August, 2006

• 22 August

  20 DE MARINARI ROMÂNI SECHESTRAŢI ÎN GOLFUL PERSIC

  Platforma de foraj Orizont cu 20 de petroliÅŸti marini români ÅŸi 7 indieni, la bord, a fost atacată cu salve de tun de o navă militară iraniană, marÅ£i dimineaţă, ÅŸi apoi a fost sechestrată cu întregul echipaj la bord, în apele Golfului Persic. OfiÅ£erul de presă al Companiei Grup Servicii …

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• 22 August

  Minister Urges Kyrgyzstan to Cede Projects to Iranian Contractors

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Minister of Industries called on Kyrgyzstan to provide the grounds required for assigning execution of industrial projects to Iranian contractors.

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• 22 August

  Supreme Leader Calls for Muslim Unity against US

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed that the only way for the world Muslims to encounter the US and get rid of her pressures lies in their solidarity and collective expression of their hatred for the US administration.

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• 22 August

  GS: Iran Still Loyal to Nuclear Talks with West

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said here Monday that Iran is still prepared to resolve its nuclear case with the west through negotiations and diplomatic means despite disloyalty of the Europeans to their previous pledges.

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• 22 August

  Boycotting Iran Synonymous with Suspension of IAEA Inspections

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission stressed that his commission is working on a bill which requires International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections to be suspended in the event any sanctions are imposed on Tehran.

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• 22 August

  Iran’s Heavy Water Project to Be Commissioned Soon

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Deputy Director of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEO) Mohammad Sa’eedi said Iran’s giant heavy-water project will become operational in the near future

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• 22 August

  Iranian Envoy Terms Talks Best Way to Resolve Nuclear Issue

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Ambassador to Thailand Mohsen Pak Ayeen viewed negotiations and diplomatic interactions as the best possible way for resolving his country’s nuclear issue, stressing that Tehran neither gives up its nuclear rights, nor is keen on engaging in conflict and hostility.

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• 22 August

  Iran to Build Power Plants in Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran took up in a memorandum of understanding signed here on Monday to assist Iraq with the technical and feasibility studies and commissioning of power generation projects and construction of combined cycle, gas and steam power plants. According to the MoU which was inked by the …

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• 22 August

  Italy offers to lead UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

  BEIRUT (Reuters) — Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Monday his country was ready to lead a UN force in south Lebanon, where shooting by Israeli troops at Hizbollah fighters showed the fragility of a week-old truce.

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• 22 August

  Hizbollah eyes recovery, not new war

  BEIRUT — Hizbollah may have declared victory against Israel and lives to fight another day, but with Lebanon in ruins and thousands of families homeless it may not risk provoking such a war again any time soon.

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