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March 12th, 2010 - 12:44 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, March 11 (IANS) Iran has started production of new medium-range surface-to-air missiles with the aim of upgrading its air defence systems.
Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the missiles can travel ...
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March 10th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
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Kabul, March 10 (DPA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Kabul Wednesday for talks with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai, a presidential spokesman said.
The Iranian leader was officially welcomed upon his ...
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March 9th, 2010 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Tehran, March 9 (IANS) Iran has barred former president and reformist leader Seyed Mohammad Khatami from leaving the country, sources said.
Executive Secretary of Tehran's Vo'az (preachers) community Hojjatoleslam Abbas Amirifar announced that ...
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March 7th, 2010 - 8:15 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, March 7 (IANS) Iran and China have signed a $143 million-deal which will allow a Chinese firm to drill oil and natural gas fields in the Persian Gulf.
A contract has ...
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March 5th, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Brasilia, March 5 (IANS) Brazil will maintain trade ties with Iran despite mounting pressure on the Islamic republic from Western countries to give up its nuclear programme, an official said.
Foreign Minister Celso ...
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March 1st, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Mar. 1 (ANI): The Iran rebel group Jundallah has named al-Hajj Mohammed Dhahir Baluch as its new leader.
"The movement is more than its leader. With firm determination and strong will ...
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February 23rd, 2010 - 7:00 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 23 (IANS) Iran will start construction of its two nuclear enrichment sites from next month, an official said.
The construction of two enrichment sites as ordered by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will ...
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February 19th, 2010 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Feb 19 (RIA Novosti) Russia said Friday Iran may face sanctions over its controversial nuclear programme although the issue is not currently being discussed at the UN Security Council.
"The UN Security ...
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February 18th, 2010 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 17 (IANS) Iran has decided to install advanced centrifuges with greater capacity in order to run its new nuclear power plants.
Iran needs a number of centrifuges to provide fuel for ...
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February 17th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Feb 17 (RIA Novosti) Russia's top military warned the US Wednesday against using force against Iran over its controversial nuclear ambitions, saying the consequences would be "dreadful".
"The consequences, I believe, would ...
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February 16th, 2010 - 3:29 am ICT by IANS
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Kuwait City, Feb 16 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that Iran is "moving toward a military dictatorship", saying the top posts in the country are being "supplanted".
Speaking to ...
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February 12th, 2010 - 12:53 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran/Vienna, Feb 11 (DPA) Iran has succeeded in producing its first batch of uranium enriched to 20 percent, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday.
"I herewith tell you that we have succeeded in producing ...
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February 11th, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 11 (DPA) Iran has succeeded in producing its first batch of uranium enriched to 20 percent, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday.
"I herewith tell you that we have succeeded in producing ...
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February 11th, 2010 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Feb 11 (ANI): A British woman faces flogging in Iran after being accused of sleeping with two cops guarding the German Embassy.
Teacher Samin A, 24, her full name has not been ...
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February 11th, 2010 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Feb 11 (ANI): Iran has announced that it will produce uranium enriched to contain 20 per cent of the fissile isotope uranium-235, which is to refuel a reactor in Tehran that ...
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February 11th, 2010 - 10:01 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 11 (IANS) Iran has developed a new system to distract ballistic missiles, a military official said.
The new system can prevent missiles from hitting their targets, said Deputy Commander ...
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February 10th, 2010 - 4:51 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, Feb 10 (DPA) The push for another round of international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities is moving "fairly quickly" and could be ready in the coming weeks, US ...
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February 9th, 2010 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Amid speculation about China's keenness to join the tri-nation pipeline that involves Iran, India and Pakistan, the Iranian envoy Tuesday said Tehran "can't wait indefinitely" for New ...
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February 9th, 2010 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
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Lahore, Feb.9 (ANI): Iran has once again urged Pakistan to take strong actions against the hardcore Islamic militant group, Jundullah.
Speaking during a programme, Iran's Counsel General Saeed Khirazi said Tehran has already ...
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February 9th, 2010 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
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Vienna, Feb 9 (DPA) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano has said he was concerned about Iran's announcement that it would ramp up its uranium enrichment programme.
