Ali Akbar Velayati, Khamenei’s Advisor for International Affairs, reiterated Iran’s support for Syria as a Muslim country, saying that “The main reason behind Iran’s ongoing support for the Syrian nation and government, and Bashar Assad in person, is that they believe in resisting against the Zionists…
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Mohammad Ali Jafari said, “Creating such moods is contrary to the words of the late Imam (Khomeini) and the Supreme Leader (Ali Khamenei) and is a big mistake. The imam never said such a thing and never had a compromising stance toward America.” Jafari said that…
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The meeting was attended by Abbas Araqchi, Deputy Foreign Minister and second man in the nuclear negotiations, and Windy Sherman, head of the US delegation. The two diplomats discussed the contents of the two sessions of Iran’s P5 + 1 multilateral meetings. During the multilateral meetings,…
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Mohammad Javad Zarif and Catherine Ashton, EU Foreign Policy Chief, met for the second time in Geneva a short while after the negotiators of Iran and the P5 + 1 wrapped up their talks on October 15….
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Mansour Haqiqatpur, Deputy Chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee (NSFPC), said that the Majlis has written a letter to the Foreign Ministry, requesting the presence of a member of the committee at the negotiations. Haqiqatpur noted that presence of a lawmaker in…
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Behrouz Alishiri, Deputy Economy Minister, expressed Iran’s enthusiasm for membership in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of countries. “Iran supports the BRICS group and is prepared for membership and presence in BRICS’s fund.” Alishiri has met with his Brazilian counterpart on…
Read More →Oil Minister Bizhan Zangeneh appointed Abbas Kazemi as the new head of the Oil Products Distribution Company. Alireza Zeyghami, the previous head of the company, has been named Adviser to the Oil Minister. Emad Hoseyni was appointed as Deputy for Engineering Affairs. …
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Behnam Chegini was arrested and sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of security issues and “propaganda against the system. “Taking into account his one year probation sentence in 88 (2009), he has been sentenced to nine years in prison.”…
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A 37-year-old man identified as “Alireza M.” was executed by hanging on October 9 after being convicted of possession of 1 kilogram of crystal (a synthetic narcotic drug) in the prison of Bojnord. After the execution by hanging, which lasted for 12 minutes, the forensic doctor…
Read More →Hand grenades were thrown inside the main entrance of Ilam Prison as some people tried to save a prisoner from being executed. The prisoner identified as “A.F.” was hanged after being convicted of murder. …
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Kazem Anbarlui, a member of the Islamic Coalition Party, who called on President Hasan Rouhani to prevent Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, Chairman of the Expediency Council, from interfering in cabinet affairs. He said, “Rafsanjani has the same relation with the cabinet as Esfandyar Rahim-Mashaei (Ahmadinejad’s close aid)…
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