August, 2008

• 8 August

  Moscow Denies Sanctions Deal against Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia yesterday denied having agreed with the US, UK and other countries to push for another round of economic sanctions against Iran at the United Nations.

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• 8 August

  Iran Invites Egypt Al-Azhar University

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has made an unprecedented request for Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning, to open a branch in Tehran.

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• 8 August

  West’s Threats against Iran Drive UAE Markets across Redline

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Geopolitical concerns continue to affect the UAE market with Dubai and Abu Dhabi declining, though volumes picked up in both.

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• 8 August

  Cyprus Denies Call for Iran’s Mediation

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Cyprus has not asked for Iran’s mediation towards Turkey regarding efforts to reach a solution to the Cyprus issue, a Cypriot Foreign Ministry’s source said.

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• 8 August

  Powers Divided on Iran Sanctions

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran’s nuclear issue is not on the UN agenda, Russia said rejecting claims by Britain and US that 5+1 powers hold the same view for intensifying sanctions on Iran.

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• 8 August

  Rafsanjani Praises Iranian Scientists

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Wednesday emphasized Iran takes pride in its scientists, inventors and world champions.

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• 8 August

  Iran Denies US Allegations on Iraq

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations accused Washington of trying to use Tehran as a scapegoat for its own blunders in Iraq.

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• 8 August

  US Doubts Germany’s Willingness to Pressure Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Germany’s allies are dismayed that the German government has granted a German firm permission to supply three natural gas plants to Iran at the same time they’re trying to pressure Iran into suspending its nuclear program, US and European officials said Tuesday.

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• 7 August

  Afghan roadside bomb incidents hit four-year peak

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Roadside bomb incidents involving U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan hit their highest level in at least four years between April and June, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

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• 7 August

  Iraq elections vote delayed until after summer break

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s parliament failed to reach agreement on an elections law on Wednesday, likely delaying into 2009 local polls that the United States and United Nations have pushed hard to be held as soon as possible.

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