 Israel would be severely crippled in Iran attack says presidentIran’s president has warned Israel that any attack on Iran would mean the destruction of the Jewish... | |
| Iranian stoning-to-death woman 'lashed 99 times' for false picture published by Times The lawyer of an Iranian widow, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has claimed that she has been subjected to '99 lashes' for "spreading corruption and indecency" in Tabriz prison after a false picture was published by the Times newspaper on 28 August this year for which it has already... |
| Iran not to renounce its nuclear rights Iran will not bow to pressure meant to discourage the country from pursuing its nuclear rights, Iranian foreign ministry has... |
| Palestinians chastise Ahmadinejad over Mideast talks remarks The Palestinian leadership has chastised Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for criticising the renewed Middle East direct peace talks, the Maan news agency reported... |
| Woman sentenced to stoning receives new punishment The Iranian woman who had been sentenced to death by stoning, will now be flogged for immodesty after the Times newspaper in London published a picture of a woman without a... |
| US May Keep Troops in Iraq After 2011 Complied By Sadeq Dehqan Business Monitor Intelligence (BMI) has predicted that Iran will witness a 2.1 percent growth in 2010 and an average growth of 3 percent within five years. The... |
| PA’s Abbas Threatens To Quit Talks Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas says he has warned Israel's prime minister that he'll quit peace talks unless Israel extends a curb on settlement construction. Abbas and Prime Minister... |
| Iranian Artists Plan Charity Exhibition Artists in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province are inscribing a large Holy Qur’an manuscript decorated with illumination and Persian calligraphy.The book is 9 meters long and 0.5 meters... |
| Trouble Ahead For Developed World Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a... |
| Taliban Condemn Parliamentary Election Afghanistan's Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to derail elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by the insurgents. The... |
| IIDO Chief Calls on Turkish Religious Leader President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived at Doha on Sunday and was officially welcomed by the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. During the welcoming ceremony, the two heads of state reviewed the... |
| Major Drug Haul Near Eastern Frontiers Border guards seized 1,121 kg of narcotics, including 900kg of morphine, from traffickers in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province. “During the border patrols police witnessed outlaws... |
| Qods Day Rally Showed Resolve The head of judiciary said Sunday that the public rallies held on Qods Day showed Iranians could rise to any challenge, including western sanctions. Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani said the International... |
| US May Keep Troops... President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived at Doha on Sunday and was officially welcomed by the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani. During the welcoming ceremony, the two heads of state reviewed the... |
| MP: Mideast Talks Linked To US Election Season US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C), looks on as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel (L) and President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority shakes hands as they re-launch direct... |
| Sanctions Adding to Western Joblessness The spokesman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the new round of US-brokered direct talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel more for “show” and would... |
| Mullen Seeking Turkish Support Against Iran The spokesman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the new round of US-brokered direct talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel more for “show” and would... |
| Terror Attack on Pakistan Shiites Condemned The spokesman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said the new round of US-brokered direct talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel more for “show” and would... |
| Power Grid Joined to 7 States Iran’s electricity network has integrated to power grids of seven neighboring countries to meet their energy demands, Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou said. Iran’s electricity grid is... |
| Non-Oil Exports Exceeded $10b From Page 1 The total GDP of 40 regional countries will hit $2.465 trillion this year, $307 billion more than the figure of 2009. The fund has predicted that Iran’s oil sector will be steady in... |
| Iran to Open FTZ Office in India From Page 1 The total GDP of 40 regional countries will hit $2.465 trillion this year, $307 billion more than the figure of 2009. The fund has predicted that Iran’s oil sector will be steady in... |
| Afghans Pulling Money From Kabul Bank Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a... |
| Shipping Companies Eye Fabled Asia Route Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a... |
| G20: Economic Recovery Will Continue Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a... |
| 6m Britons Have Paid Wrong Tax Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a... |
| Saudi Construction Deals Up 175% Boosted by massive government spending in infrastructure, Saudi Arabia awarded $6.5 billion worth of construction contracts in the second quarter, 175 percent more than the value of awards in the... |
