Nasrollah Pejmanfar referred to sexual harassment against two teenage Iranians, the crane collapse in Mecca and the Mina tragedy as examples for the Saudis misbehavior.Speaking to IRNA on Sunday, the lawmaker said Riyadh is responsible for giving due services to the 1,000 Muslims out of every one million Muslims in …
Read More »Mild quake jolts East Azerbaijan province
According to geophysics institute of Tehran University, the quake occurred at 01:14 hours local time (20:44 GMT) and its altitude was 37.87 degrees and longitude 47.12 degrees and the depth of four kilometers underground.No damage or casualties have been reported yet.9060**1771 www.irna.ir
Read More »Interior minister, senior UN official confer in Tehran
The ways for fostering mutual cooperation and joint collaboration on humanitarian aids also were discussed during the meeting.Having arrived in Tehran on Sunday morning, O’Brien has so far held talks with several Iranian officials on fostering humanitarian cooperation in the region.Meanwhile, in a separate meeting on Sunday evening (Sept 3), …
Read More »Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on Sept 4
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Read More »Iran, Russia discuss promotion of scientific, cultural ties
During the meeting, Maleki admired active presence of Russia in Tehran International Book Fair and in the meantime presence of Iranian publishers in the Moscow International Book Fair.He also referred to exchanging cultural delegations and holding commemoration ceremonies for the two countries’ distinguished figures and said that these events show …
Read More »Fighting terrorism needs global commitment: Senior MP
Boroujerdi made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kentaro Sonoura on Saturday.He said that Iran is serious on fighting terrorism.Terrorism has no borders and needs global commitment and collective cooperation, he said.The United States and its regional allies made a great mistake by …
Read More »Zarif back in Tehran after attending Uzbek president's funeral
Zarif left Tehran for Uzbekistan's capital this morning to attend the funeral ceremony.The Uzbek government confirmed the death of President Islam Karimov on Friday, six days after he was taken to hospital with a suspected brain haemorrhage.The late president of the Central Asian country was laid to rest on Saturday …
Read More »Appointment of UN special rapporteur unacceptable: Larijani
Iran's basic position towards appointment of a special rapporteur with a country mandate is that such measures is the result of certain states' double standards and selective approaches in the framework of the UN Human Rights Council, he said.The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, …
Read More »Palestinian official: We need leaders who believe in fighting Zionists
'We should find a way out of the political stagnation and reach an agreement on adopting a campaign strategy against the Zionist occupying regime,' Tayseer Nasrallah told the Islamic Republic News Agency in a recent interview.'I think now is the time to look for replacements and the Palestinian National Council, …
Read More »Zanganeh: Iran has strategic ties with Algeria in OPEC
He made the remarks in a meeting with Algerian Minister of Energy, Noureddine Bouterfa.Zanganeh said that in addition to cooperation in the OPEC, Iran and Algeria can expand ties in oil, gas, energy and other sectors.'We expect Algeria to see Iran as its second homeland.'For his part, Noureddine Bouterfa said …
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