January, 2007

• 21 January

  IAEA Aids to Iran Continue

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) aids to Iran have not been discontinued, an informed source said, adding that the IAEA Board of Governors will decide about the issue only after the Agency’s Director General, Mohammad ElBaradei, presents its report.

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• 21 January

  Iran Calls for Release of Diplomats in Occupied Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has accused the United States of kidnapping five of its citizens who were working as consular officials in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.

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• 21 January

  Iran to Complain to UN over Arrests in Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran said it would soon lodge a complaint with the UN Security Council about the kidnapping of five Iranians diplomats by the US troops during a raid on Iranian consulate general in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.

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• 21 January

  Iranian Bid-Boland 2 Refinery Project Begins

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The construction of the Bid-Boland 2 Refinery kicked off through an amending contract signed with two Iranian consortiums.

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• 21 January

  Iran Accuses US of Fanning Tensions with Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The war of words between Iran and the United States has intensified, with a senior official pointedly accusing Washington of trying to drive a wedge between Tehran and Baghdad and of fanning tensions between Sunnis and Shiites.

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• 21 January

  Ahmadinejad, Musharraf Discuss World Issues

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a phone talk with his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf discussed the latest developments of the world.

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• 21 January

  Larijani: Invasion of Iran a Psychological War

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani described US invasion of Iran’s nuclear sites as impossible, stressing that the US build-up in the Persian Gulf and Washington’s threats serve as a part of a psychological war on Iran.

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• 21 January

  US helicopter crashes in Iraq, all 13 aboard dead

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — A US military helicopter crashed northeast of Baghdad on Saturday, killing all 13 military personnel on board, but US officials gave no immediate details on the cause.

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• 21 January

  Abbas in Damascus for crucial talks with Mishaal

  RAMALLAH — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was due to meet exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mishaal in Damascus last night amid hopes that the months-long negotiations over a unity government might finally be nearing resolution.

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• 21 January

  Rice swapped rhetoric for rhetoric

  CAIRO — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a deal with Arab leaders this week: Washington will show an interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Arabs will say they support the new US strategy for Iraq.

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