| Bahrain Jobs Initiative Helps 2,600 Firms Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a... |
| Industry, Farm Output Lift India Growth Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a... |
| Belgium Back In Crisis Belgium plunged back into political crisis on Saturday as the politician trying to broker formation of a government quit, almost three months after an election. King Albert accepted the resignation... |
| Bahrain Accuses Activists Of Terror Campaign Prosecutors in Bahrain have accused 23 Shiite activists of planning to overthrow the state’s Sunni-dominated government. The men, arrested since mid-August, belonged to a “sophisticated... |
| 5 Soldiers Killed in Dagestan Suicide Attack A suicide car-bomber killed five soldiers and wounded 40 others in an attack on a military base in Russia’s violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said. According to AP, the... |
| Spain’s ETA Declares Ceasefire Armed Basque separatist group ETA said it will not “carry out armed actions” in its campaign for independence. In a video obtained exclusively by the BBC, the group said it took the decision... |
| Baghdad Military Bases Attacked A suicide car-bomber killed five soldiers and wounded 40 others in an attack on a military base in Russia’s violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said. According to AP, the... |
| Blair, Brown Criticized Over Iraq War Belgium plunged back into political crisis on Saturday as the politician trying to broker formation of a government quit, almost three months after an election. King Albert accepted the resignation... |
| Israel’s New Military Chief Linked to War Crimes Prosecutors in Bahrain have accused 23 Shiite activists of planning to overthrow the state’s Sunni-dominated government. The men, arrested since mid-August, belonged to a “sophisticated... |
| Iran Greco-Roman Eying Victory Compiled by Alireza Nakhchi The 2010 FILA Wrestling World Championships will be kicked off today in Moscow, Russia. According to ISNA, the 6-day event will be held at Olympic Stadium in Moscow. ... |
| Ballack Part of Loew’s Plans Compiled by Alireza Nakhchi The 2010 FILA Wrestling World Championships will be kicked off today in Moscow, Russia. According to ISNA, the 6-day event will be held at Olympic Stadium in Moscow. ... |
| Federer Sails Through in NY Five-time US Open champion Roger Federer cruised into the fourth round with a 6-4 6-3 6-3 win over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in New York. Federer, 29, did not have to be at his best as he reached... |
| ICC to Appoint Independent Commissioner The International Cricket Council (ICC) will appoint an independent commissioner to determine the fate of the three Pakistani players fighting spot-fixing charges. ICC President Sharad Pawar said... |
| Hargreaves Left Out of Champions League Injury-hit midfielder Owen Hargreaves has been left out of Manchester United’s Champions League squad. Hargreaves has made only a solitary substitute appearance in the last two years for... |
| Pedrosa Wins On Tragic MotoGP Days Dani Pedrosa won the San Marino MotoGP for Honda, beating the Yamahas of fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo and Italian Valentino Rossi. But the race was overshadowed by the death of Japanese rider Shoya... |
| Villa May Hire Houllier Aston Villa hope to appoint Gerard Houllier as successor to Martin O’Neill in the next 48 hours. Houllier is spending the weekend deciding whether to return to Premier League management after a... |
| Rooney Expected in English Squad Injury-hit midfielder Owen Hargreaves has been left out of Manchester United’s Champions League squad. Hargreaves has made only a solitary substitute appearance in the last two years for... |
| Three Indian Swimmers Test Positive The International Cricket Council (ICC) will appoint an independent commissioner to determine the fate of the three Pakistani players fighting spot-fixing charges. ICC President Sharad Pawar said... |
| Artists in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province are inscribing a large Holy Qur’an manuscript decorated with illumination and Persian calligraphy.The book is 9 meters long and 0.5 meters wide. Forty Iranian visual artists will showcase their works in a charity exhibition to raise funds for patients suffering from MS (Multiple Sclerosis). According to Fars News Agency, proceeds from the... |
| Ebrahimi Books Will Be Reprinted Three titles by the late prominent author and screenwriter, Nader Ebrahimi, will be reprinted by Rouzabahan Publications. These include ‘Ibn Mashghaleh’ (The Father of Occupations), ‘The Vast... |
| Milad Tower to Host Persian Chamber Orchestra Artists in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province are inscribing a large Holy Qur’an manuscript decorated with illumination and Persian calligraphy.The book is 9 meters long and 0.5 meters... |
| Tabatabai to Judge China Cartoon Contest China’s Red Man International Cartoon & Humor Contest has selected Iranian cartoonist Masoud Shojaei Tabatabai to judge in this year’s festival. Red Man, which aims to introduce new cartoonists... |
| Elvis Presley’s Mercedes-Benz For Bonhams sale A Mercedes-Benz 600, once owned by the ‘King of Rock and Roll’, Elvis Presley, and a 2000 Ferrari 550 GTZ will feature at Bonhams’ traditional end of year sale of Important Motor Cars and Fine... |
| Scorsese Film Defends Anti-Communist Informer Kazan Three titles by the late prominent author and screenwriter, Nader Ebrahimi, will be reprinted by Rouzabahan Publications. These include ‘Ibn Mashghaleh’ (The Father of Occupations), ‘The Vast... |
