May, 2008

• 1 May

  Pentagon Plays Down Report of New Iran War Planning

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Despite a loud rattling of sabers over Iran in Iraq, the US military has not embarked on new planning for war, its chief spokesman said.

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• 1 May

  ‘Clerics have heavy responsibilities’

  The leader of the Islamic Revolution says clerics bear a heavy responsibility towards achieving the moral ideals of the Islamic republic. “Piety, acquiring religious and divine knowledge and awareness of domestic and international political moves are among the most important responsibilities of the clerics,” Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said in …

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April, 2008

• 30 April

  Supreme Leader: Iranian nation resists all threats, sanctions

  Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the Iranian nation is determined to resist any threat or sanctions.

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• 30 April

  Death in childbirth: A health scourge for Afghanistan

  FAIZABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A woman hemorrhages to death as she lies screaming in agony in a Spartan hut in a remote region of Afghanistan. There is no doctor or midwife to help and the hospital is several days journey away.

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• 30 April

  US marines launch ‘mini surge’ against Taliban

  A strike force of US marines punched through Taliban frontlines in southern Helmand today as part of an Afghan “mini surge” intended to weaken the insurgents’ grip on the war-ravaged south.

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• 29 April

  Israel Preparing to Bomb Iran N. Sites

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The commander of the Israeli Air Force says the regime’s decision makers have been preparing plans to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities.

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• 29 April

  Iranian President Arrives in Sri Lanka

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Sri Lanka on the second leg of his tour of South Asia.

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• 29 April

  Iran, Russia Discuss N. Proposals

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran discussed with Russia on Monday the general outlines of a package of proposals aimed at defusing concerns about Tehran’s peaceful nuclear activities and programs.

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• 29 April

  Iran to Exhibit Japanese Calligraphy

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The Imam Ali Museum of Religious Arts is slated to hold a ten-day exhibition of calligraphy works by Iranian and Japanese artists.

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• 29 April

  Iranian Turtles to Fly to Bahrain

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Bahrain’s Human Rights International Film Festival is slated to screen the prominent Iranian filmmaker Bahman Qobadi’s Turtles Can Fly.

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