News Archive - 9 February 2012

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast welcomed Saudi Arabia's cooperation proposal with Iranian Navy's fleet of warships on Wednesday. The official made the remarks in response to a question posed by a journalist. The Iranian Navy dispatched its 18th flotilla of warships to the Gulf of Aden on January 21 to...

An intelligence report says that British are providing logistic support to armed terrorist groups in the Syrian city of Homs in their bloody battle against civilians and the Syrian army forces. The report published by Debka-file, which is widely believed to have close links to the Zionist regime's intelligence sources,...

Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), a major parliamentary group, has warned Ankara against any intervention in Syria, saying such a measure will have grave repercussions for the entire region, according to Press TV. “Turkey should not undertake any kind of intervention in Syria. Turkey should not become a party to...

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the countries possessing nuclear weapons and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), particularly atomic and chemical weapons should stop proliferation of such weapons and remain committed to their international conventions. President Ahmadinejad made the remarks during a meeting attended by Iranian ambassadors and the head s of...

Latest VideoFebruary 9th, 2012     Ministry of defense will launch Simorgh missile to place Tolou satellite in orbit The minister of defense declared that its ministry will launch Tolou satellite to orbit during inauguration of a Aero Space exhibition by Ahmadinejad on Thursday 9 February 2012 .

Latest VideoFebruary 9th, 2012     Ahmadinejad make fun with the speed of satellite During a gathering with scientists and people involved with Islamic Republic Aero Space on Thursday 9 February , the president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad point to the monitor which shows movement of the Navid satellite and joke with participants...

Zionist regime's trade and labor unions continue a general strike for a second day as authorities and unions hold negotiations on the status of contract workers. Half a million Zionist public and private sector workers are holding the strike, organized by the biggest trade union umbrella group, Histadrut. The regime's...

Iraqi people have held a massive demonstration in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, to celebrate the end of the US-led occupation of their country, according to Press TV. Millions of Iraqis have gathered in Baghdad to express their joy over the withdrawal of US troops from their country. At the beginning of...

Saudi regime forces have opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the kingdom's Eastern Province, killing one person and wounding at least 14 others. The incident occurred in city of Qatif on Thursday, when Saudi forces used live rounds to disperse peaceful protesters, demanding the ruling Al Saud dynasty to step...

Bahrain’s Saudi-backed forces have attacked anti-government demonstrators as the violent crackdown of protesters continues in the Persian Gulf nation, according to Press TV. Government forces on Thursday raided protesters demanding the downfall of the ruling Al Khalifa family in the capital, Manama, and several nearby villages. The latest crackdown comes...

Latest VideoFebruary 9th, 2012     Censure of movies in Fajr Film festival and comparison with France told on Iranian television A screen writer and  director along with  a film  producer tell their experience of Fajr Film Festival and censure of films , to Cinema  program “Haft” .

Latest VideoFebruary 9th, 2012     Huge dead whale in Pakistani waters Body of huge whale found in Pakistani waters.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has granted clemency to or eased the sentences of some 761 prisoners. The Islamic Revolution Leader on Thursday agreed to a request by Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani to pardon some prisoners on the occasion of the birth anniversary of...

A new study by the Pew Research Center shows American young adults are the hardest hit by the US economic recession as unemployment rate among them has reached a record high. According to the survey, only 54 percent of Americans aged between 18 and 34 currently have jobs, the lowest...

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited latest aerospace achievements of Iranian scientists and experts in an exhibition held Thursday to mark the 33rd victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. The exhibition was also held on the occasion of the national day of aerospace technology (February 9). Experts from different universities...

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the United States and its allies seek to wage a new war in the region in a bid to break down the Islamic resistance. President Ahmadinejad made the remark in a Wednesday meeting with Grand Mufti of Syria Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun. He said that the main...

>* Russia steelmakers will be hit* Steel prices may fallBy Silvia Antonioli and Alfred KueppersLONDON/MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Steel exports to Iran, one of the world's top importers of billet used in construction, are grinding to a halt as crippling U.S.-led sanctions have left local buyers without...

>KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Singaporean firms have stopped supplying Iran with Indonesian palm oil on concerns over the country's ability to make payments in the wake of Western sanctions, trading sources in Singapore said on Thursday. Palm oil traders in Southeast Asia, which supplies 90 percent of the vegetable oil...

>LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's seaborne trade is withering as sanctions are stepped up against the Islamic Republic, freezing bank finance and deterring many international trade and shipping companies from getting involved in deals, industry sources say. Much of Iran's imports, including food and consumer goods, are transported by sea via...

>* European shares, euro rise on Greece deal hopes* Coming Up: Euro zone ECB rate decision; 1245 GMT (Recasts, adds comments, updates prices, previously SINGAPORE)By Zaida EspanaLONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Brent crude held near six-month highs above $117 on Thursday amid worries of further supply disruptions due to tension...

>Private traders have not sent any wheat cargo to Iran over the past several years, said two New Delhi-based traders with the Indian units of global trading companies.India and Iran are seeking alternative payment mechanisms to settle their trade after existing conduits have either been scrapped or become vulnerable...

>The company said issues relating to hefty local taxation, called withholding tax, have to be resolved before India and Iran begin using a new mechanism to partially settle their oil trade in rupees.India will make 45 percent of the payment for its oil from Iran in rupees, which Tehran...

Despite, or maybe because of the fact that demand for gasoline is down, gas prices have been inching up recently.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Muslim women are being driven away from soccer by FIFA's ban of the hijab, with more likely to follow if rulemakers fail to reverse the decision at a meeting next month, Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan told Reuters. While physical Olympic sports such as rugby and...

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South Korea in search of alternative source for Iranian oil following the U.S.-European Union-backed sanctions on Tehran's oil sector has clinched a deal with Saudi Arabia to buy Saudi crude in the next 20 years.

VERMILLION — “Is War with Iran Inevitable?” will be the topic of the next monthly University of South Dakota International Forum, set for noon on Monday, Feb. 13, at Farber Hall in Vermillion.

On Tuesday thousands of Giants fans lined the Canyon of Heroes in New York City to cheer on the Super Bowl champs.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. And we are delighted to be welcoming the prime minister to the White House this afternoon for his meetings with President Obama and the foreign minister, who is well known in Washington, here to the State ...

Time is running out for Basher Al- Assad, the Syrian President. Even if Assad meets all the demands of the international community, it will not change anything on the ground unless Assad steps down. If Assad does not step down, it will have a negative impact on countries such as...

Local palm oil suppliers have been forced to stop dealing with Iran, halting a big chunk of the 30,000 tonnes of the food staple that the Islamic republic buys each month, according to a report.

NEW YORK: US President Barack Obama has imposed more economic sanctions on Iran, including freezing Iranian assets owned by its Central Bank in US, amid fears that the Obama Administration may be preparing for an attack by Israel on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

BANGALORE —“Smile, don’t stress, see the world through a wider perspective and above all, have compassion. One of the world’s most admired and followed spiritual leaders, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s recipe for a happier world that is more in harmony with each other, is simple and eminently implementable.

I have read Matt Berkman, Madeline Notewaré, and Abbas Naqvis’ guest column of Jan. 26, entitled “BDS Explained” with curiosity.

SAUDI Arabia would launch a military nuclear program immediately if Iran successfully developed atomic weapons.

The position of Russia and the European Union on Ukraine is quite similar in the case of Tymoshenko, as well as of gas and oil. It has been stated in the interview to the correspondent of 9 February BakuToday political scientist Boris Mežuev.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Thursday accused President Barack Obama of actively seeking ways to allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapon and suggested that the administration had betrayed Israel by publicly disclosing what may be a plan to attack the Muslim nation.

Syria is heading to an "intolerable situation" according to Turkey's hyperactive Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, whose country is at the forefront of global efforts to engineer the downfall of the Bashar Al-Assad leadership.

Man believed to be the head of a major drug distribution network arrested. -AFP

A major new art exhibit is currently undergoing installation at the BYU Museum of Art is expected to attract 100,000 visitors and will feature art from the world of Islam.

RECENTLY, Peshawar hosted a seminar organised under the auspices of the Centre for Discussions and Solutions, an advocacy organisation created by Qazi Hussain Ahmed of the Jamaat-i-Islami.

THERE are signs that the international community is gearing up for action to hold Sri Lanka accountable for alleged war crimes committed by its forces at the end of the brutal civil war against the Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009.

