29 Mar 2024
Thursday 26 December 2013 - 11:00
Story Code : 73987

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Thursday, 26-12-2013

Iran Daily
 
Attacks on Christians in Iraq kill dozens
Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in two separate bomb attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 37 people, officials said.

 
MPs draft bill to up uranium enrichment to 60%
A group of Iranian lawmakers has drawn up a draft bill that would ask the government to enrich uranium up to 60 percent purity if negotiations with world powers over Tehrans nuclear program fail, a report says.

 
AEOI: Iran-P5+1 deal implementation parallel
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi announced that Tehran will begin implementing the Geneva nuclear deal concurrently with the world powers, stressing that Tehran will not halt the activities of its heavy water atomic reactor in Arak.

3 Turkish ministers resign over corruption scandal
Three Cabinet ministers resigned in Turkey on Wednesday, days after their sons were taken into custody in a sweeping corruption and bribery scandal that has targeted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogans allies in one of the worst political crises of his more than 10 years in power.

Sweden, Poland FMs due in Tehran
Sweden and Polish foreign ministers will pay official visit to Iran in the near future.

 
Iran to launch new indigenous carrier by 2015
A senior Iranian aerospace official said the Islamic Republic plans to launch a new indigenously designed and manufactured carrier by the end of the next Iranian year (March 20, 2015).

 
President wishes global peace in Christmas message
President Hassan Rouhani, in a message on Wednesday, felicitated Pope Francis on the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ (PBUH) and the advent of the New Year.

 
Iraq, Egypt bombings, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza denounced
Iran has strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack in Egypts Nile Delta city of Mansoura and a fresh wave of terrorist attacks across Iraq as well as the latest Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip.

 
Capital transfer project uneconomical
The project to transfer the administrative and political capital from Tehran to another province is against Article 75 of the Constitution in view of the financial burden involved.

Rafsanjani: Restrictive polices backfire
Chairman of the State Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Tuesday that restrictive and monolog policies could backfire.
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