News Archive - 28 June 2013

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>The Slovak foreign ministry said it knew of the case but refused to confirm any details or the number of detainees. There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities."We are aware of this case and I assure you that we are taking all necessary steps," Slovak foreign ministry spokesman...

>ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Iran will press ahead with its uranium enrichment program, its nuclear energy chief said on Friday, signaling no immediate change of course despite the victory of a relative moderate in the June 14 presidential election. But once Hassan Rouhani takes office in early August, Tehran's...

Latest VideoJune 29th, 2013     New Farsi words created for pitza,pasta , by Academy of Persian Language The Academy for Persian Language have asked media to use Persian words created by academy  for International words such as Pizza and Pasta !...

TEHRAN, June 28 (UPI) -- Iran may add three more nuclear power generating units to the Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran Atomic Energy Organization head Fereydoun Abbasi Davani said.

Bush and Blair saw Iran in terms of black and white. We need a different engagement The election of Hassan Rouhani , a 64-year-old cleric, to the presidency of the Islamic republic of Iran leaves many people around the world with more questions than answers. Many of those questions stem...

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s term in office draws to a close, reports suggest that the row between his faction and the heads of Iran’s parliament and judiciary continue to rage on.This bitter row continues despite Iranian Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei clearly expressing, on more than one...

Latest VideoJune 28th, 2013     Iran beat Italy 3-1 in extraordinary game of FIVB World Cup After an extraordinary volleyball game against Italy , Iran won a sensitive game  ended 3-1 (25-23, 25-22, 22-25, 32-30) in the town of Damona in Italy . Iran and Italy will  face  again next week...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon jury has convicted a Texas urologist and his attorney wife of defrauding the government in a scheme prosecutors allege also violated a U.S. trade embargo with Iran.

>The violence is part of a trend of increasing militant attacks since the start of the year, which claimed more than 1,000 lives in May alone, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian bloodletting of 2006-07.Twin blasts at a neighborhood football stadium killed five players in Madaen, about...

Latest VideoJune 28th, 2013     Lawyer of Satar Beheshti family talk to BBC : An intelligent service agent was involved in his death Lawyer of family Satar beheshti Guiti Pour-Fazel talk to BBC Persian TV about an intelligence service  involved in killing  blogger Satar Beheshti in custody of Cyber Police ...

>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accelerated his Middle East shuttle diplomacy on Friday in the hope of persuading Israel and the Palestinians to resume direct peace negotiations. After seeing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan, Kerry flew by helicopter to Jerusalem for evening talks with...

Today, United Against Nuclear Iran applauded Switzerland’s Hinduja Bank for ending its business in Iran.

By Jon Hemming 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...

Latest VideoJune 28th, 2013     Satirical look of BBC Persian program Cravate to riots in Istanbul , Brazil and waiting for disappeared Imam Zaman in Iran Fifth and ast part of satirical program of  BBC Persian ” Cravate ” in which , Siavash Ardalan  look   to demonstrations in Istanbul and...

Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization signals no change of course despite victory of Rohani - a relative moderate - in recent presidential election.

>The first explosion killed the police officer and the second bomb went off five minutes later as police and bystanders gathered around the wreckage in Iraq's Sunni heartland of Anbar, which shares a border with Syria."We were on duty at a nearby checkpoint when the car exploded. We ran...

Latest VideoJune 28th, 2013     Islamic Republic like presenter of Channel 4 news , Jon Snow ! Famous British journalist Jon Snow think that the monarchic system in Britain is not democratic , while he praise Iranian democracy !...

Latest VideoJune 28th, 2013     Femal Islamic teacher advice youth how to control physical desires and prevent sin The Iranian TV consultant Doctor Haj Abdolbaghi respond to a 30 years audience how he have to control desire and prevent sin  while he   is financially not ready to marry  .    ...

The company believes its actions were permissible, but says the impact of possible penalities "could be material." read more        

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran burned at least 100 tons of illicit drugs Wednesday, some in a Tehran ceremony attended by officials and foreign dignitaries, to highlight what it says are its unsupported efforts to stem the flow of narcotics across its territory to Europe.