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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  International

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Mohammad Javad Zarif will make a stopover in France ahead of nuclear talks in Geneva. Zarif, the first Iranian foreign minister to visit France in years, is scheduled to meet French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris. Zarif is currently in Pretoria to attended the Iran -…

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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  International

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Deputy Head of the Supreme Leader’s representative in the IIRGC Hojjat ol-Eslam Abdollah Hajj Sadeqi said that the slogan “Death to America” originates in the Koran. “They (US and the West) wish to say that we have renounced the principles and ideals of the (Islamic) Revolution,…

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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  International

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Member of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce Abolfazl Hejazi said that “preparations and talks with  (Iranian) state authorities for launching charter flights between Iran and America are over, and at this stage, the Iranian air companies are waiting permission from the American administration. “Mahan and Aseman (Iranian)…

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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  Military

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Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said that “20% enriched uranium and fuel plates are being produced inside the Iran and there has been no interruption in the production process.” He added that the required numbers of fuel plates were produced…

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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  Military

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Majlis member from Tehran  Hamid Rasaei has warned against reports regarding the suspension of uranium to 20% and said: “I hope that the government and officials of the  Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) will remove my concerns…I struggled with this, but could not remain silent; I…

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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  Military

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During the Intelligence Coordination Council meeting شورای هماهنگی اطلاعات)) attended by members of Iran’s intelligence community, Intelligence Minister Hojjat al-Eslam Mahmoud Alavi emphasized the need for adequate preparation in light of new intelligence trends. According to Alavi, various and new methods, unlike traditional methods, must be…

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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  Human Rights

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As pressure on Iran’s media increases, culminating this week in the closure of Bahar newspaper, bringing despair to supporters of Hassan Rouhani’s administration who looked forward to a more liberal political and media atmosphere in the country, Judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Ejhei announced that the Association of…

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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  Domestic

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Mostafa Pourmohammadi said that the Rouhani administration would not get involved in the efforts to release Mir Hossein Mousavi, his wife Zahra Rahnavarad and Medhi Karroubi, who are approaching nearly 1,000 days under house arrest. When asked whether the Rouhani government has formed a special committee…

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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  Domestic

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Khamenei’s Adviser on International Affairs since 1997, Ali Akbar Velayati has been appointed head of the influential think tank Center for Strategic Research. He succeeds elected president Rouhani, who headed the think tank until his presidency in August 2013. Velayati had been Iran’s Minister of Foreign…

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Thursday, 31 October 2013  /  Domestic

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Managing director of Mehr News Agency Reza Moqaddasi has resigned due to the agency’s “financial problems”. Mehr’s editor-in-chief, Payam Tirandaz, resigned last month. The report added that according to some Mehr journalists, the staff have not received their salaries for almost two months….

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