News Archive - 13 June 2013

این کار محمدرضا خلعتبری و مسعود شجاعی بی نظیر بود… یاد آتش نشان فداکار امید عباسی گرامی باد… Last month, Abbasi saved a nine-year old girl by giving his oxygen mask to her during a firefight in northern Tehran. Later on, the national hero was declared brain dead and his...

   

>From the disqualification of high-profile candidates to controls on campaigning and televised debates, the authorities have done all they can to prevent any repeat of the unrest.Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is thought to want a loyal conservative president to replace the fiery Ahmadinejad and forestall any further challenges...

>DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians voted for a new president on Friday urged by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to turn out in force to discredit suggestions by arch foe the United States that the election would be unfair. The ballot, the first presidential poll since a disputed 2009 contest led...

>"What is important is that everyone takes part," Khamenei said, speaking live on state television as he cast his ballot in the capital Tehran."Our dear nation should come (to vote) with excitement and liveliness, and know that the destiny of the country is in their hands and the happiness...

>World powers embroiled in talks with Iran over its nuclear program are looking for signs of a recalibration of its negotiating position after eight years of intransigence under fiery populist Ahmadinejad.Iran's Gulf Arab neighbors are also wary of Iran's influence in Iraq next door and its backing for President...

After a first round of voting, the 2005 battle for the Iranian presidency came down to two contenders: former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Mahmoud Admadinejad, Tehran's hard-line mayor.

By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians voted for a new president on Friday urged by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to turn out in force to discredit suggestions by arch foe the United States that the election would be unfair. The ballot, the first presidential poll since a disputed...

Iran's Khamenei on US critics of presidential election: 'the hell with you'        

>The election, in which voters have a choice of six candidates, is the first for a head of government since a disputed 2009 ballot touched off months of political unrest in the Islamic Republic.(Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati and Zahra Hosseinian, Editing by William Maclean) World Tweet this Link this...

Latest VideoJune 14th, 2013     Ayatollah Khamenei cast his vote and react to United States :The hell they dont accept ! The leader of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khamenei cast his vote for presidential and Councils election on Friday 14 June and reacts angrily to comments made by American authority about...

>WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has authorized sending U.S. weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, a U.S. official said on Thursday after the White House said it has proof the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against opposition forces fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has concluded that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces used chemical weapons against rebel fighters in Syria and President Barack Obama has decided to supply direct military assistance to the Syrian opposition, the White House said on Thursday. The new intelligence assessment, which followed Obama's...

TEHRAN, June 13 (UPI) -- With the Revolutionary Guards poised to crash down on any political protests, Iran goes to the polls Friday in a presidential election in which the real winner will be the Islamic Republic's dour supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Latest VideoJune 14th, 2013     BBC Persian TV Sadegh Saba talk about threat and bullying family members of BBC staff , and link to Radio Farda statement Interview of director of BBC Persian TV talk about threats to family members of BBC Persian TV staff in Iran . Read Radio Farda...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — On the eve of Iran's presidential elections, a former Iranian president blocked from a comeback bid urged voters Thursday not to boycott the vote in protest over crackdowns on dissent or in anger over his exclusion from the race.

>BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is deciding whether to take new action to help Syria's rebels, the White House said on Thursday, while President Bashar al-Assad's surging forces and their Lebanese Hezbollah allies turned their guns on the north. Assad's forces fought near the northern city of...

Latest VideoJune 13th, 2013     BBC Persian TV Siavash Ardalan look to election in Iran in his new program “Cravate” BBC Persian TV Siavash Ardalan look to Iranian election in his new program  “Cravate ” .

>"Nobody is asking for American soldiers in Syria," Clinton said, according to the report from the newspaper Politico published late Wednesday."The only question is: now that the Russians, the Iranians and the Hezbollah are in there head over heels ... should we try to do something to try to slow...

>CAIRO (Reuters) - A congress of leading Sunni Muslim clerics issued a call to holy war on Thursday against the Damascus government and its Shi'ite allies, hardening sectarian confrontation across the Middle East over the Syrian conflict. Alarmed by reverses for the mainly Sunni rebels since the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia...

Latest VideoJune 13th, 2013     Music is the sound of devil who invented also alcoholic drinks ! Two Islamic teachers of Imam Husein TV talk about invention of music and alcoholic drink by devil .

By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian reformists led by former President Mohammad Khatami have endorsed Hassan Rohani, the lone moderate contesting Friday's election for the presidency, held by hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the past eight years. Within Iran's complex mix of clerical rulers and elected officials, Supreme Leader Ayatollah...

>The search is being led by Chairman Philip Hampton. The following are the favorites and some potential long-shots to replace Hester, who was ousted on Wednesday. (Odds from Ladbrokes and Paddy Power):NATHAN BOSTOCK (3/1)Joined RBS in June 2009 as head of restructuring and risk, and is due to step up...

>DUBAI (Reuters) - Campaigning in Iran's presidential election ended on Thursday, a day before the vote in which the sole moderate candidate has an unlikely chance to steal victory from his hardline rivals. Hardliners have failed to agree on a unity candidate, potentially splitting their vote and improving the chances...

>LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's oilfields will be able to bounce back within months from drastic production cuts if Western sanctions are lifted although a full recovery would take over a year and require hefty investment, oil industry experts say. Once ranked No. 2 in OPEC behind Saudi Arabia, Iran's production...

Latest VideoJune 13th, 2013     Ali Akbar Velayati : Yaser Arafat said “I know Akbar , he is my friend ” ! Parts of former minister of Foreign affairs chat with Iranian TV , aired on Wednesday 12 June about election .

Latest VideoJune 13th, 2013     Conscession of Ayatollah Khomeini to attract Iranians to vote ! During a speech for a group of his supporters on Wednesday 12 June , the leader of Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khamenei called Iranians to vote , even if they are against the Islamic Republic . The Ayatollah...