The IAEA has tried ...
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February 8th, 2010 - 4:05 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 8 (IANS) Iran has conducted a successful test of its first domestically developed radar-evading aircraft, a senior military official said.
The prototype of the aircraft named 'Sofreh Mahi'(flatfish) which staged ...
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February 8th, 2010 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 7 (IANS) Iran will host an international conference in April or May on the fight against nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction, the foreign ministry said Sunday.
Ministry spokesman Ramin ...
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February 6th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
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Tehran, Feb.6 (ANI): Iran Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said that China is keen to join the Pakistan-Iran Gas Pipeline Project.
Mottaki said the work on the gas pipeline project, which initially included ...
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February 4th, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by BNO News
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TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- A light earthquake shook southern Iran on Thursday morning, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the ...
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February 4th, 2010 - 8:39 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, Feb 4 (DPA) The US Wednesday rejected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's offer of releasing three American hikers held in Iran in exchange for Iranian citizens held in US prisons.
"We're not interested ...
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February 3rd, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 3 (DPA) Iran Wednesday successfully tested a new locally built satellite rocket named Kavoshgar 3, state-media reported.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also unveiled Wednesday the new domestically produced carrier engine Simorq, which ...
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February 3rd, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 3 (DPA) Iran Wednesday successfully tested a new locally built satellite rocket named Kavoshgar 3, state-media reported.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also unveiled Wednesday the new domestically produced carrier engine Simorq, which ...
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February 3rd, 2010 - 5:42 am ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 3 (DPA) Iran is ready to complete a uranium exchange deal with world nuclear powers, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad said in an interview with state television that, after ...
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February 1st, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Feb 1 (IANS) Iran will unveil its new space projects during a ten-day ceremony beginning Monday to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in the country.
Tehran has reached ...
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January 28th, 2010 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
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Washington, Jan 28 (DPA) Iran and North Korea have become increasingly isolated in the world because of their nuclear ambitions, US President Barack Obama has said.
During his first State of the ...
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January 26th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
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Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) A major Republic Day disaster was averted at Mumbai Airport Tuesday when an Iran Air Boeing-747 aircraft managed to land safely despite a set of burst tyres.
All 117 ...
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January 24th, 2010 - 5:33 pm ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Jan 24 (IANS) Indicating a major breakthrough in the field of nuclear fuel enrichment technology, Iran said Sunday it will disclose the achievement in the coming weeks.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said ...
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January 24th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by BNO News
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TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- At least 46 people were injured on Sunday after a Taban Air passenger plane crashed at Mashhad International Airport in northeastern Iran, local media reported.
State media cited officials ...
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January 24th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Jan 24 (IANS) At least 46 passengers on board a domestic aircraft were injured Sunday as the plane caught fire while landing at Mashhad airport.
Fire broke out in the tail ...
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January 22nd, 2010 - 3:42 am ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Jan 22 (RIA Novosti) A former Iranian consul to Norway, who resigned over the crackdown on opposition protesters by Tehran, has asked Norwegian authorities for political asylum, a media report said.
Mohammad ...
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January 20th, 2010 - 3:47 am ICT by IANS
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Vienna, Jan 20 (DPA) An Iranian official has recently told the nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it does not want to allow uranium to be shipped out of ...
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January 19th, 2010 - 1:52 am ICT by BNO News
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TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- The prosecutor of the northwestern Iranian city of Khoy has been assassinated, the country's student news agency ISNA reported on Monday.
It was not immediately known how the prosecutor, ...
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January 18th, 2010 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Berlin, Jan 18 (DPA) Germany is ready to pursue further economic sanctions on Iran, after the government in Tehran has repeatedly refused to negotiate on its nuclear programme, Chancellor Angela Merkel said ...
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January 18th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Tehran, Jan 18 (DPA) Iran plans to review diplomatic ties with Britain, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on state television Monday.
Mottaki said Tehran would soon make a final decision in line with ...
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January 17th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad, Jan.17 (ANI): Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran have signed an accord to prepare a joint framework to address the ever-expanding threat of terrorism and extremism.
The agreement was inked at a trilateral ...
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