Posts Tagged ‘Tehran’

AHMADINEJAD CRITICIZES U.S. ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN

Thursday, March 11, 2010 8:42

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Washington with his own words, as he appeared at a news conference alongside Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Earlier this week, visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates accused Tehran of playing a "double game" in Afghanistan – being friendly to the Afghan government, while at the ...

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AFGHANISTAN SECURITY TRANSITION BY 2010-END

Thursday, January 28, 2010 19:00

LONDON (Agencies) – World powers welcomed Afghanistan’s plan Thursday to take responsibility for its security within five years and persuade moderate Taliban fighters to renounce violence with a promise of a new start through jobs, according to a final communique issued after a major ...

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FOREIGN SOLUTION TO AFGHAN CONFLICT OPPOSED

Saturday, January 16, 2010 19:00

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan have agreed to adopt regional approach to solve problems including terrorism and militancy.“Solution to the problems confronting the South and Southeast Asian countries lies in the regional cooperation,” foreign ministers of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan said on ...

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GROWING DESPERATION

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 12:16

Increasingly fierce repression in Iran suggests that the regime has begun to fear for its futureWHAT more can Iran’s ruthless rulers do to squash their opponents? Since nationwide protests broke out last June over the disputed results of presidential elections, the official winner, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has pulled few punches. His ...

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IRANIAN GOVT. CRACKS DOWN FURTHER ON OPPOSITION

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 8:21

The Iranian government is cracking the whip on opposition supporters after two days of intense and sometimes bloody demonstrations in Tehran and elsewhere. Scores of opposition activists and political leaders are reported to have been arrested.

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ISRAEL: IRAN MAKING NUCLEAR BOMB

Monday, December 28, 2009 15:50

Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak stated that Iran could produce a nuclear bomb in 2011. Jerusalem has rejected Tehran’s claims that the goal of the Iranian nuclear program was to produce energy rather than nuclear bombs.

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CLASHES CONTINUE IN TEHRAN FOR 2ND DAY

Monday, December 28, 2009 8:36

At least 4 people have been killed as thousands of reformists rally in central Tehran's Engelab Square in defiance of police warnings. Intense clashes have broken out between government security forces and opposition demonstrators for the second day in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Eyewitness reports and opposition websites say Security ...

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MORE THAN 15 KILLED IN TEHRAN CLASHES: STATE TELEVISION

Monday, December 28, 2009 0:00

Iranian state television said on Monday that more than 15 people were killed in riots which rocked Tehran, of whom more than 10 were members of "anti-revolutionary terrorist" groups. The other five who died during Sunday's fierce clashes in the Iranian capital were killed by "terrorist

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TEHRAN POLICE “IN FATAL CLASHES WITH PROTESTERS”

Sunday, December 27, 2009 14:04

Opposition sources in Iran say that at least four protesters have been shot dead in violent clashes between anti-government crowds and police. They said security forces opened fire on protesters as some of the fiercest clashes in months erupted in the capital, Tehran.

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U.S. WARNS IRAN TO MEET NUCLEAR DEAL DEADLINE

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 8:46

U.S. officials say there are strong signs Tehran may let the end-of-year deadline slip by. U.S. officials say time is running out for Iran to accept a deal designed to ease concern about its nuclear ambitions, and there are strong signs Tehran may let the end-of-year deadline slip by.

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THE DECADE THAT WAS

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 18:38

I've just recently finished a review of the main events and highlights (including some lowlights) of 2009 - which will be available soon in the management briefings area of just-auto. It certainly was an eventful year wasn't it kids? But as someone put it to me yesterday, what about ...

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FRESH OPPOSITION PROTESTS, CLASHES IN IRAN

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 10:08

Reports from Iran say protesters have clashed with supporters of the regime on university campuses for a second straight day. RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports that the protests started at a Tehran engineering school, where members of the hard-line Basij militia attacked students with tear gas.

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IRAN REJECTS OFFER OF THIRD-PARTY MEDIATION

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 16:15

Iran has rejected a US suggestion that Turkey don the hat of mediator in an effort to resolve the ongoing international dispute over Tehran's nuclear program. A spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry responded to the proposals by saying the Iranian stance on the nuclear issue was quite clear and ...

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SERBIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER IN TEHRAN

Thursday, December 3, 2009 13:35

Speaker of the Serbian Parliament Slavica Đukić-Dejanović and her Iranian counterpart Ali Larijani met today in Tehran, reports said. They concluded that the cooperation between the two parliaments should to be " further stimulated".

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UN, FRANCE, GERMANY ALL WARN IRAN ON NUCLEAR SITES

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 5:19

Tehran: Again Iran is being warned by Western nations, This time they have warned Iran not to defy international demands by building 10 uranium enrichment sites. America’s envoy to the UN called Iran’s announcement “unacceptable”, while the French foreign minister said Iran was playing “an extremely dangerous game”. Germany warned Iran ...

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FIVE BRITONS HELD IN IRAN AFTER YACHT SEIZED IN GULF

Tuesday, December 1, 2009 0:00

Five British sailors are being detained in Iran after Tehran's navy seized their yacht when it apparently strayed into Iranian waters, deepening tensions Tuesday between the two nations. The five were sailing to the start of a race in Dubai when their yacht was stopped on November ...

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IRANIAN PRESIDENT BEGINS BRAZIL VISIT

Monday, November 23, 2009 9:18

Iran's Mahmud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Brazil today on the first state visit by an Iranian president to the Latin American nation. Ahmadinejad is to hold talks with President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, who himself is scheduled to visit Tehran in early 2010.

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IRAN IS RIGHT TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR ENERGY: AQ KHAN

Monday, November 9, 2009 8:13

Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has backed Iran’s right to develop nuclear energy and said a propaganda campaign had been launched against that country’s atomic programme. The West is biased against the nuclear programmes of all Islamic countries, including Iran, the Iranian state-run IRNA news agency quoted Khan, ...

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OVER 100 PEOPLE DETAINED AT ANTI-U.S. RALLY IN IRAN

Saturday, November 7, 2009 9:02

Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy. Security forces clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when an annual state-organized rally marking the 30th ...

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OVER 100 PEOPLE DETAINED AT ANTI-U.S. RALLY IN IRAN

Saturday, November 7, 2009 9:02

Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy. Security forces clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when an annual state-organized rally marking the 30th ...

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