News Archive - 26 June 2013

Latest VideoJune 27th, 2013     First speech of Ayatollah Khamenei after presidential election for judiciary officials In its first public speech after presidential election on Wednesday 26 June , the leader of Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khamenei , called for cooperation with the new president and criticized candidates to have not...

>DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday the dispute over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program could easily be resolved if the West were to stop being so stubborn. While accusing the West of being more interested in regime change than ending the dispute, Khamenei did...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has burned at least 100 tons of illicit drugs as part of its efforts to fight drug smuggling.

Latest VideoJune 27th, 2013     Trailer of documentary of production line of Sea Eagle Drone flying over US aircraft careers Trailer of documentary of production Sea Eagle Drone flying over  US aircraft careers...

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer said on Wednesday he has recommended bolstering Lebanese forces grappling with the fallout from Syria's civil war by sending in military trainers and accelerating arms sales. General Martin Dempsey also said he had recommended helping Iraq better deal with the re-emergence...

>DOHA (Reuters) - The manager of Qatar's rise to global prominence, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, used charm, tenacity and economic clout to broker peace and topple dictators overseas and build an investment nest-egg for future generations at home. Sheikh Hamad was replaced as prime minister and...

Latest VideoJune 26th, 2013     100 Tons of drug inhiliated in Tehran and province In occasion of International day against drug 100 Tons of drug burned in Tehran and province In occasion of International day against drug on Wednesday 26 June .

>Mohamed El-Dereiny was found with two machine guns and was detained by security forces on Tuesday. He will be held for four days, pending an investigation, the source said.Dereiny's family said he had obtained the weapons to protect himself after receiving threats on his life.Conservative Sunni Muslims, fearing...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, June 26 (UPI) -- A nuclear negotiating team from Iran is waiting on word from its diplomatic partners on whether to hold talks in Kazakhstan, an Iranian envoy said.

>DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar's prime minister, for two decades the driving force behind the Gulf country's rise to global prominence, will quit his posts of premier and foreign minister in an imminent cabinet reshuffle, al Jazeera reported on Wednesday. Diplomats said earlier this month that Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani,...

Latest VideoJune 26th, 2013     Ayatollah Khamenei call to decrease expectation from new president Hasan Rohani During a speech for a group of judges and judiciary staff on Wednesday 26 June , the leader of Islamic republic Ayatollah Khamenei said that running a country is difficult and public have to...

>KUWAIT (Reuters) - At a traditional evening meeting known as a "diwaniya", Kuwaiti men drop banknotes into a box, opening a campaign to arm up to 12,000 anti-government fighters in Syria. A new Mercedes is parked outside to be auctioned off for cash. They are Sunni Muslim and mainly Islamist...

>LUCERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented modern oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton over tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, died on Wednesday in Switzerland aged 78. Rich fled the Holocaust with his parents for America to become the most successful and...

>"Hopefully Sheikh Tamim will contemplate the Syrian issue and regarding past policies, he will make a serious revision so we will be able to ... join hands and tackle the Syrian crisis," Salehi told a news conference in Tehran, broadcast by Press TV."Given this power transfer that has happened in...

Iran's new president sees all paths for nuclear talks leading to Washington        

>* Goals of attacks are espionage, operational disruption* "Night Dragon" hack in 2008 stole lease auction bid infoWASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - U.S. oil and natural gas operations are increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks that can harm the competitiveness of energy companies or lead to costly outages at pipelines,...

>BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Talks between the United States and Russia to set up a Syrian peace conference produced no deal on Tuesday, with the powers on either side of the two-year civil war failing to agree when it should be held or who would be invited. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince...