Mohammad Reza Rahimi, First Vice President of Iran, spoke a ceremony marking the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. He said, “The development and trafficking of drugs is rooted in Zionist Talmudic studies. This book teaches how to exterminate non-Jews and how to…
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The hard-line student organization issued the warning in a statement that condemned Iranian Foreign Ministry’s intention to invite the King of Bahrain to the summit. The statement says that Iran is not “a place for criminals and murderers such as the King of Bahrain… If the…
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Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani said in his meeting with the visiting Syrian Parliament Speaker, “Iran does not waver in its support of Syria… We believe that with some support and with its own capabilities, Syria will advance and develop, and hopefully all its problems will be solved……
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Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili said during the meeting that foreign powers are hatching various plots to undermine the unity and solidarity of the regional nations. “The progress and stability of the region is contingent upon vigilantly passing the fabricated conflicts (staged) by the…
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Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization is working to resolve the visa issue for the Iranians traveling to Mecca and is committed to pursuing the issue. He added that the Foreign Ministry would be called in if needed. …
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Seyyed Mohammad Hoseyni, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, came Beirut to attend the opening ceremony of the Iranian Culture Week in Lebanon. Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini said last week that holding Iranian Cultural Week in Ankara opened a new chapter in the two countries’ cultural ties….
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Iranian news agencies and websites quoted Russian sources as stating that Russia is reconsidering its 2010 decision on withholding the sales of the complex S-300 anti-aircraft missile to Iran if it loses its regional ally, Syria. Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies…
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Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Habibollah-Sayyari, said a new fleet of surface and submarine vessels would join Iran’s Navy in the near future. He added that Iranian naval presence in cross-regional waters including the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, is not merely to confront sea…
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Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Reza Taqipour, referred to the discovery of the Flame computer virus and added that in view of existing security arrangements in this field in Iran, no virus has yet managed to infiltrate the country’s entry ports, systems and communications network,…
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Middle East expert Seyyed Jalal Sadatiyan defined the Majlis call to block the Strait of Hormuz as an “undesirable” policy and said, “Iran’s oil exports, which are not even that high and stood previously at 2 million and some barrels a day, have been reduced by…
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Fathollah Karami member of the Aerospace Technology Development Committee said, “The reason for the delay in the launch of Fajr (dawn) satellite is that special micro-motors are being used to create orbit-changing capability… The Fajr satellite is much different than the Omid, Rasad, and Navid satellites…
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After the Iranian Ministry of Oil issued several ultimatums to the Chinese company, CNPC, regarding development of stage 11 in South Fars, Iran’s Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi announced that explicit and forceful talks have been held with the Chinese, and they have been informed that they…
Read More →Fars News quotes the Wall Street Journal as saying that after months of negotiations with the US and the European Union regarding the sanctions on the Iranian oil sector, South Korea eventually stopped the buying oil from Iran. European companies’ refusal to insure oil tankers carrying…
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The Secretary General of Tehran’s Chamber of Commerce announced the arrival of a South Korean delegation to Iran, and discussed the private sector’s strategy vs. Korea’s latest positions supporting oil sanctions against Iran. He said, “The private sector opposes Western sanctions and is constantly trying to…
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Shamsseddin Hosseini announced that fluctuating foreign currency rates in Iran is the reason for the current increase in energy product prices in the country, adding that the decision was made to not raise the price of energy products as part of the second stage of implementation…
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The Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, Shamseddin Hosseini, who acts as the government’s spokesman on economic affairs, has announced that there are currently no plans to increase prices of energy products in the second stage of implementation of the Subsidy Reform. He emphasized, however, that…
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Chairman of the National Association of Chicken Producers in Iran said that the price of chicken has increased 80% in the last six months. The main reasons for the increase are the fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and the lack of chicken feed. …
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A section of a pipeline carrying natural gas from Iran to Turkey has exploded (June 27) in the border province of Agri in eastern Turkey, halting the operation of the pipeline. A Turkish Energy Ministry official said, “The cut will last for some four to five…
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Arash Honarvar Shojayee, a dissident blogger and cleric, returned to Evin Prison on Saturday, June 30, after his leave ended. Hours before returning to prison, in an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, he said that he will be put on trial…
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Opposition cleric Mohammad Sadiq Hanarvar Shugayi was hospitalized at Evin Clinic on Wednesday following his hunger strike. …
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