An advisor to the Iranian negotiating team reacted to the attack on Salman Rushdie, the author of a blasphemous anti-Islam book, and described it as an odd incident regarding the ongoing Vienna talks. "I won't be shedding tears for a writer who spouts endless hatred & contempt for Muslims & Islam. A pawn of empire who poses as a Postcolonial ...

RT - Twitter has said it hid a tweet attributed to the Iranian supreme leader, which cited an execution order, in line with its anti-violence rules. It has previously faced wrath for sparing US President Donald Trump similar censure. The micro-blogging service confirmed on Friday that it had enforced its policy against violent threats and glorification ...

Tehran, October 13, The Iran Project -Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidancewrote letters to the culture ministers of 50 Islamic countries, urging them to take a position on the apostate writer Salman Rushdies invitation as a guest speaker tothis years Frankfurt Book Fair. In a letter to culture ministers of 50 Islamic countries and theSecretary ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Monday welcomed a decision by the countrys ministry of culture to cancel plans for a national stand in this years Frankfurt Book Fair over the presence of the apostate writer, Salman Rushdie. Addressing a meeting of high-ranking judiciary officials in Tehran, Ayatollah Amoli ...

Tehran, October 4, The Iran Project - Iran's Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance for Cultural Affairshas objected to the presence of the apostate writer Salman Rushdie at the Frankfurt Book Fair's press conference. Iran's Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance for Cultural Affairs, Seyed Abbas Salehi, objected to Salman Rushdies ...

[caption id="attachment_147004" align="alignright" width="136"] A sign which reads in French,''We are Charlie. Freedom of Expression'' is placed on flowers as people continue to pay tribute to the shooting victims in front of the offices of the weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris January 10, 2015.CREDIT: REUTERS/PASCAL ROSSIGNOL[/caption] (Reuters) ...

Iranian FM was detained in Cyprus According to Iran Independent News Service,Greek media report that Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi was detained at the airport of Larnaca on Tuesday. Iranian news agency ILNA quoted Greek press as saying that Salehi who was traveling by a charted fly to Cyprus was detained for a short while by the airport ...

Todays top headlines in Iran include Iranian lawmakers plan to impeach labor minister; Head of Irans Judiciary remarks over public hanging of machete attackers; Iranian commander speech on killing of Salam Rushdie and Iran's Central Bank governor claim on reason of dropping rial. Iranian MPs sign motion to impeach labor minister According to ...

Over the past centuries, Iran-Europe relations haveexperienced lots of ups and downs. Iran's nuclear program and human rights issue are two major obstacles in relationships between Iran and Europe. However,Economic interests certainly play the important role in European unions relationships with Iran. Theirrelations areat the critical point now. Since ...