Ali Akbar Salehi said, “Iran has already been in contact with a large segment of the Syrian opposition and has held consultations (with them). Now, we are also ready to facilitate talks between the opposition and the Syrian government.” Earlier this week Salehi announced that Iran…
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Ahmadinejad met with the Turkmen Foreign Minister and stressed the need for expansion of comprehensive relations between the two neighboring countries. “Relations between Iran and the Republic of Turkmenistan are intimate and brotherly, and so far the entire meetings between the officials have been constructive and…
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A Siyasat-e Ruz editorial by Mohammad Safari titled, “The Liberation of the Holy Mosque Is Near,” argues that it is “pointless” to believe that relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia will ever improve, adding that “inappropriate behaviors with Iranian pilgrims many years ago, the martyrdom of…
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Iranian female ninjas have filed defamation charges against Reuters after the news agency accused them of being assassins. Reuters also faces a lawsuit from the Iranian government over the same report. According to Press TV, London officials and Tehran news agency personnel are trying intimidation and…
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IRGC Quds Force (IRGC-QF) Commander, General Qassem Soleimani, said at the annual gathering of IRGC Navy commanders that “Enemies of the Islamic Revolution have been left hopeless and paralyzed due to the IRGC’s missile and naval might and power.” He added, “The growth and enhancement of…
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Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Yazdi, IRGC Deputy Commander for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, said that Iran is pursuing legal action against the United States and Israel over cyber attacks on its systems. He called President Obama’s “official decree on cyber attacks against Iran” as “outrageous.” Yazdi…
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Ali Reza Raha’i, Chancellor of Iran’s Amir Kabir University, said that to counter the “daily cyber attacks” on the Iranian industrial sector, an infrastructure project to develop an information security system is being undertaken up by the university. Raha’i said that the university will be the…
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Mehdi Qazanfari, Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade, confirmed earlier reports that the government has decided to sell crude through the private sector. “The government has decided to supply oil through the private sector, and crude supply will no more be centered in one single (state-run)…
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Iranian Oil Minister, Rostam Qassemi, said that “In addition to the agreement signed for the export of gas to Pakistan and Iraq, permission to export gas to Europe via Turkey has also been granted.” He added that the Iran’s gas production capacity will double by the…
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An E’temad editorial titled, “A Year Goes by: Has the National Currency Reform Design Remained Unresolved?” criticizes the government’s seven-item plan for changing the economy, and says one year after its announcement, only one item has been implemented. Regarding the currency redesign item, the editorial states that…
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General Manager of the Pars Oil and Gas Company, Musa Souri, said that Iran that has already started excavation in the largest joint oil field with Qatar in the Persian Gulf and that “The excavations of oil wells in the South Pars Oil Field will bear…
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The detentions of three members of the Baha’i faith from Kerman ‑ Bakhtiyar Rasekhi and his wife and daughter, Farhnaz Na’imi and Farin Rahimi ‑ have reportedly been extended. They were among the Baha’is arrested on January 5 as they marked the Day of Iranian Youth….
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The first mid-term meeting of the Assembly of Experts (AE) was held after 33 years in the absence of its chairman, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, prompting some rumors and in media and political circles. The session was run by Kani’s Deputy, Mohammad Yazdi. Media reports in Iran…
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Spokesman of the Guardian Council, Abbasali Kadkhoda’i, said that the eleventh presidential elections will be held in the end of June, beginning of July 2013. No specific date has been set for the elections yet. …
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Reformist newspaper E’temad discusses the current political situation in Iran under the headline “Glimmers of Hope in Society with the Presence of Reformists in Political Participation.” The author argues “that Iran is not manageable with only one ideology, and there is a need (and room) to…
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An op-ed in Javan by Rasul Sana’irad titled, “The Reformists and the Unpaved Path of Returning to Power” maintains that the reformists recent political movement shows their intention of returning to power, by taking advantage of the upcoming presidential elections as their last chance “before they are…
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