29 Mar 2024
Thursday 29 August 2013 - 12:37
Story Code : 47062

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Thursday, 29-08-2013

Tehran Times
 
Syria strike would be a disaster: Leader
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that a possible military intervention by the United States in Syria will be a disaster for the region. If they take such an action, the Americans will certainly su?er a loss like their intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Leader said during a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rohani and his cabinet team in Tehran on Wednesday.

 
Ban Ki-moon appeals for Syria diplomatic solution
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded Wednesday for a diplomatic solution to the Syrian con?ict, even as world powers appeared to be moving toward punitive military strikes against President Bashar Assad's regime.

 
Military adventure in Mideast would cause irreparable damage: Rohani
Iranian President Hassan Rohani on Wednesday expressed deep concern about the unfolding developments in the Middle East, saying that the people in the region cannot tolerate a new war.

 
Bomb attacks kill 71 in Baghdad and suburbs
At least 71 people were killed and 201 wounded in a series of bombings and other attacks across Baghdad
on Wednesday, police and medical sources said.

 
No U.S. plans to cut off Egypt military aid yet: Hagel
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday that he opposes cutting o? U.S. military aid to Egypt
but vowed Washington would keep pressing for reconciliation in the country.

 
Nave states will not remain safe in possible war on Syria: Larijani
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned on Wednesday that the consequences of a possible military strike on Syria would also entangle naive countries in the region.

 
Akbar Torkan namedhead of Iranian Space Agency
Iranian President Hassan Rohani issued a decree on Wednesday appointing Ali Akbar Torkan as the caretaker manager of the Iranian Space Agency, the High Council of Iranians Abroad, and the Secretariat of the Non-Aligned Movement.

 
Nobakht appointed government spokesperson
Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, who is the vice president for planning and strategic supervision and the caretaker director of the personnel department of the presidential office, was appointed on Wednesday as spokesperson for the administration of Iranian President Hassan Rohani.

 
Yemen says it seriously pursuing release of abducted Iranian diplomat
Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu-Bakr Al-Qirbi has reassured that his country is making every e?ort to secure the release of the Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped in Sanaa in July.

 
UN official urges Iran to sway Syria government on peace talks
A top UN o?cial visiting Iran has urged Tehran to use its in?uence to persuade the Syrian government to attend planned peace talkswith opposition groups in Geneva, the United Nations said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

 
Iran warns of consequences of Syria strike
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned of the consequences of any military intervention in Syria by Western countries, which he said will complicate matters further.

 
Iran, IAEA to hold first nuclear talks since Rohanis election
The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran will hold a new round of talks on September 27 over Tehrans nuclear program, the ?rst such meeting since Hassan Rohani took o?ce as Iranian president, Reuters reported on
Wednesday

 
Iran boosts uranium enrichment capacity: IAEA
Iran has installed about 1,000 advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges and is set to test them, a UN nuclear report showed, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

 
If London willing, Iran ready to discuss resumption of ties: FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says if Britain expresses willingness to revive ties with the Islamic Republic, Tehran will be ready to hold talks with London in line with mutual interests.

 
Iran ready to allay concerns over nuclear energy program
Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran is ready to address concerns over the countrys
nuclear energy program without retreating from Irans fundamental rights.
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