September, 2008

• 24 September

  Bahmani Assigned as New Central Bank Chief

  TEHRAN (FNA)- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appointed the Central Bank of Iran General Secretary Mahmoud Bahmani as CBI’s new governor.

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• 24 September

  Iranian President Meets Pakistani Counterpart

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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• 24 September

  Iran Keen to Boost Ties with Czech Republic

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday called for expansion of all-out ties between Tehran and Prague.

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• 24 September

  Ahmadinejad Terms Nuke-Seekers Politically Backward

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described those states seeking to acquire nuclear weapons as “politically backward”.

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• 24 September

  Iran’s Educational Complex Starts Work in Turkmenistan

  TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian educational complex on Tuesday started its operation in Turkmenistan in presence of 120 Iranian and foreign students.

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• 24 September

  Iran Puts VAT Law into Effect

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The director of the Iranian National Tax Administration here on Tuesday announced that the value added tax (VAT) law has been enforced as of September 22.

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• 24 September

  Attacks in Afghan capital kill 6 police: official

  KABUL (Reuters) – Three policemen were killed by a land mine planted by Taliban insurgents in a police post in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, a police official said.

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• 24 September

  Iraq’s Sunni anti-Qaeda patrols fear for future

  SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) – At a checkpoint consisting of a wooden shack wrapped in steel sheets, five young Iraqis with AK-47 rifles have the task of stopping al Qaeda bombers striking the ancient city of Samarra.

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• 24 September

  Iraq passes poll law, vote urged before Jan. 31

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament passed a provincial elections law on Wednesday after months of arguing between Arabs and Kurds, and called for the vote to be held before January 31 next year, legislators said.

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• 24 September

  “U.S. drone” crashes in northwest Pakistan

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. pilotless drone has crashed in the northwestern Pakistani region of South Waziristan after a spate of missile attacks by unmanned U.S. aircraft in Pakistan strained ties between the allies.

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