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North Korea’s N. Test a Reaction to Violation of NPT

Speaking to FNA here on Sunday, Mahmoud Mehdi Soltani said attention must be paid to the very fact that the nuclear test carried out by North Korea is a domestic issue of that country, the correctness or incorrectness of which should be viewed under the national authority and sovereignty of …

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Iran not Bound by a Limited Geography

Speaking to FNA here on Sunday, Mostafa Mosleh-zadeh said Iran is seeking to remove the existing injustice and lack of balance within the international system. He further called on the 57 Islamic states as well as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to initiate a strategic change through informing the world public …

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Dissolving Palestinian Government-Elect a Political Coup

Speaking in a press conference, Musa Abu Marzouq said Abu Mazen is entitled and authorized to do so, “but once such a measure is adopted, Palestine will have to face tensions and chaos.” The Palestinian leader, meantime, stressed that Hamas does not reserve the right to recognize the Zionist regime, …

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Iran Exports $575m Worth of Goods to Iraq

Deputy director of Iran’s Trade Development Organization Ali Houshmandi Maneshi said Iran is always prepared to boost the volume of its trade exchanges and export of technical and engineering services to Iraq. He also called on the different Iranian governmental and private sectors, institutions and associations involved in the export …

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Bush shifts justification for war

WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush keeps revising his explanation for why the US is in Iraq, moving from narrow military objectives at first to history-of-civilisation stakes now. Initially, the rationale was specific: To stop Saddam Hussein from using what Bush claimed were the Iraqi leader’s weapons of mass destruction …

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Israel kills 8 Gaza fighters

ISRAELI TROOPS KILLED eight Palestinian fighters in clashes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, including seven from the Hamas group, amid a surge in violence in the coastal territory. In the past three days, 21 Palestinians have been killed in fighting in Gaza, the majority of them fighters, and two …

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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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