TEHRAN, April 19–Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday the sine qua non for the country’s advancement is placing hope in the future. Ayatollah Khamenei, who was receiving senior army commanders, added that such a spirit will lead to creativity.

Reduce Price Pressure On Weak Countries OPEC Fund Proposed TEHRAN, April 19–President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday emphasized that despite the hike in oil prices in recent years, the real price has not been achieved and urged oil exporters to reduce the pressure of price hike on weak countries. Addressing the …

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the remarks on Tuesday to commemorate Army Day.    “Today, you are among the world’s most powerful armies because you rely on God,” Ahmadinejad told military officers before a parade of the armed forces in southern Tehran.

TALLINN, Estonia — Moscow no longer has any “rational basis” for keeping the non-Russian republics of the Northern Caucasus within the Russian Federation, according to a Moscow commentator, but “neither the Russian government nor Russian public opinion is yet prepared” to allow them to become independent.

Teodor Atanasiu, ministrul Apărarii, a declarat într-o emisiune televizată că nu exclude posibilitatea amplasării în România a unei baze sau a unui scut antirachetă al Statelor Unite. Programul de apărare antirachetă constă într-un sistem de detectare ÅŸi de distrugere a oricărei rachete cu rază lungă de acÅ£iune. Teodor Atanasiu a …

Una dintre victimele atentatului sinucigaÅŸ comis, luni, la Tel Aviv, o femeie din Baia Mare, le spunea cunoÅŸtinÅ£elor că nu îi este teamă să plece în Israel, deoarece, dacă îi este scris să moară, i se poate întâmpla ÅŸi în România.  Băimăreanca Rozalia Besenyei, în vârstă de 47 de ani, a …

Premierul Călin Popescu Tăriceanu a declarat marÅ£i, la TimiÅŸoara, că Strategia de securitate naÅ£ională are “o mare deficienţă”, fiind evidentă “lipsa unei concepÅ£ii de bază” a documentului. Tăriceanu a susÅ£inut că documentul ar fi putut să fie îmbunătăţit, pornind de la definirea interesului naÅ£ional.

It has become increasingly obvious over the past few months that the U.S. government and its military-industrial cohorts, bogged down by insurgency in Iraq and desperately in need of a “victory”, insensibly think that they can bomb, and possibly even nuke, Iran – a civilization far older and richer than …

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that Israel posed a serious threat to the Islamic world, Reuters reported.    Speaking at a pro-Palestinian conference in Tehran to rally support from Islamic states for the cash-strapped Hamas-led Palestinian Authority, Ahmadinejad said that “the Zionist regime is an injustice and by …

Iraqi women were treated far more better during the Saddam Hussein era, and their rights were much more respected, local rights NGOs concluded after an extensive survey in Iraq.  “We interviewed women in the country and met with local NGOs dealing with gender issues to develop this survey, which asked …