(PTI): Moscow opposes imposing sanctions on Iran over what the West describes as a crackdown on protesters who illegally took to the streets following the country’s presidential election.
“We believe that sanctions against Iran over its internal political problems would be unlawful and counter-productive,” Xinhua quoted Russia’s Foreign (more…)
(PTI): Iran’s Intelligence Minister has dismissed claims of vote-rigging in the presidential election, blaming the US and Israel for the spread of such rumors among the people.
“I announce that no organized rigging which could affect the result of the election has taken place,” Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei said in an interview with IRIB’s Channel Two (more…)
(PTI): An Iraqi Friday prayers leader has accused the American forces of being behind the recent terrorist attacks in the cities of Baghdad and Kirkuk.
Just days before the day the US combat forces have to withdraw from the Iraqi cities on June 30, two huge bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital city on Friday and near the oil city (more…)
(PTI): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized his American counterpart anew, saying Barack Obama’s stance on Iran’s post-election protests has jeopardized his change-seeking posture.
Addressing a group of judiciary officials on Saturday, President Ahmadinejad questioned President Obama’s objective in making what he described as interfering remarks (more…)
(PTI):US President Barack Obama is re-branding a Bush-era plan to fund anti-government Iran-based elements through domestic and foreign entities, a report says.
The Obama White House has apparently refused to act on the former administration’s decision to allocate USD 66 million to Iranian dissidents, devising a new approach (more…)
(PTI): North Korea warns of “dark clouds of nuclear war” gathering over the peninsula, vowing to boost its atomic arsenal despite international oppositions.
The ruling communist party’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper on Thursday condemned Washington’s pledge to provide nuclear defense for South Korea, and accused the US and South Korea of efforts (more…)
(PTI): The head of defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s information committee, Abolfazl Fateh, has not been allowed to leave the country for Britain.
Following the recent incidents and a move by some Mousavi supporters to provoke people to hold “illegal gatherings”, Fateh - who is a PhD student in Britain - has been banned (more…)
(PTI): In the first appearance of a French president in parliament in 136 year, Nicholas Sarkozy says women wearing ‘burqa’ have no place in France.
Sarkozy on Monday addressed parliament on various issues including the controversial subject of ‘burqa’, which has sparked many campaigns and protests (more…)
(PTI): North Korea threatens to strike back if the US initiates a hostile act against the communist regime amid rising tensions over the pursuit of a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons.
“As long as our country has become a proud nuclear power, the US should take a correct look at whom it is dealing with,” North Korea’s newspaper main (more…)
(PTI): Iran’s Guardian Council says it is ready to recount a random 10 percent of the ballot boxes in the last Friday’s presidential election.
“Although the Guardian Council is not legally obliged … we are ready to recount 10 percent of the (ballot) boxes randomly in the presence of representatives of the candidates,” the electoral watchdog’s spokesman, Abbas-Ali (more…)
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