News Archive - 23 July 2011

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles assassinated an Iranian nuclear physicist on Saturday, Iranian media reports said, in a killing that bore similarities to other slayings of scientists involved in the country's nuclear work in recent years.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian physicist was shot dead by a motorcyclist in Tehran on Saturday and Iran's student news agency ISNA quoted an unnamed police official as saying the man was a nuclear scientist. ISNA named the scientist as Darioush Rezaie, 35, a university teacher who held a PhD...

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister will visit India in the coming weeks, news agency ISNA quoted an official on Saturday as saying, as the two countries seek a way of ending a standoff over unmet payments for oil exports.

A man was killed in what some Iranian officials believe is an assassination campaign against the nuclear program.

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Tehran - Chairman of the Board and Managing and Director of Bank Melli lran , Mahmoud-Reza Khavari says speeding up the project to cut four zeros off Iran's national currency , rial, is necessary as it would take three to four years.

BALI, Indonesia -- The United States will not support a resumption of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament unless the North's leaders prove they are serious about the effort, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday.

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An Iranian nuclear scientist was " assassinated by terrorists" in eastern Tehran on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.

In Russia, Venezuela, Egypt and other repressive societies, the activities of foreign-funded, non-governmental organizations promoting democracy are subject to police harassment and legal restraints.

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Overview from the men's 100m Breaststroke heats at the world championships in Shanghai on Sunday: 1. Alexander Oen (Norway) 59.71 Q 2. Glenn Snyders (New Zealand) 59.94 Q 3. Kosuke Kitajima (Japan) 59.96 Q 4. Felipe Da Silva (Brazil) 1:00.01 Q 5. Fabio Scozzoli (Italy) 1:00.

China have smashed six second-half goals past Laos for a 7-2 win to put one foot in the third round of Asian qualifying for the 2014 World Cup.

The National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC) has announced that the country's petrochemical production will experience considerable growth by March 2012.

Amineh Ayyad, a Palestinian refugee herself, has created a unique program called Mothers Empowering Mothers to help immigrant women from the Middle East cope with worries about escalating violence in their home countries. Ayyad's program offered cooking and art classes as a way to help women form their own support...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for the expansion of ties between Iran and France, noting that there are no major differences between Tehran and Paris.

Iranian karatekas have won five medals on the opening day of the 10th Asian Karatedo Federation Senior Championships in China.

TEHRAN, July 23-- An Iranian nuclear scientist was " assassinated by terrorists" in eastern Tehran on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Notes from around the tennis circuit, local and world. USTA Adult League players begin their quest for a trip to the national championships next weekend, local leagues are completed, and winning teams from the New Jersey District advance to the district championships at Veterans Park.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian coach Jamaluddin Hassan wants his players to do much better in the semi-finals of the inaugural International Se pak takraw Federation (Istaf) World Cup at the Titiwangsa Stadium today.

SHANGHAI: Former top exponent R. Puvaneswaran capped a golden high in his first coaching assignment with the Malaysian juniors at the Asian Karate Championships at the Haixia Sports Centre yesterday.

TEHRAN, Jul 23, 2011 (AFP) - A nuclear scientist was shot dead on Saturday by unknown assailants on a motorcycle, the latest expert with links to Iran's controversial atomic programme to be targeted, local media reported.

Saudi Arabia has been rotating some of its troops in Bahrain, the Bahraini state news agency BNA said yesterday, following reports more Saudi troops may have been sent to quell unrest in the Gulf state.

Hizballah succeeded in taking over Lebanon, but now it's a crossroads—and its rise to power could backfire.

A group of demonstrators went out to be seen during the Arkansas Republicans' fund-raising riverboat ride on the Arkansas River Friday night with the Republican national chairman. Sounds like they were not welcomed by city officials, who, according to a letter from Samuel Kauffman, tried to invoke a George Bush-style...

A mix-up over names apparently led to Initial reports that a pair of gunmen firing from motorcycles killed a physics professor whose area of expertise was neutron transport. Iran said the victim of a deadly shooting Saturday was a university student -- not a physicist involved in the disputed nuclear...

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency has denied that a physicist involved in the country's disputed nuclear program was assassinated.

