Rouhani congratulated Chancellor Merkel on her re-election and hoped for relations to grow between Iran and saying “We hope that relations between Iran and the European Union can move closer and forward in the future.” New German ambassador Michael von Ungern said that Germany assigns great importance…
Read More →Gholamreza Tajgardun(deputy chairman of the Plan and Budget Committee), Hamed Qader-Marzi (member of the Development Committee), Abdolkarim Hosseinzadeh (member of the Development Committee) and Kamaludin Pirmoaazzen, member of the Industries Committee have expressed their opinion that the formation of Parliamentary Friendship Group would significantly influence the…
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Ali Saeedi said that “the Americans have come to the conclusion that any equation in the region will not be possible without considering Iran’s influential role…our influence in the regional and international arena is behind the enemy’s apparent willingness to negotiate with us, and our influence…
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During his meeting with Swiss deputy minister of foreign affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Iran was willing to remove “reasonable concerns” (regarding its nuclear program) adding that “making use of nuclear technology for (nuclear) peaceful purposes, including enrichment on Iran’s soil was an inalienable and…
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Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that the presence of Iranian navy ships in international waters, including in the Atlantic Ocean (i.e. near the US coast) is Iran’s rights. He said that a fleet of Russian vessels would soon visit Iran….
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The Central Bank confirmed that the annual inflation rate exceeded 40% on most essential items for August/September. The cost of food and drink rose by 51%, shoes by 60%, and utilities, water, and fuel by 21%. Health care was 43% more expensive and transport 45%. Only communications and…
Read More →Minister of the Economy and moderate economic experts stressed in their analyses and assessments that Iran’s economic problems are domestic and internal and it would be a strategic error to think that the country’s economic problems would be resolved by a lifting of sanctions or establishment…
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Valiollah Seif traveled to the US heading a delegation made up of VPs of foreign currency and economic affairs in order to attend the fall conference of the IMF and the world bank. …
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Head of the International Affairs Division in Iran’s Ministry of Oil Mansour Moazami discussed India’s announcement of its readiness to begin a new round of oil talks with Iran to formulate a final agreement to pay off oil debts and said, “We expect the Indian government…
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Mostafa Faghihi, who runs the pro-Rouhani website, was arrested and transferred to Wing 350 of Evin Prison. Faghihi is accused of disseminating lies to distort public opinion. The Entekhab website is one of the main sites supporting Rouhani and considered the new government’s unofficial platform. …
Read More →Arash Sigarchi, who works for the Voice of America’s (VOA) Persian Service, said that his and his wife’s family has been summoned and threatened by Gilan Province Intelligence Ministry field office forces. Sigarchi was accused of “espionage” and “acting against national security” in 2004 after having written…
Read More →Former medical student, retired teacher and veteran of the Iran-Iraq War Alireza Rajabian-Fard was arrested to serve a prison term of 3 1/2 years. Rajabian-Fard was charged with participating in an illegal assembly aimed at harming national security, insulting the former president and insulting the Supreme…
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Iran’s Ministry of Communications announced that a professional team operating outside the Ministry is exploring the possibility of lifting the filter on popular social networks Facebook and Twitter. Minister of Communications Mahmoud Vaezi previously said that the government has no intention of lifting the blocks and…
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Minister of justice announced that the case against Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi is being investigated by the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC). Mustafa Pour Mohammadi said that “The issue of pardons is a serious and fundamental matter in Iran, and we are not going…
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During a meeting with Caretaker Minister of Science, Research and Technology Jafar Towfighi, Grand Ayatollah Safi-Golpayegani has underlined the need for Islamization of universities, and revision of Western-style teachings of subjects such as humanities. He also called for recruitment of lecturers who are committed to and…
Read More →The president appointed Dr. Sayeed Safadar Hosseini as president and member of the board of directors of the National Development Fund. Appointed Habibollah Haqiqi as head of the Campaign against Smuggling of Goods and Foreign Currency …
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