Iran DailyWestern delegates race to Iran
Six months after the inauguration of Irans new President Hassan Rouhani, western diplomats and businessmen are racing to Tehran hoping that a diplomatic thaw will reopen lucrative markets.
Kerry, Zarif discuss next round of nuclear talks
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met his American counterpart John Kerry on the sidelines of the 50th Munich Security Conference.
Yemeni official: Kidnapped Iranian diplomat alive
Yemen has confirmed that the kidnapped Iranian diplomat Nour Ahmad Nikbakht is alive and in good health.
Israeli officials angered by US boycott warnings
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected US Secretary of State John Kerrys warning against a growing boycott movement against Tel Aviv should peace talks with the Palestinians fail, saying the stance undermined Israels legitimacy and thechances of reaching a peace agreement.
Thousands rally in Ukraine after West support
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Ukraine on Sunday in a bid to wring new concessions from President Viktor Yanukovych, buoyed by pledges of support from Europe and the United States.
Iran, Iraq discuss environmental cooperation
Iran and Iraq have stressed the need to use full capacities of both states to broaden Tehran-Baghdad cooperation in protecting the environment.
US rapped for denying travel permit to Iranian official
World Affairs Council, an educational nonprofit organization, has blasted the US State Department for refusing to grant permission to Iran ambassador to the UN to travel to Philadelphia and deliver a speech at a meeting hosted by the group.
Official: 95 percent of Iranian expatriates can return home
Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular and Parliamentary Affairs Hassan Qashqavi said almost 95 percent of the Iranians living abroad have no problems traveling to their homeland.
Britain to pay back Iran 400 million
Britain is to pay back 400 million it has owed Iran since the Islamic Revolution more than 30 years ago.
Tehran Times
Zarif, Kerry meet to discussfinal nuclear accord
IranianForeign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifheld a meeting with U.S. Secretaryof State John Kerry in Germany onSunday to discuss the next stage inefforts to reach a final agreementto end a decade-old dispute overIrans nuclear program.
Iran, Chinato draw uproadmapfor economiccooperation:official
Anofficial at theIranian Organization for Investment,Economic and Technical Assistancesays Iran and China willsoon sign a agreement setting aroadmap to boost cooperation ina wide range of economic sectors,such as industry and mine, oil, gas,and petrochemicals, communicationsand information technology,
banking, transportation, and energy.
Tense Thai elections go ahead despite protests
Protesters trying to derailThailands national elections Sunday forcedthe closure of hundreds of polling stations ina highly contentious vote that has becomethe latest flash point in the countrys deepeningpolitical crisis.
Demo heldin Beirut tocondemnSauditerrorism
Lebanese protesters gathered outsidethe Saudi Embassy in Beiruton Saturday to condemn what theycalled the negative role of SaudiArabia in the region.
Israel haltsfinancing ofillegal West Banksettlements
The Zionist entitys Finance MinisterYair Lapid has decided to suspendthe transfer of public funds to WestBank settlements pending a probeinto their alleged misuse, his officesaid, according to AFP.
Lake Urmia is drying up due to lack of a strategy for sustainable development
The lack ofa proper strategy forsustainable development has led to LakeUrmia drying up to a great extent, says IsaKalantari, an official that Iranian President
Hassan Rouhani recently tasked with monitoringthe efforts to revive the lake.
UAE summonsQatariambassadorover Qaradawicomments
The United Arab Emirates summonedthe Qatari ambassador overwhat it said were insults against theUAE made by a prominent cleric ina broadcast from Doha, state newsagency WAM reported on Sunday.
Yemens Houthis seize Salafi strongholds
Shia Houthi fighters in Yemen have overrunthe strongholds of pro-Salafi tribes following weeks of fighting, which have left scoresdead.
Iranian nuclear negotiators arebacked by military might: general
The deputy commanderof Irans Islamic RevolutionGuards Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that Iraniannuclear negotiators are backed by the countrys military
might.
Iran will not haltresearch oncentrifuges: Zarif
Iran will not give up researchon centrifuges used to purify uranium aspart of a final deal on its nuclear program, Foreign Minister MohammadJavad Zarif said on Saturday, according to Reuters.
Iran sues British Ministry of Defense firm over failure to deliver tanks
The Iraniangovernmentis taking a Ministry of Defense-ownedcompany to the High Court to end a400m row over British-made Chieftaintanks that has dragged on for 35years, the Independent reported onSunday.
Karroubi transferredto his home
Mehdi Karroubi, who wasput under house arrest two years afterthe 2009 presidential election, has been moved from detentionat a location in Tehran to his home in the capitalsnorthern Jamaran area, his son said on Sunday.
