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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  International

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Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, heading a high ranking parliamentary delegation, departed for Beijing at the invitation of Chairman of China’s National People’s Congress….

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  International

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Iran and South Africa 11th joint commission will be held on October 31 in presence of foreign ministers following a break of  several years (The 10th joint commission was held in Tehran in the year 2008). Iran’s Ambassador to South Africa Mohammad Faraji said that the…

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  Military

Deputy Foreign Minister and Member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team Abbas Araqchi arrived in Vienna on October 28 and met with IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, ahead of new round of Iran-IAEA  meeting and presented him with Iran’s  new proposal. Araqchi declined to give substantial details…

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  Military

Former Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. and former intelligence chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal recently addressed the Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference in Washington D.C. Al-Faisal reiterated the Iranian looming threat over the region. Key Points: I have suggested that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)members carefully weigh all…

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  Economy

Chairman of the Majlis Planning and Budget Committee Gholam Reza Mesbahi Moqaddam announced that the government budget for next year (March 2014-March 2015) 1393 will be a correction of energy product prices. In this regard, there are several mandatory items and several elective ones. The Budget…

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  Economy

Rouhani’s Adviser for Supervision and Strategic Planning Affairs Mohammad Bagher Nobakht discussed the articles of amendment of the Drat Law for the current year, and said that 30% of the people receiving subsidies would be removed from the list through a new mechanism that would allow…

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  Economy

The Iranian Customs Administration has removed a duty on saffron export and announced that the export of saffron at any volume and amount will be free from duties.  …

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  Human Rights

In the past three days alone, the Judiciary has banned reformist daily Bahar, sentenced prominent actress Pegah Ahangarani to 18 months in prison (due to “social activities, biased political comments, and interviews with biased foreign media”) and executed 18 individuals who are ethnic minorities. Hadi Ghaemi,…

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  Human Rights

Father of Habib Golparipour: They executed my son without giving prior notice to the family or his lawyer and now they won’t give us his body  …

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Tuesday, 29 October 2013  /  Domestic

Iranian Press Supervisory Board (press watchdog) has banned reformist newspaper Bahar over the publication of an article entitled امام؛ پیشوای سیاسی یا الگوی ایمانی “Imam (Ali); a political leader or faith role model?” (The article is not available any more on the Bahar site but can…

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