Iran DailySanctions challenge for world economy
Unilateral sanctions against Irans oil industry have posed serious challenges to the tenuous global economic recovery and led to scarcity, access difficulty and lack of transparency in energy markets, Iranian economy minister said.
Nuclear talks should aim at trust building
Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said the upcoming negotiations between Tehran and six major world powers on the Islamic Republics nuclear energy program should aim to build trust in order to yield results.
Iran protests to UNESCO against Azerbaijan
Vice president and head of the Irans Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (ICHTHO), Mohammad Ali Najafi objected to the replacement of Persian inscriptions on the tomb of the great Iranian poet Hakim Nizami by the Azeri government.
Dozens dead in new migrant tragedy
About 200 shocked survivors were plucked from the sea on Saturday after their overloaded boat sank, claiming more than 30 lives in the latest deadly migrant tragedy to hit the Mediterranean.
Obama urged continued engagement with Iran
A group of 35 leading security experts, scholars and former government officials have sent a letter to President Obama applauding the recent diplomatic overtures between Iran and the United States and pledging support as negotiations over Tehrans nuclear program commence.
Libya PM says abduction attempted coup
Libyas Western-backed prime minister on Friday said his brief abduction by gunmen this week was an attempted coup by his Islamist political rivals, using militias which he warned are trying to terrorize the government and turn the North African nation into another Afghanistan or Somalia.
EU crisis causing poverty
Europe is facing a catastrophic economic and social decline, according to a new Red Cross report.
Brazil cruise to win over S. Korea
Neymar and Oscar scored in each half as Brazil cruised to a 2-0 win over South Korea in a friendly the 2014 World Cup hosts dominated in Seoul on Saturday.
Obama forewarns Netanyahu that sanctions will soon be lifted
President Barack Obama has notified Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that his administration will soon start the partial and gradual easing of economic sanctions against Iran, DEBKAfile reported on Friday exclusively from its Washington and Jerusalem sources.
VP: Bans causing environmental damages
Head of Irans Department of the Environment Masoumeh Ebtekar said the US-led sanctions against Iran have inflicted irreparable damage on the countrys environment.
West should do more in anti-drug campaign
Irans Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Gholam Hossein Dehqani urged the West and international bodies to feel more responsibility in campaign against worldwide drug trafficking.
Administration determined to support elites
An adviser to the Iranian vice-president for science and technology affairs said the administration is determined to fully support scientific elites.
Hamun lake in critical state
An Iranian lawmaker voiced concern about the critical state of Hamun Lake in the southeast of the country, and called on neighboring Afghanistan to stand by its commitments to ensure necessary water flow to revive the drying lake.
Navy will repel any aggression
Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says Iran is the most secure country in the region, stressing Iranian naval forces will respond to any act of aggression on its territorial waters.
Parliamentary team off to Algeria
A four-member Iranian parliamentary delegation left for an official visit to Algeria to discuss regional and international issues with high-ranking Algerian officials.
Tehran Times
Sanctions on Iran challenge fragile global economy
The economy minister has said that the unilateral sanctions on the Iranian oil and gas industries have seriously challenged the fragile global economy.
Islamabad asks Iran to build Pakistani side of gas pipeline
Pakistan asked Iran to construct the Pakistani side of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline as well, said an o?cial statement.
Irans participation in Geneva confab essential: Lavrov
The West has started treating the possible participation of Iran in the Geneva II international conference on Syria more realistically, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Arafat poisoned to death: medical journal
A report by one of the worldsleading medical journals hassupported earlier findings thatYasser Arafat, the late leader ofthe Palestine Liberation Organization,was poisoned to death
nearly a decade ago.
McCain supported al-Qaeda in Syria: U.S. lawmaker
A U.S. Republican lawmaker haspublicly declared that hawkishRepublic Senator John McCain of Arizona has in fact supportedal-Qaeda in Syria.
No deal toresolve fiscalcrisis in U.S.Congress
Hopesfor a resolution of Washington'sfiscal crisis in the next day or twofaded on Capitol Hill on Saturday, asPresident Barack Obama's effortsto reach a deal with Republicans in
the House of Representatives sputtered.
Negotiation on Irans red linesmeaningless: MP
An Iranian MP hassaid that holding negotiationson Irans red lines in the process of talks betweenTehran and world powers over the countrys nuclearprogram is meaningless.
Iran dismisses espionage charges against citizen in Baku
TheIranian Embassy inBaku has dismissed as baseless theespionage charges against an Iraniancitizen in Azerbaijan.
Tehran official visits China aheadof Irans talks with 5+1 group
IranianDeputy ForeignMinister Morteza Sarmadi is visiting Chinaahead of a new round of talks with majorpowers over Irans nuclear program.
Three spies standtrial in Iran: judge
Iranhas broughtthree suspected spies to trial inthe south-eastern province ofKerman on charges of conspiringagainst the Islamic Republicand having relations with the Zionist
regime of Israel.
Japanese foreign minister to visit Iran in early Nov.
Japanese ForeignMinister Fumio Kishida plans tovisit Iran in early November to urge the Middle Easterncountry to settle the dispute over its nuclear programand discuss the Syrian crisis, a Japanese governmentsource said Friday, Kyodo News reported.
Nuclear talks should aim at buildingtrust: Iranian parliament speaker
Irans Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani saysthe forthcoming negotiations betweenTehran and six major worldpowers on the Islamic Republics nuclearenergy program should aim to
build trust in order to yield results.
Iranian parliamentary delegationto visit Algeria
A four-member Iranian parliamentarydelegation is set to pay anofficial visit to Algeria in order todiscuss regional and internationalissues with high-ranking Algerianofficials
