TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- FIFA officially informed the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) on December 19 2006 that the suspension imposed on the federation on 23 November 2006 had been lifted.
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Iran Talks Highlight US-Russia Rift
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The effort to sanction Iran in the UN Security Council was meant to showcase international unity against Tehran’s nuclear programs.
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TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Security Council postponed voting Friday on a resolution aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear program, after Russia objected that the document restricted legitimate business activities.
Read More »Iran Determined to Continue Nuclear Path Despite West’s Opposition
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed that nothing would stop Iran pushing ahead with its nuclear program, as world powers prepared to vote Friday on sanctions against Tehran.
Read More »Switzerland Stresses Solution of Iran’s N. Issue through Talks
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Swiss deputy Foreign Minister Michael Ambol reiterated the need for the settlement of Iran’s nuclear case through negotiations.
Read More »Turkey not Authorized to Re-export Iran’s Natural Gas
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- In accordance with its 25-year-long gas contract with Iran, Turkey is not at all authorized to re-export Iran’s natural gas to any other country, Oil Minister Seyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said here on Saturday.
Read More »Abbas calls for early vote
RAMALLAH (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday announced new presidential and parliament elections to end an increasingly violent standoff with Hamas — a huge gamble that could strengthen the Islamists, drive his people into civil war and further put off peace talks with Israel.
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January 25: In its first electoral outing, Hamas sweeps legislative elections in the Palestinian territories, ending 10 years of Fateh domination
Read More »Maliki reaches out to Saddam officers
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister reached out to Sunni Arabs at a national reconciliation conference on Saturday, urging Saddam Hussein-era officers to join the new army and urging a review of the ban against members of the former dictator’s ruling party.
Read More »UAE voters go to polls in 1st day of historic elections
DUBAI (AP) — Hand-selected voters went to the polls on Saturday to pick members of an government advisory panel in this oil-rich Gulf country’s first-ever elections. About 60 per cent of the 1,677 citizens chosen to vote in the capital
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