LAHORE, Feb 9: Iran believes that all countries have the right to use nuclear energy for their scientific and technological advancements and that a few countries should not have monopoly in this particular area, says Iranian Consulate General Muhammad Husain Bin Asadi.

New protocol means billions in business for Saskatchewan’s Cameco

A theatre of farce is being played out for all to see. The ruling Pheu Thai Party yesterday presented a proposal to Parliament to create a new Constitution Drafting Assembly. The assembly would comprise 99 people and have 180 days to draw up a new constitution.

Visit “predèlektoral′noj” missions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (pace) to monitor the forthcoming elections of the President of Russia to Moscow between 8-12 February, is part of an official invitation to speaker of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkina and in accordance with the rules of the...

BAGHDAD, Feb 10 — Anti-US cleric Moqtada al-Sadr presented himself yesterday as a statesman who can unite a fractured Iraq, drawing tens of thousands of supporters to celebrate the departure of US troops and flex his political muscle. Two days after ministers from the main Sunni-backed political bloc eased a...

Chicken & Egg Pictures has announced more than a dozen grant recipients, including Allison Klayman’s debut feature documentary "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," which received the Special Jury Prize for documentary at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival; "Saving Face," Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's Oscar-nominated short documentary; and Kristy Guevera-Flanagan and...

Amid a report that Malaysian palm oil suppliers have been forced to stop exporting 30,000 tonnes of palm oil produce to Iran following a campaign by the US, pressure group Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia has revealed that two companies in Johor are trading palm oil with Israel.

POLICE expect to make more arrests after seizing 70kg of drugs worth $25 million that were imported from Iran in juice containers.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Muhammad Edrus Md Yunos brings the glitter of gold to Malaysia at the ongoing 32nd Asian [...]

Now the base wants to relocate the memorial to its air park. The memorial was created in honor of Valdosta native Lyn Davis McIntosh.

A poll showed that nearly half of likely voters believed the United States should use military force to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

The head of Iran's elite Quds force is reportedly visiting Syria to advise the regime on repressing protests and the armed resistance, as consternation grew in Western capitals yesterday (Thursday) about Iranian and Russian meddling in the crisis.

As human blood flows in the streets the UN Security Council has shown its inability to hold the hands of President Bashar al-Assad's marauders.

LONDON (Reuters) - With growing worries about the threat of "cyber warfare," militaries around the world are racing to recruit the computer specialists they believe may be central to the conflicts of the 21st century.

Vancouver’s Carmen Aguirre won CBC’s Canada Reads on Thursday for her memoir Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter.

With no George Washington on the horizon to save the country, it is more than discouraging that such a large, diverse country has yet to produce one, just one, individual worthy of Washington's mantle.

Head of Iran Space Agency (ISA) says "many" countries have approached Iran and asked for help in launching satellites into space, Press TV reports.

Oil prices rose on Thursday, with Brent hitting six-month highs in part due to hopes of a Greek debt deal -- helping to offset a slight cut in OPEC's demand growth forecast.

Why is Mitt Romney having trouble winning over the conservative Republican base? One reason is his lack of political finesse

India has already eclipsed China as Iran’s No. 1 petroleum customer, subverting efforts by the United States to persuade other countries to find non-Iranian sources for their energy needs.

Washington (dpa) - US President Barack Obama praised Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Thursday for the steps he has taken to contain the European debt crisis.Following a White House meeting, Obama said that Monti‘s efforts have "boosted confidence," both in Italy and in Europe, that the new Italian...

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The French ambassador for human rights told a San Francisco audience last week that his country has taken strong measures to fight anti-Semitism, so that “the Holocaust does not get a second chance.”

U.S. Rep. Howard Berman introduced legislation that would allow eligible Israeli nationals to receive non-immigrant investor visas in the United States.

Differences between Israel and the U.S. over Iran are currently focused on what Defense Minister Ehud Barak has coined the “zone of immunity” of Iran’s nuclear program, the New York Times reported on Thursday.

In shift after Arab Spring, Hamas drifting away from longtime patrons Iran, Syria

The latest diatribe by Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, regarding Iran and Israel was, as to be expected, over-the-top rhetoric.