China recovered from an early two-goal deficit to beat lowly-ranked Laos 7-2 on Saturday in the first leg of their World Cup qualifying match while Iran and Qatar got their campaigns off to strong starts with easy victories over Maldives and Vietnam. In other Asian zone matches, Thailand had a...

Iran’s began their mission to qualify to the FIFA World Cup finals for a fourth time with a comfortable 4-0 win over the Maldives in the first-leg of their Brazil 2014 second round qualifier on Saturday.

Waleed Ali has reached an agreement with Esteghlal football team to join the Iranian team. The 31-year-old midfielder will sign a contract with the Iranian team within a couple of days.

Forget about Iran. These days, the most dangerous threat to national security comes from our own elected officials.

Iran’s Paykan started the 2011 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship with a win over Al-Rayyan of Qatar on Saturday. Defending champion Paykan defeated the Qatari club 3-1 (25-19, 25-13, 17-25, 25-17) at the Sriwijaya Sport Hall in Palembang, Indonesia.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A surprising Copa America will end Sunday with favored Uruguay playing a Paraguayan team that hasn’t won a game at the tournament.

Iran and Saudi Arabia recorded comfortable wins in the first legs of their Asian Football Confederation World Cup qualifiers.

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency has denied that a physicist involved in the country's disputed nuclear program was assassinated.

BALI, Indonesia - The United States cautiously welcomed a thaw in tensions between North Korea and South Korea and also among China and its neighbors, while warning of more difficult diplomatic work ahead.

ALI AKBAR DAREINI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran Iran said the victim of a deadly shooting Saturday was a university student — not a physicist involved in the disputed nuclear program as state media first reported. A mix-up over the victim's name apparently led to the confusion, the English-language Press TV...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore beat arch-rivals Malaysia 5-3 in a thrilling, error-strewn match that was the pick of World Cup Asian qualifiers on Saturday, but events on the field were overshadowed by the lifetime ban handed to AFC president Mohamed Bin Hammam.

Two gunmen have opened fired on labourers building a mosque in Pakistan's restive southwest, killing five.

2014 World Cup Asian qualifying second round, first leg results on Saturday.

Tehran has detained several people it says are linked to Israel's Mossad in connection with murder of atomic scientist.

Officials accuse Israel and US for attacks in which one nuclear scientist was killed and another injured.

Claims of the US kidnapping an Iranian scientist has given rise to speculation.

A look at the case of Shahram Amiri and Iran's plan to develop a nuclear weapon.

On Friday, a car-bomb explosion ripped through Oslo’s government center, turning a serene, overcast summer afternoon into a nightmarish scene. Yellow ambulances rushed to the scene. First responders tended to numerous pedestrians cut by flying glass in an area where...

On July 19 Iran's highest authority, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, published a "General Employment Policy" consisting of 13 goals or strategies to improve employment in Iran. The plan was an indirect but telling acknowledgement of Iran's massive unemployment problem-it follows just a week after statements by Khamenei to Iran's Chamber...

The family of journalist Reza Hoda Saber, who died of a heart attack last month while on a hunger strike in Iran's Evin prison, has complained to judiciary head Mohammad Sadegh Larijani about the circumstances of his death, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.

Renowned Kurdish musician Tara Jaff will hold a workshop on "The Place of the Harp in Persian Music" at Iran's House of Music on Wednesday. She will talk about techniques and methods of playing the harp found in the poetry and music history of Iran during her master class.

Afghan children are still being denied entry into Iranian schools, says Afghan Ministry representative in Iran, despite the recent directive from the president's office that removed all enrollment restrictions for foreign school-age children without status.

Iranian students were ranked 10th in 2011 International Mathematical Olympiad in Amsterdam. The Iranian students won two gold and four silver medals in the 52th mathematical international Olympiad.

A scientist has been assassinated in the Iranian capital, Tehran, the country's official news agency said. The IRNA report gave no other details, but the hardline news website javanonline.ir said the man was a nuclear scientist and was targeted by attackers on a motorcycle.

The deputy head of Iran's security forces has announced that Iran's crime rate has not risen, especially in light of the country's population growth. Ahmadreza Radan told ISNA that the incidence of violent crimes have not increased in recent years, and crimes such as kidnapping and distraint have even decreased.

