Iranians protest anti-Islam movie
September 13th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 13 (IANS) Hundreds of Iranians Thursday shouted anti-US slogans and protested against a movie that allegedly insults Prophet Mohammad, Xinhua reported.Carrying placards against the film, the protesters gathered ... Read more...
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Iran summons Swiss envoy over abductions in Syria
August 7th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Aug 7 (IANS) The Iranian foreign ministry Tuesday summoned the Swiss charge d'affaires in the country to protest the abduction of Iranian pilgrims in Syria, Press TV reported.The Swiss ... Read more...
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Iran denies Syria captives are elite guards
August 6th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Iranian foreign ministry Monday denied that the 48 Iranians kidnapped in Syria were members of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards."We strongly deny the information ... Read more...
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Iran rejects Israeli accusations over Bulgaria blast
July 19th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran Thursday rejected Israeli claims of Tehran's involvement in Wednesday's bus blast in Bulgaria which killed six Israelis.Iran's Al-Alam TV channel said Iranian Foreign Ministry ... Read more...
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Iran summons Afghan envoy over anti-Iran media reports
July 1st, 2012 - 10:13 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 1 (IANS) Iran summoned the Afghan charge d'affaires in the country to protest recent Afghan media reports that said Tehran was showing ill treatment to illegal Afghan refugees, ... Read more...
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Iran not to retreat on nuke programme (Lead)
May 12th, 2012 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 12 (IANS) Iran will not retreat "an iota" from its right to develop nuclear energy despite Western-led sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said."They (West) should know that ... Read more...
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Iran not to retreat an iota from its rights
May 12th, 2012 - 4:09 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, May 12 (IANS) Iran will not retreat an iota from its rights under pressure of sanctions, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said."They (West) should know that this (Iranian) nation ... Read more...
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Iran declines reports of arms supplies to Syria
February 26th, 2012 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Feb 25 (IANS) Iran has rubbished the media reports saying that it has sent weapons to Syria, ISNA news agency reported Saturday.The Islamic republic of Iran rejects any military ... Read more...
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IAEA inspectors barred from Iranian military site (Lead)
February 22nd, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The UN's atomic watchdog said Wednesday it could not gain access to a key Iranian military site as the country did not allow it.Iran ... Read more...
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Iran blames CIA for Iranian nuclear official’s killing
January 16th, 2012 - 4:05 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 16 (IANS) Iran has accused US intelligence agency CIA of being involved in the assassination of Iranian nuclear official.In a protest letter to the US government, the Iranian ... Read more...
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Iran praises ‘humanitarian’ US navy
January 8th, 2012 - 6:04 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 8 (IANS) Iran has hailed the actions of the US navy as "humanitarian" after an American warship freed 13 Iranians held by Somali pirates."We consider the actions of ... Read more...
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Iran hails US withdrawal from Iraq
January 2nd, 2012 - 9:08 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 2 (IANS) Iran has welcomed withdrawal of the US forces' from Iraq, describing it a "great success and political and security achievement" of Iraqis.The exit of US ... Read more...
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Iran summons Swiss envoy over US drone incident
December 9th, 2011 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Dec 9 (IANS) The Iranian foreign ministry has summoned the Swiss ambassador to Tehran, who represents US interests in Iran, to protest the "violation" of its airspace by a ... Read more...
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All British embassy staff leave Iran: Report
November 30th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Nov 30 (IANS) All staff at the British embassy in Tehran have left the country, a day after hundreds of angry Iranians protested in front of the embassy as ... Read more...
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Iran summons Swiss diplomat over US assassination charge
October 12th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Oct 12 (IANS) Iran's foreign ministry summoned Swiss charge d'affaires Wednesday to protest Washington's accusation over Iran's alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, the ... Read more...
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Iran says still puzzled over scrapped arms deal with Russia
October 11th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Iranian foreign ministry has again expressed its surprise over Russia's decision to scrap a deal to deliver S-300 air defense systems to Tehran but ... Read more...
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Wrong code delayed Merkel’s plane: Iran
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 1 (IANS) Iran said Wednesday that an error in announcing a code caused delay in the passage of German chancellor Angela Merkel's plane over Iran's airspace Tuesday.The ... Read more...
