28 Mar 2024
Sunday 25 January 2015 - 12:51
Story Code : 147506

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Sunday, 25-01-2015

Iran Daily
 
Iran, Georgia call for expansion of cooperation
Majlis Speakr Ali Larijani on Saturday said grounds for expansion of bilateral relations and cooperation with Georgia are well prepared.

FM attends King Abdullah memorial
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, to participate in the memorial ceremony for the late Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Irans annual inflation at 16.3%
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced on Saturday that the official annual inflation rate has now reached 16.3 percent.

Greece braces for turning point election
Greece stood on Saturday on the brink of a make-or-break general election which could sweep the anti-austerity Syriza party to power and set the country on a collision course with its international creditors.

27 dead in Ukraine rocket attack
At least 27 people died on Saturday in a rocket attack on Ukraines strategic government-held port of Mariupol after pro-Russian protesters rejected peace talks, the mayors office said.

Obama not to meet Bibi for departure from protocol
The Obama administration reportedly is fuming over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus plans to address Congress in March regarding Iran, with one unnamed official telling an Israeli newspaper he will pay a price for the snub.

Call to expand Swiss ties
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Swiss counterpart Didier Burkhalter called for enhanced Tehran-Bern ties in various domains.

 
Tehran Times

Kerry: Violent extremism is not Islamic
Violent extremists who are kill- ing children and others in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria and other parts of the world may cite Islam as a justification, but the West should be careful about calling them Islamic radicals, U.S. Sec- retary of State John Kerry told an audience of opinion leaders on Friday at the World Econom- ic Forum.

Majlis to retaliate if Congress adopts sanctions: Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Fri- day that a vote in U.S. Congress for more sanctions against his country will kill a likely nuclear deal with the West.

U.S. officials: Some counter-terrorism efforts in Yemen frozen for now
The United States has halted some coun- ter-terrorism operations against al-Qaeda militants in Yemen following a takeover of the country by Ansarullah movement, U.S. o?cials said on Friday.

U.S.: ISIL lost one percent of captured territory in Iraq
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group have lost only a tiny fraction of captured territory in Iraq af- ter ?ve months of U.S.-led air strikes, the Pentagon said.

Iran largest steel producer in Middle East: WSA
Iran ranked first in the Middle East and 14th in the world in terms of steel pro- duction in 2014, the World Steel Association (WSA) said in a recent report.

Bahraini forces clamp down on anti-regime protesters
Regime forces in Bahrain have at- tacked protesters demanding the release of a prominent Bahraini op- position ?gure and other political prisoners.

U.S. should not link problems at home to Iran talks, Larijani says
Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has said that the con?ict between the Obama administration and the Repub- lican-dominated Congress should not be linked to the Iran nuclear issue.

Majlis will retaliate if Congress adopts fresh sanctions: Zarif
The Iranian parliament will retaliate, he add- ed, by passing a bill to increase enrichment of uranium.

Zarif holds talks with Kerry on need to expedite negotiations
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said in his talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Davos on Friday he insisted on the need to expedite the process of nuclear talks.

'Israel is well aware Iran responded to assassination of nuclear experts'
Brigadier General Hos- sein Salami, the deputy com- mander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), has said that Israelis know very well that Iran responded to the assassination of its nuclear scien- tists by Tel Avivs agents.

Iran and Switzerland discuss nuclear talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Didier Bur- khalter, the foreign minister of Swit- zerland, met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum and discussed nuclear talks.

Netanyahu playing politics on Iran: NY Times
In an opinion column published on Saturday the New York Times editorial board said a move by Congress to pass legislation proposing new sanctions against Iran under the in?uence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could blow up the talks be- tween Iran the major powers.
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