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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  International

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Majlis Speaker advisor for international affairs Hossein Sheykholeslam said that Ali Larijani’s European trip will begin on October 6 instead of the previously scheduled October 4. Sheykholeslam added that “according to the schedule, before the participation in the session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Larijani…

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  International

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Rouhani said that Iran needs to make up for the absence of an Iranian lobby in the US. “Israel has got a powerful lobby in the US and it is pressuring us by means of the lobby. We should make up for the absence of a…

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  International

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IRGC-affiliated Javan editorial titled “The Dispute Is Not Over ‘Fordo, It is Over Each One of Us” argues that the White House “once again exposed its true nature.” The Great Satan (US) has the nature of a dog; it attacks if one comes short (against it)…

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  International

Official Hamas sources have revealed that Iran has resumed its support of the movement following a recent visit to Tehran by Hamas Political Bureau member in charge of international relations and external affairs Muhammad Nasr. The visit culminated in the resumption of relations that had been…

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Military

Iranian president Rouhani said that “we talk about details but believe that our basic nuclear rights to enrich uranium are by no means negotiable. Rouhani assured Iranians that there will be no discussions concerning the issue of nuclear technology and enrichment insideIran. As far as details…

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Military

In reaction to the Israeli Prime Minister’s address at the United Nations General Assembly, Hassan Firouzabadi said that the military option proposed by him is a broken and shaky table. He said that Israel is not in a position to threaten Iran and the Israeli leaders…

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Military

Grand Ayatollah Hussein Nouri Hamedani referred to Obama’s “military options” saying that when Americans state that the military option is on the table, one must remind them  that ‘you beat the drums of war in Syria, what did you achieve? You have witnessed Iran’s power in the…

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Military

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Military

The Daily Telegraph reported that Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served as commander of the Cyber War Headquarters, was found shot to death in a wooded area near Karaj (Alborz province) . Local police officer claimed that two people on a motorbike had been involved in the assassination….

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Economy

Chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell Peter Voser and his counterpart at France’s Total Christophe de Margerie discussed on the sidelines of  the Oil & Money Conference in London the potential energy windfall if sanctions preventing international oil companies from dealing with Tehran were lifted.  …

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Uncategorized

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Director of Research and Technology at the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Saeed Pakseresht said that Iranian experts are ready to cooperate with other countries in reservoir studies for gas storage industry, voicing its willingness to help  other countries to this end….

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Human Rights

Iranian authorities executed convicted drug smugglers in the northwestern province of Ardabil on the same day….

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Domestic

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Rouhani focused on measures taken by the government to improve the economic situation and his recent visits to Bishkek (SCO) and New York (UNGA). Key points: Iran‘s economy: We need constructive cooperation with the world to improve  our economic sector Rouhani describes economic problems as “fundamental”…

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Thursday, 3 October 2013  /  Domestic

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Mohsen Hashemi-Rafsanjani, son of the head of Iran’s Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, has been appointed deputy head for development affairs of Islamic Azad University….

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