran, Feb 9 – Romanian charge d’affaires was summoned to foreign ministry on Wednesday to be informed of Iranian government’s official protest at re-publication of sacrilegious cartoons in one of the Romanian press, deemed insulting to holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH). In a meeting …

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Humiliated Iranian President Might Link Nuclear To Mohammad’s Cartoons

PARIS, 4 Feb. (IPS) After months of standoff, the Islamic Republic got what was expected: a very strong slap from the international community with which the new hard line president Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad had opposed a deliberate and provocative policy of confrontation, Iranian political analysts said, commenting the Saturday 4 …

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London decision on Iran unwise and cruel: Rafsanjani

Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN — “The decision about IranÂ’s nuclear dossier at the London conference was quite unwise and cruel” said the Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani here on Wednesday. The foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany, who met on the …

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Presidents of Iran and South Africa hold phone talks

TEHRAN (IRNA) — Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, in a telephone conversation on Wednesday, underlined the importance of cooperation among Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries. President Ahmadinejad, over phone, expressed his gratitude for the statement issued by NAM countries in defense of Iran’s undeniable right …

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Presidents of Iran and South Africa hold phone talks

TEHRAN (IRNA) — Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, in a telephone conversation on Wednesday, underlined the importance of cooperation among Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries. President Ahmadinejad, over phone, expressed his gratitude for the statement issued by NAM countries in defense of Iran’s undeniable right …

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Swedish, Norwegian ambassadors summoned to Foreign Ministry

Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – The Swedish and Norwegian ambassadors to Tehran were summoned to the foreign ministry on Wednesday over the recent publication of offensive cartoons of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in a Swedish paper. Mohammad-Reza Karshenas, Foreign Ministry official in charge of Central and Northern European affairs, underlined …

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India, China and Indonesia: Iran nuclear dossier should be resolved diplomatically

NEW DELHI (IRNA) — Just a day ahead of the crucial meeting of the IAEA in Vienna, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxing, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that Iran’s nuclear issue should be resolved diplomatically. “I still believe that this is a matter …

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