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Sunday 20 October 2013 - 13:24
Story Code : 58559

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Sunday, 20-10-2013

Iran Daily
 
Iran seeks win-win nuclear solution
President Hassan Rouhani expressed the political will to pursue a win-win game following the latest round of talks between Iran and six major world powers on Tehrans civilian nuclear work.

 
FM to brief MPs on Geneva talks
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has been invited to the Majlis to present a report on the recent negotiations between the Islamic Republic and six major world powers on Tehrans nuclear energy program.

 
Turkey rejects EU view on handling protests
Turkey on Saturday rejected European Union criticism of its handling of anti-government protests earlier this year, but said a report on its progress towards joining the bloc showed it had come closer to European economic and democratic standards.

 
Berlusconi gets two-year ban from politics
A court in Milan on Saturday ordered a two-year ban from parliament and elections for scandal-tainted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in the latest twist in his legal saga.

 
Ferguson: No regrets about retirement
Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says that he does not regret his decision to retire and is happy to provide assistance to his successor, David Moyes.

 
World economy at risk
The rebalancing of global demand following the financial crisis may mask fault lines that still threaten the world economy, according to HSBC Holdings Plc and Deutsche Bank AG.

 
Heroine, a threat to europeans translated by Shahrokh Saei
A senior Iranian official has warned that heroine consumption is spilling over to European markets.

 
Military capable of producing laser cannons
A senior military commander said the country is capable of producing laser cannons, both in offensive and defensive spheres.

 
US, Russia discuss Iran and Syria
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and US Ambassador Michael McFaul met on Saturday to discuss a number of international and bilateral subjects.

 
Secrecy policy helpful for nuclear talks
An Iranian political analyst said on Saturday that the confidentiality of the Geneva talks between Iran and the P5 +1 members would effectively help progress of negotiations between the two sides.

 
Russias high-ranking military delegation due
A high-ranking Russian military delegation is scheduled to arrive in Tehran on Sunday to discuss defense ties with Irans top military commanders.

 
Under sanctions, CBI replaces SWIFT with indigenous version
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has developed a home-made financial telecommunications system, known as SEPAM, as a replacement for SWIFT.

 
Scholar: Geneva talks positive
An Iranian scholar in Switzerland described as very much positive the talks between Iran and the P5+1 in Geneva which ended on October 16.

 
Tehran Times
 
Iran has the political will toreach a win-win deal: Rouhani
Iranhas the necessarypolitical will to strike a winwindeal with the six major powersto resolve the decade-old disputeover its nuclear program, IranianPresident Hassan Rouhani said onSaturday.

 
Hamas saysits membersnot fightingin Egypt,Syria
The Hamas Prime Minister IsmailHaniyeh denied reports that the Islamicgroup was involved in fightingin the neighboring Egyptian Sinai orin Syria, media reported on Saturday.

 
Dust from Iraq puts4 Iraniancities amongworlds 10most polluted
A dayafter the WorldHealth Organization published a reportlinking air pollution to lung cancer, thebusiness news website Quartz has puttogether a list of the most polluted citiesin the world, of which four are inIran.

 
Freed Lebanese return home amid joy
Nine Lebanese religious tourists held hostagefor over a year by Syrian rebels headedhome Saturday from Turkey and a securitysource said two Turkish pilots abducted earlierthis year in Beirut have been handedover to authorities and would soon be flownback to their country.

 
Al-Nusra terrorists threaten to target Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon
An official in the al-Nusra Fronthas threatened to target Hezbollahstrongholds in Lebanon in response to the party's allegedinvolvement in the fighting inSyria, reported the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah daily on Saturday.

 
EPO plans to launchenvironmentally friendlymovement in Iran
The directorof Irans EnvironmentalProtection Organizationsays the organization under her portfolio plans to establishan environmentallyfriendly city and villagecouncil movement acrossthe country.

 
Maintaining U.S. presence inAfghanistan would bolsterTaliban: expert
On October12 Washington and Kabulagreed on a draft deal thatwould keep some U.S. forcesin Afghanistan after 2014,but only if political and triballeaders in Afghanistan agree
to a U.S. demand that U.S.troops not be subject to Afghanlaw.

 
Majlis would study additionalprotocol once sanctions lifted: MP
An Iranianlawmaker hassaid the Majlis would study the implementationof the additional protocolto the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) only after the West lifts all sanctionsagainst Iran.

 
Land mine leftover from Iran-Iraqwar explodes, injures7 children
An explosion from a landmine left over from the 1980-1988Iran-Iraq war has injured seven children in western Iran,the Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday.

 
Secrecy on nuclear proposal is sign of seriousness: Zarif
The Iranian negotiatingteams refusal to unveildetails of the nuclear proposal it presented duringthe Geneva talks is a sign of its sincerity and seriousness,Iranian Foreign Minister and chief nuclearnegotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an interviewwith Al-Monitor published on Friday.

 
Republicans callfor new sanctionson Iran
Leading Republican senatorshave called for new sanctionsto be imposed on Iran, creating a potential conflictbetween Congress and the Obama administration asit pursues a diplomatic solution to the stand-off overIrans nuclear program, Financial Times reported onThursday.

 
Iran renews call for nuclear-weapons-free zone in Mideast
Iranian Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaeihas renewed Tehrans call for turning the Middle Eastinto a nuclear weapons-free zone, saying the propositionenjoys the backing of Non-Aligned Movement(NAM) members, Press TV reports.

 
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