News Archive - 22 June 2013

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was summoned on Monday to appear before a criminal court on unspecified charges leveled by a conservative rival, days after moderate cleric Hassan Rohani was elected his successor. While Rohani's election on Friday showed a desire for change, it also highlighted divisions among...

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abdollah Haj-Sadeghi, a representative of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has reportedly revealed that outgoing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with the supreme leader three times to plead the case of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, his favored aide and confidant. According to the...

>The shooting brings to 19 the death toll since early 2011 during protests by Shi'ites demanding equal rights with the Sunni majority, and in clashes with police in the towns and villages around Qatif.Shi'ite activists said the 19-year-old Shi'ite was shot in his car by a stray bullet fired...

Latest VideoJune 22nd, 2013     Sadegh Larijani react to Ahmadinejad to opposition to judiciary bill for controling Bar Association The head of the judiciary Sadegh Larijani whos brother Ali Larijani run the Majlis appeared on Iranian television on Saturday 22 June  and complaining about delay in proceeding  judiciary bills in...

>The following is a list of the seven cases and details surrounding them.EDWARD SNOWDENSnowden, 30, is a former technical employee for Booz Allen Hamilton who was contracted to work for the National Security Agency.In news media interviews, he has revealed that he was responsible for disclosing documents that...

Latest VideoJune 22nd, 2013     Akbar Abdi joke with payment of child allowance and and Ahmadinejad rewarded with a painting During a ceremony for honoring culture and art held in Tehran on Saturday 22 June , the comedian Akbar Abdi made fool of Ahmadinejad with his project of payment of...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's key reformist is urging supporters of the country's newly elected president to have patience as Hasan Rowhani takes the helm and tackles the country's sanctions-battered economy and tensions with the West.

Haleh Esfandiari The decisive election of Hassan Rouhani as Iran’s new president has been greeted around the world as a sign that Iranians are tired of hardline policies at home and abroad and are ready to embrace change. But the obstacles Rouhani faces are formidable. The internal security situation has...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV says a site in southern Iran has been selected for a planned new nuclear research reactor.

>Ministers from the 11 main countries which form the Friends of Syria group agreed "to provide urgently all the necessary materiel and equipment to the opposition on the ground".They also condemned "the intervention of Hezbollah militias and fighters from Iran and Iraq", demanding that they withdraw immediately.(Editing by...

Latest VideoJune 22nd, 2013     Minister of commerce and reformist Mohamad Reza Aref meet new president Hasan Rohani The minister of commerce and ex reformist  candidate Mohamad Reza Aref meet new president  Hasan Rohani on Saturday 22 June .

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian oil ministry official on Saturday denied a report published by a government agency that it had successfully blocked a cyberattack on an oil sector computer network.

>DOHA (Reuters) - Washington wants Western and Arab allies to commit to directing all aid to Syrian rebels through the Western-backed Supreme Military Council, a senior U.S. official said before talks in Qatar on Saturday, to try to reduce the power of jihadi groups. Speaking before U.S. Secretary...