Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA) – Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi, senior advisor to the Iranian president, Saturday dismissed reports about a meeting between Iranian and US officials on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.
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February, 2008
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3 February
Government Spokesman Reiterates Iran’s Power
TEHRAN (FNA) – World has no way out but to accept Iran’s power, Government Spokesman Gholam Hosseini Elham said in the wake of a recent statement by the European parliament.
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3 February
African Leaders Support Iran’s N. Program
TEHRAN (FNA) – Presidents of Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Zimbabwe and Namibia as well as prime minister of Lesotho voiced support for Iran’s right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
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3 February
Iran Warns US against Irrational Decisions
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s top military commander said his forces will retaliate against American military bases in the Persian Gulf if they are involved in any possible future attack on Iran.
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3 February
Sanctions Pushing Iranian Economy to Look to East
TEHRAN (FNA) – The absence of UK and European business with Iran will see the country’s trade orientation shift toward the East, with western products being increasingly replaced by Chinese imports, an Iranian official said.
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3 February
Iran’s Azadegan Oilfield to Go on Stream Next Week
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s biggest oilfield, Azadegan, will come on stream next week, a newspaper reported on Saturday, a key project in plans to gradually boost output capacity in the world’s fourth-largest crude producer.
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3 February
Islamic States Back Iran’s N. Right
TEHRAN (FNA) – The Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union supported the right of Islamic states and particularly Iran to use peaceful nuclear energy.
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3 February
Iran’s Economic Growth Rate Touches 6.7%
TEHRAN (FNA) – The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced here on Friday that the country’s economic growth rate in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2007) reached 6.7 percent, a 0.7 percent rise in comparison to that of the same period in its …
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3 February
Obama Willing to Talk with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA) – US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he would favor holding direct talks with Iran and Syria in a bid to stabilize the Middle East if elected president.
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3 February
Three Reports, One Conclusion: Afghanistan
The Taliban insurgency and terrorism has recently gained strength in Afghanistan in spite of the presence of about 50.000 US-led NATO troops in the country.
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