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Iran’s no delays Merkel’s India-bound plane, Germany upset (Second Lead, changing dateline)
June 1st, 2011 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Iran briefly refused German Chancellor Angela Merkel's plane permission to fly over its territory on her way to New Delhi Tuesday morning, forcing the ... Read more...
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No more excuse for Western invasion in Middle East: Iran
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 2 (IANS/RIA Novosti) After killing Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Western powers no longer have an excuse for invading Middle Eastern countries, the ISNA news agency ... Read more...
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Iran deplores U.S.-sponsored human rights resolution
March 26th, 2011 - 2:21 am ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) -- Iran on Friday deplored the U.S.-sponsored human rights resolution and labeled it as 'unfair' and 'biased', the semi-official Fars news agency reported.On Thursday, the United Nations Human ... Read more...
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Iran ready to talk with P5+1: Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Mar.2 (ANI): Ramin Mehmanparast the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, has said Tehran is ready to talk with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (P5+1) namely the United States, ... Read more...
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Iran hangs dozens of drug peddlers
January 30th, 2011 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 30 (IANS) The Iranian government has hanged dozens of drug traffickers in the first month of 2011 and vowed to pursue its anti-drug trafficking campaign. The latest one to be ... Read more...
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India summons Iranian Envoy over Kashmir remarks of Ayatollah Khamenei
November 19th, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): Upset over the comments made by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Kashmir, India on Friday summoned Iranian Charge de Affairs and issued a strong demarche.Expressing ... Read more...
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Iran charges two German journalists with spying over Ashtiani case
November 16th, 2010 - 10:05 pm ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) --The two German journalists that were arrested for interviewing the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, whose death sentence has been pending, have been charged with spying against Iran, ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks founder urges US to investigate alleged abuses by its troops
November 5th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 5 (ANI): Julian Assange, the founder of the whistle blowing website 'WikiLeaks' has urged the US to investigate alleged abuses by its troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, saying it has ... Read more...
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US hiker detained in Iran to be freed
September 10th, 2010 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 9 (DPA) One of the three Americans jailed for more than a year in Iran will be released Saturday, Iranian government sources said Thursday.
The foreign press department of the ... Read more...
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Iran “reviews” stoning sentence in Ashtiani case
September 8th, 2010 - 9:11 pm ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN, IRAN (BNO NEWS) -- An Iranian woman's death sentence, who was convicted of adultery and murder, has been suspended, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told local media on Wednesday."The sentencing ... Read more...
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Iran foreign ministry puts stoning of adulterous woman on hold
September 8th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Sept.8 (ANI): The stoning death sentence imposed on Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtian, the woman convicted of adultery and murder, has been put on hold.An Iranian Foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said ... Read more...
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Iran not to renounce its nuclear rights
September 6th, 2010 - 9:41 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 6 (IANS) Iran will not bow to pressure meant to discourage the country from pursuing its nuclear rights, Iranian foreign ministry has said.
The ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, referring to the ... Read more...
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Iran-Russia nuclear plant to be inaugurated in September: Official
August 9th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Aug 9 (DPA) The joint Iran-Russia nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr in southern Iran will be inaugurated in late September, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said ... Read more...
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Iran says “abducted” scholar is not a nuke scientist
July 15th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, July 15 (ANI): An Iranian Foreign Ministry official dismissed reports that Shahram Amiri, who was "abducted" by the U.S. last year and was recently released, is a nuclear scientist."Shahram Amiri is ... Read more...
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‘Abducted’ Iranian scientist heads home
July 14th, 2010 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 14 (IANS) Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri who surfaced at the Pakistani embassy in Washington after his alleged abduction by US spies last year is on his way to Tehran, ... Read more...
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Passenger Jets Of Iran Continue To Obtain Fuel
July 6th, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 6, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): An Iranian bureaucrat has mentioned that the Iranian jets continue to refuel at international airports. This assurance has stemmed from the Iranian establishment a ... Read more...
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UK dismisses reports of backing Iranian terror group
June 17th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 17(ANI): The UK has dismissed reports that it supported an exiled terror group, which planned terrorist acts in Iran."We made clear we condemn all terrorism everywhere. The Government firmly ... Read more...
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Iran summons British envoy over help for rebel group
June 17th, 2010 - 4:11 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 17 (IANS) Iran Wednesday summoned the British ambassador to Tehran over London's alleged support for a rebel group blamed for several terror attacks in the country, the Iranian state-run Press ... Read more...
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