TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraq’s president on Monday protested the arrest by US forces in Iraq of two Iranian diplomats who had been invited to Iraq by Talabani.
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December, 2006
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24 December
Muslim Scholars Capable of Standing Up to Bullying Powers
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Science Minister Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi stressed that Muslim scientists and scholars can easily stand up to those powers which bully the
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24 December
Parliament Speaker Warns West against Punitive Measures
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel warned here on Saturday that in case the UN Security Council embarks on issuing a resolution against Iran
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24 December
Rafsanjani Condoles Turkmen Nation
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Expediency Council chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani extended his condolences to the Turkmen nation and government on the demise of that country’s President Saparmurat Niyazov.
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24 December
Iran Football Federation Transitory Board Set Up
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- FIFA officially informed the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) on December 19 2006 that the suspension imposed on the federation on 23 November 2006 had been lifted.
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24 December
Iran Talks Highlight US-Russia Rift
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The effort to sanction Iran in the UN Security Council was meant to showcase international unity against Tehran’s nuclear programs.
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24 December
UN Postpones Vote on Sanctions against Iran
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Security Council postponed voting Friday on a resolution aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear program, after Russia objected that the document restricted legitimate business activities.
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24 December
Iran Determined to Continue Nuclear Path Despite West’s Opposition
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed that nothing would stop Iran pushing ahead with its nuclear program, as world powers prepared to vote Friday on sanctions against Tehran.
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24 December
Switzerland Stresses Solution of Iran’s N. Issue through Talks
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Swiss deputy Foreign Minister Michael Ambol reiterated the need for the settlement of Iran’s nuclear case through negotiations.
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24 December
Turkey not Authorized to Re-export Iran’s Natural Gas
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- In accordance with its 25-year-long gas contract with Iran, Turkey is not at all authorized to re-export Iran’s natural gas to any other country, Oil Minister Seyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said here on Saturday.
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