29 Mar 2024
Saturday 15 December 2012 - 19:00
Story Code : 14229

Iran Leader is on Facebook

Iran Leader is on Facebook
Khamenei LogoIrannews headlines on Saturday include Iran's Leader joining Facebook, Iran'sForeign ministry spokesman expressingcondolences on US shooting, Ahmadinejad visiting Turkey on Dec. 17, RussianMinister of Culture decision on running cultural week in Tehran, increasing amount ofSouth Koreas imports of oil fromIran in Nov. , Iran holding first official press conference on presidential elections.
 
Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei joins Facebook
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has joinedFacebook.Having already amassed thousands of followers onTwitterandInstagram, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, continues to experiment with new technology - he recently joined Facebook, thesocial networking site.

 
Iran sympathises tragic US shooting
Iran was quick on Saturday to express condolences after the "tragic" shooting rampage that left 26 people dead, including 20 small children, at an elementary school in the United States.Foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast condemned the "tragic incident" and expressed sympathy with the families of the victims.

 
Ahmadinejad to visit Turkey amid tension
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visitTurkeyon Dec. 17 upon an invitation from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, but the visit comes increased tension due to the two countries differences over Syria, as well as difficulties stemming from sanctions against Tehran.

 
Moscow to run cultural week in Tehran
In the meeting Irans Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Husseini asserted that vast cultural potentials in Iran and Russia should be tackled in order to promote relations between the two countries.During the meeting, a protocol was signed by Tehran and Moscow to hold the Russian cultural week in Iran in 2013. Husseini marked Russian former culture ministers visit from Iran in 2010 in which it was agreed that Irans cultural week would be held in Russia in 2012.

 
South Koreas imports of Iranian crude climb in November
South Koreas imports of oil fromIranincreased 2.9 percent in November from October, when it resumed shipments from the Persian Gulf nation.Purchases last month were 814,797 metric tons, equivalent to 5.97 million barrels, compared with 791,582 tons in October, according to data posted onthe Korea Customs Services website today. Volumes dropped from 1.2 million tons a year earlier, the data showed.

 
Iran holds first official press conference on presidential elections
Iran has held country's first official press conference regarding the upcoming presidential elections, that will be held on June 14, 2013.Country's Intelligence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, speaking at the press conference, said that the registration of the presidential candidates will be held on May 7-12. Najjar also said that simultaneously with presidential elections, Iran will hold the City and Village Councils' elections on the same day.

 

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