News Archive - 24 June 2013

>"We are appreciative that India has worked hard to reduce its dependency on Iranian oil and that has been an important step," Kerry said at a press conference with Indian Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid in New Delhi.He said he hoped New Delhi would urge the Iranians "not to miscalculate...

>* Move comes as Seoul seeks to secure next waiver on U.S. sanction* U.S. lawmakers seeks to tighten sanctions furtherBy Meeyoung ChoSEOUL, June 24 (Reuters) - South Korea has pledged to the United States that it will cut imports of Iranian crude by 15 percent in the next...

Latest VideoJune 25th, 2013     Foreign ministry spokesman : Ahmadinejad will meet Vladimir Putin next week in Russia During his weekly press conference on Tuesday 25 June  , the spokesman of foreign ministry Abbas – Ali Araghchi said that Ahmadinejad will travel next week to Russia , where he  will...

Iranian-American Omid Namazi, an assistant coach for Iran's national soccer team, is going to the World Cup.

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>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials and lawmakers have made it clear they're furious at the governments that have played a role in enabling fugitive security contractor Edward Snowden's globe-trotting, but the United States is expected to take a restrained approach to any retribution. President Barack Obama's administration has been...

Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani has been declared Iran's new president, in an outright election victory.

Hassan Rohani, a veteran Iranian politician, has been elected as the seventh president of the Islamic Republic of Iran after winning an absolute majority of the votes cast by the Iranian nation. In his first press conference after being elected president, Hassan Rohani put high emphasis on following up on...

>ZAWIYAT ABU MUSALLEM, Egypt (Reuters) - Kasbana Abdelaziz's house guests had barely arrived when the mob was upon them, hurling petrol bombs and smashing holes through the roof of her home. The attackers then dragged four men - Shi'ite Muslims who had come to this Cairo suburb for a religious...

Latest VideoJune 24th, 2013     Rouyanian dismissed and new board members for Perspolis appointed by minister of sport Minister of sport appointed new board members of Perspolis sport club and dismissed Revolutionary Guard managing director Sardar Rouyanian.

Latest VideoJune 24th, 2013     Emir of Qatar will hand over his power to his young son aged 33 Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, will hand over power to his son, Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani .

TEHRAN, June 24 (UPI) -- The value of the Iranian currency should increase when compared to the U.S. dollar if President-elect Hassan Rouhani moves closer to the West, an analyst said.

>The UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage Committee, meeting in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh for its 37th annual session, added five natural sites and 14 cultural ones on Sunday to its list of global treasures.Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, snow-capped Mount Fuji,...

Iran is not supporting active terrorist cells in the Western Hemisphere, according to a State Department report set to be released this week that is likely to ignite a major battle with Capitol Hill. Although the number of Iranian officials operating in Latin America has increased in recent years, Tehran ...

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami has advised reformists to be cautious and rational in making demands on president-elect Hassan Rouhani.During a meeting with a group of student activists in Tehran, Khatami called on the reformists to appreciate the achievement represented by Rouhani’s election. The former president also...

>ZAWIYAT ABU MUSALLEM, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's government promised "exemplary punishment" on Monday after the mob killing of four Shi'ite Muslims near Cairo raised fears of wider sectarian bloodshed at a time of grave national crisis. But Shi'ite minority leaders and the liberal opposition accused the government itself, dominated by...

Latest VideoJune 24th, 2013     What muslims have to do for appearance of disappeared Imam Zaman Part of speech of Hojatoleslam Rashed Yazdi in the town of Mashad in occasion of anniversary of disappeared Imam Zaman on Monday 24 June .

IRAN'S newly elected president Hasan Rowhani can be labelled a "moderate" only by the standards of the Islamic Republic of Iran.        

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.

>* Russian officials defiant* Ecuador says Snowden seeks asylum there* Snowden expected to try to fly to Cuba next* White House urges Russia to send Snowden to United StatesBy Lidia Kelly and James PomfretMOSCOW/HONG KONG, June 24 (Reuters) - Washington pressed Moscow on Monday to do all in its power...