October, 2006

• 14 October

  Standard Bank to Invest in Iran

  Stephen Austen, managing director for the Middle East and North Africa for Standard Bank, said there was significant investor interest in Iranian shares despite the threat of US sanctions. “They are certainly the cheapest market in the region and probably one of the cheapest anywhere in the world, trading at …

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• 14 October

  US to Sell Aircraft Parts to Iran

  The Bush administration has notified Congress that the United States would export parts for US-origin aircraft to Iran. Officials said State and Commerce have designated a company for the aircraft spare parts export license.

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• 14 October

  World Qods Day Muslims’ Outrage at Policies of Discord

  Addressing a large fervent congregation of worshipers in the second sermon of Tehran’s this week Friday prayers at Tehran University Campus here on Friday, Ayatollah Khamenei elaborated on the plots and policies of the United States and international Zionism for transferring the realities of the region and for fomenting unrest …

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• 14 October

  World Equations Changed by Victories in Palestine, Lebanon

  According to a Presidential Press Office statement, Ahmadinejad made the remarks in a meeting with the Palestinian Interior Minister Sa’eed Seyam here on Thursday. During the meeting, the President stressed that the said victories have served as a challenge to the forged Zionist regime, putting the so-called Israeli entity under …

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• 14 October

  Palestine’s Incumbent Government Legitimate, Legal

  Speaking to reporters in a joint press conference with his Palestinian counterpart Sa’eed Seyam, Pour-Mohammadi expressed pleasure with the visit to Tehran by his Palestinian counterpart, and reiterated that Iran has always paid special attention to the Palestinian issue.

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• 14 October

  Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Ali (A.S.)

  Amirul Momineen (Master of the FAithful Believers) – Imam Ali (A.S.) – was martyred on 21st Ramazan 40 A.H. by an assassin who

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• 14 October

  Remarks of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution at Tehran’s Friday Prayers Sermons

  Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei warned that the enemies of Muslims are trying to turn the “war of people with occupiers” into a “war of people with people” in Iraq and Palestine.

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• 13 October

  Gunmen storm Iraqi television station, kill 11

  BAGHDAD (AP) — Suspected Shiite gunmen, some dressed as police, broke into a television station and gunned down 11 executives, producers and other staffers Thursday — the deadliest attack against the media in Iraq, where at least 81 journalists have been killed in the past three years.

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• 13 October

  Britain says Guantanamo detentions unacceptable

  LONDON (AP) — The detention of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay is unacceptable and counterproductive, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Thursday, underlining an increasingly critical British line on the US camp in Cuba.

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• 13 October

  8 dead in Gaza as Israeli troops mount fresh incursion

  GAZA CITY   (AFP) — 8 Palestinians, including a teenage boy and three Hamas fighters, were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip on Thursday as troops mounted a fresh incursion as part of a four-month offensive. The violence — at a time of increased tensions between rival Palestinian factions …

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