In Iran, attorneys who defend political dissidents and who strive to uphold the rule of law are being targeted by the regime. Their ability to practice their profession is being hobbled by imprisonment, lengthy government bans, and exile. -VOA

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has refuted a report from state media earlier this week that it shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane. Instead, the Guard said in a statement Friday that its air defenses hit a test target flying over a uranium enrichment site.

TEHRAN, July 23 (MNA) -- Iran defeated the Maldives 4-0 in the first leg of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Second Round Qualifier at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Saturday.

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A prominent Iranian nuclear physicist was shot dead by "unknown terrorists" on Saturday, Iranian police confirmed. The assailants who were riding a motorcycle killed Daryoush Rezaie, 35, in front of his house in eastern Tehran on Saturday afternoon, ISNA reported.

TEHRAN: Iranian nuclear scientist Dariush Rezaei was shot dead on Saturday when unknown assailants riding a motorcycle targeted him in the capital Tehran, local media reported.

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MANILA, Philippines – Filipino students from various schools in the country bagged 14 medals in the recently concluded Indonesia International Mathematics Competition (IMC) held in Bali, Indonesia.

An Iranian nuclear scientist is shot dead outside his home in Tehran, Iranian media sources say.

TEHRAN, July 23 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle held a telephone conversation on Saturday, in which they discussed the residence of Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi, the leader of the counter-revolutionary group PJAK (the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan) in...

A prominent Iranian electronics scholar has been assassinated by unidentified terrorists, informed police sources say.

HONG KONG (AFP) - China smashed six second-half goals past Laos on Saturday to put one foot in the third round of Asian qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's official IRNA news agency says a scientist has been assassinated in Tehran. The IRNA report gives no other details, but the hard-line news website javanonline.ir says the man was a nuclear scientist and was targeted by assailants on a motorcycle.

Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the German chargé d'affaires to protest Berlin's harboring of the terrorist leader of the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) and call for his trial.

AS Nasa retreats from an ambitious human spaceflight program for the foreseeable future, foreign countries are moving ahead with multibillion-dollar plans to go to the moon, build space stations and even take the long voyage to Mars. Although most of the world still lags far behind the United States in...

TEHRAN, July 23 (MNA) -- The list of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nominated ministers for three new ministries has been finalized, the Mehr News Agency reported on Friday.

An operation by Afghan and coalition forces in Helmand province left 16 militants dead, according provincial governor Gullab Mangall.

TEHRAN, July 23 (MNA) -- Three Egyptian delegations are scheduled to pay separate visits to Iran in the future, the director of Iran’s Interests Section in Cairo, Mojtaba Amani, told the Mehr News Agency on Friday.

A senior Iranian cleric says the US and Israel equip and support counterrevolutionary forces in northern Iraq to use them against the Islamic Republic.

BALI, Indonesia - The United States cautiously welcomed a thaw in tensions between North Korea and South Korea and also among China and its neighbors, while warning of more difficult diplomatic work ahead.

Thousands of intrepid young scouts are heading off to a massive world jamboree - to be joined by fellow scouts from countries such as Iran, Iraq and Zimbabwe.

A disturbing video of the public execution of three men in Iran has sparked anger among human rights activists.

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TEHRAN, July 23 (MNA) - Iran has made great efforts in its campaign against money laundering, according to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Executive Director Yuri Fedotov.

Iran, Iraq and Syria will sign the biggest contract to export and transit natural gas in the Middle East in Assalouyeh on Monday.

TEHRAN: Iran's largest solar power plant was officially inaugurated in the country's Northeastern city of Mashhad in a ceremony attended by First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, reports Iran's Fars News Agency (FNA).

TEHRAN, July 23 (Bernama) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi deplored London's hostile policies towards Tehran, and called on the British government to reconsider its attitude towards Iran, Fars News Agency (FNA) reported.

Iran's largest tracking solar power plant has been inaugurated in the northeast of the country.

An Iranian opposition group says that Tehran's leaders have created a new defense agency to consolidate nuclear weapons research.

Turkish Development Minister Cevdet Yilmaz underlined on Thursday that Iran and Turkey, as two neighbors, are determined to increase trade exchanges to $30 billion in the near future.

London, July 23 : Human Rights Group Amnesty International has denounced the renewed surge in the use of public executions across Iran.

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Iran has no plans yet to suspend oil exports to India over a payment dispute.

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said the Islamic Republic is ready to expand commercial cooperation with Turkmenistan in different fields.