Ahmadinejad addressed the Women and Islamic Awakening Conference in Tehran. He describedIsraelas the base of “the arrogance” and called for action against it. “Our actions must target the Zionist regime, because it is the base of the arrogance… It (Israel) is the agent of dictators’ domination…
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Addressing the opening session of the international conference on Women and Islamic Awakening, Ali Akbar Velayati said that “The Islamic Awakening movement is, in fact, a reaction to governments’ ignorance of countries’ national dignity and independence, and to their dependence on the superpowers as well as…
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The UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy on Syria and the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi met in Tehran. Salehi said that “Everyone should strive to help find the best way out of the problem” and deplored “the biased and fabricated reports released by the Western…
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Majlis member Alireza Khosravi announced that six Majlis members have expressed their agreement with the proposed resolution to impose a tariff on ships that pass through the Strait of Hormuz, saying that other Majlis representatives are reviewing the proposal. The proposal is also being discussed in…
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An Internet survey conducted on website Khabaronline, which is affiliated with Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, asked readers for their opinion about possible ramifications of blocking the Strait of Hormuz. 26% believed that blocking the Strait would provide new opportunities for Iran, while 74% believed that the…
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Khatom ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Public Relations Department announced that on the last day (July 10) of the three-day tactical exercises of the air defense units in Tabriz, artillery units shot down mock enemy stealth unmanned planes, which had entered the theater of operation. Brigadier General…
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Deputy Commander of Operations in the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces, Brigadier General Qolamali Qolamalian, said the main purpose of the war games, codenamed Hazrat Qa’em, which began July 9 and will end July 13, is to improve combat readiness, planning and field assessment of Iranian forces….
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Hojjatolislam Mehdi Ta’eb, Head of Ammar Base, which was established after the June 2009 presidential elections to “confront soft war” (also former Basij Commander), said during a conference examining the opportunities and threats of social media said, “Now we are involved in Syria, and our frontline…
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Atao’llah Hakimi, a member of Majlis Economy Committee, said that the Majlis is putting forth a set of proposals to counter the sanctions. He said that “Such proposals can be practical, but they require extensive coordination between the government and the Majlis and the support the…
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The Spokesman for the Majlis Planning and Budget Committee, Oalam Reza Khatab, rejected data published by the Strategic Planning and Regulation Division of the President’s Office and Data Center showing that inflation stood at 22.5%, stating that the current rate of inflation topped 33.5%. Cartoon –…
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Deputy Minister of the Economy and Finance, Behrouz Alishiri, discussed forecasts projecting 8% economic growth, emphasizing that USD 400 billion in foreign funding was needed to achieve this goal. In a meeting attended by the heads of the district planning divisions in the Ministry of the…
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Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi said that USD 5 billion has been drawn from the National Development Fund (NDF) to be spent on development of five phases of South Pars. He added that based on the current year’s budget law, 18% of the National Development Fund would…
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Houshang Rezaei was arrested in the spring of 2010 in western Iran and was transferred to the Intelligence Ministry’s Ward 209 inEvin prison. He was sentenced to death in Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Moghayeseh after a trial that lasted only few…
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Iran’s nationalist poet, Mostafa Badkoobei aka Omid, was sentenced to three years in prison and banned from reciting poetry in public for five years….
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The United States has called on Iran to release Christian pastor, Youcef Nadarkhani, who was imprisoned in 2009 and condemned to death for converting from Islam to Christianity. State Department Spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, said in a statement that Nadarkhani “still faces the threat of execution for simply…
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Tehran’s Prosecutor General, Jafari Dolatabadi, announced the filing of a lawsuit against Ali Motahri for statements he recently made in the Majlis plenum. According to the charge, several of Motahari’s statements violate the law (hinting at statements made regarding allowing young people to satisfy their sexual…
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The report includes a table listing the names of Majlis members and the areas they discussed. Each of them noted the sector in which they last encountered price increases and offered a solution to the problem. For example, Ahmad Amir Abadi Farhani witnessed the price hike…
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Conservative-religious news website, Raja News, ran an article titled, “What lays under the surface of the Internet in Iran.” It states that Iran may be the only country in the world that on the one hand declares a company to be a spy and official enemy…
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