February, 2006

• 9 February

  Iraq tightens security ahead of Ashura

  Baghdad, Feb 8 – Baghdad was under tight security Wednesday on the eve of the Shiite mourning ceremony of Ashura, with roads closed to cars and additional checkpoints set up throughout the Iraqi capital. Police announced they have closed bridges leading to the south of the country in effort to …

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• 9 February

  EU talks in six months – Hamas MP

  Berlin, Feb 7 – A top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip said in a newspaper interview to be published on Tuesday that the European Union will agree to talk to the resistance movement within six months. After the movement’s victory in recent Palestinian elections the EU made continued funding …

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• 9 February

  Iraq invasion bad for Israel?

  12:02:33 È.Ù Occupied Palestine, Feb 7 – Zionist regime’s domestic security chief said he believed the 2003 invasion of Iraq led by its US ally had been damaging for the occupying regime, in comments broadcast Monday. It had harmed the regime’s interests by “sparking chaos in Iraq”, Shin Beth chief …

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• 9 February

  Romanian charge d’affaires summoned

  2006/02/09 ——————————————————————————– 10:03:35 Þ.Ù Tehran, Feb 9 – Romanian charge d’affaires was summoned to foreign ministry on Wednesday to be informed of Iranian government’s official protest at re-publication of sacrilegious cartoons in one of the Romanian press, deemed insulting to holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH). In a meeting …

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• 6 February

  President releases statement on defense of Iran’s nuclear rights

  Iran-Ahmadinejad-Nuclear President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Sunday in a tatement addressing the dignified and courageous nation of Iran referred to some points about the government’s firm determination to defend the inalienable national rights to nuclear activity.

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• 6 February

  Humiliated Iranian President Might Link Nuclear To Mohammad’s Cartoons

  PARIS, 4 Feb. (IPS) After months of standoff, the Islamic Republic got what was expected: a very strong slap from the international community with which the new hard line president Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad had opposed a deliberate and provocative policy of confrontation, Iranian political analysts said, commenting the Saturday 4 …

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• 2 February

  London decision on Iran unwise and cruel: Rafsanjani

  Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN — “The decision about IranÂ’s nuclear dossier at the London conference was quite unwise and cruel” said the Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani here on Wednesday. The foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany, who met on the …

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• 2 February

  Majlis asserts Iran must not submit to bullying

  Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – 211 MPs in a letter on Wednesday warned the government not to submit to the bullying of world powers over the countryÂ’s nuclear program. Parts of the letter which was read out by a member of the Majlis Presiding Board Hossien Nejabat in the …

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• 2 February

  Majlis asserts Iran must not submit to bullying

  Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN – 211 MPs in a letter on Wednesday warned the government not to submit to the bullying of world powers over the countryÂ’s nuclear program. Parts of the letter which was read out by a member of the Majlis Presiding Board Hossien Nejabat in the …

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• 2 February

  Presidents of Iran and South Africa hold phone talks

  TEHRAN (IRNA) — Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his South African counterpart, Thabo Mbeki, in a telephone conversation on Wednesday, underlined the importance of cooperation among Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries. President Ahmadinejad, over phone, expressed his gratitude for the statement issued by NAM countries in defense of Iran’s undeniable right …

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