Exclusive: Republicans and the Right are on the offensive again, decrying an Obama administration ruling that some Catholic-run institutions must offer employees birth-control coverage in health care plans.

Latest VideoFebruary 9th, 2012     Part of first interview of the ex Savak director Parviz Sabeti about opposition of Shah to mass arrest During an interview with the program Ofogh of VOA Persian television organized by the journalist Erfan Ghanei Far  , the number two of the security service Savak ...

Iran is turning to barter — offering gold bullion in overseas vaults or tankerloads of oil — in return for food as new financial sanctions have hurt its ability to import basic staples for its 74 million people, commodities traders said on Thursday.

Recent verbal exchanges and remarks concerning alleged Israeli plans to attack Iran's nuclear program later this year has Israelis scared, and not for the obvious reasons.

The US State Department has reiterated its past position on the construction of Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project by calling it “a bad idea.”

Israel's foreign minister told the UN Security Council on Thursday that a new Palestinian unity government including Hamas was a setback to peace attempts, diplomats said.

Ben Smith (still writing in Politico, as if he's not busy enough with his new job), takes notice of…

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government artillery barrages killed dozens of civilians in Homs on Thursday, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad, bolstered by Russian support, ignored appeals from world leaders to halt the carnage.

The Amazon is a unique biosystem, whose global impact is only beginning to be understood -- would it be worth opening these up for a paltry 5,300 bpd?

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The Middle East arms market holds promise for Europe's defense industry despite its political turmoil, according to a market intelligence and analysis company.

Gasoline prices continued to their steadily rise to $4 across the United States as an analyst warned that prices could spike 60 cents through the spring and reach $4 by Memorial Day.

India is highly dependent on Persian oil and may not heed demands from the west that it buy its crude elsewhere.

Qatar signed a 20-year agreement with South Korea on Thursday for the sale of two million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year, during a visit by President Lee Myung-Bak to the energy-rich Gulf state.

Afghanistan wins an international carpet-weaving competition against Iran, India and Pakistan.

Makeshift hospitals in besieged opposition areas of the Syrian city of Homs are overflowing with dead and wounded from government bombardments and snipers, according to a report by international monitor Human Rights Watch. Medical supplies are running out and at least three field hospitals have been hit. Rooms are full...

Mitt Romney seems to be finally paying attention to Rick Santorum, since the former Pennsylvania senator staged a three-state election sweep Tuesday. The Romney camp has designed a Santorum-specific banner graphic, (seen above), that will grace future anti-Santorum news releases issued from the campaign press shop. The image reinforces Romney's...

Can Assad's army withstand growing uprising and defections?

Ten years on from the premiere of 24, the American television series that made torture seem like a normal response to the problem of terrorism, we have Homeland, about a freed American POW, who may or may not have been "turned" by his al-Qaeda captors.

>BRUSSELS Feb 9 (Reuters) - The organisation that facilitates the bulk of the world's cross-border payments is facing growing U.S. pressure to do what it has never done before - cut a country off from its global messaging system. Belgium-based SWIFT - the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication...

The Top Gun Options Trading Team Sees Volatility At Lows Not Seen Since The Last Greek Debt Crisis; Predicts Volatility Will Spike Similar to Summer Debt Fiasco Based on Previous European Debt Woes.Miami, FL (PRWEB) February 09, 2012 According to the Wall Street Journal yesterday, “Officials on Wednesday assembled...

$26 billion mortgage fraud deal nears finalization with New York and California reportedly on board. Obama looks to the states for ways to salve contraception controversy. Top Hill Republicans impugn Romney’s performance–on the record. Enthusiasm begins to look like a problem. Conservatives think Romney needs to start being more conservative.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global outlook on the Oil and Gas Industry. Recovering economic conditions, increased demand from electricity, industrial and transportation sectors, and growing consumption in emerging markets is expected to fuel the global demand for oil and natural gas. The increasing need to reduce pollution...

EU president says the bloc will be seeking to convince India to pressure Iran into abandoning its nuclear program despite New Delhi asserting repeatedly it will not adopt Western embargos on Tehran.

Ticking clock, rising Israeli fears and the price of gas push Iran to top of US worry list

Syrian forces bombarded opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs with rocket and mortar fire on Thursday, activists said, as divided world powers struggled to find a way to end the violence.