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Sunday 9 March 2014 - 11:33
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Iran English language newspaper headlines on Sunday, 09-03-2014

Iran Daily
 

Ashton in landmark bridge-building trip to Iran
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and her accompanying delegation arrived in Tehran on Saturday.

 
Rouhani supports press freedom, praises soft power of journalists
President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said that thinkers and journalists are major part of the soft power in a society.

 
Trade with China set to increase
China is Irans biggest trade partner, the deputy head of Irans Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture for foreign affairs said.

 
Iran president to visit Oman, invited to Saudi Arabia
President Hassan Rouhani will pay an official visit to Oman for talks with senior officials of the Persian Gulf country.

 
Malaysia plane carrying 239 crashes off Vietnam
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crashed into the sea off Vietnam on Saturday as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, Vietnamese state media said, quoting a senior naval official.

Iran, Egypt presence vital for settlement of Syrian crisis
Former secretary general of the Arab League Amr Moussa has said that presence of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt is necessary forsettling the Syrian crisis.

 
MP: More bans merely political bluff
A senior Iranian lawmaker said efforts by certain American officials to impose more sanctions against Iran are merely a political bluff which will have no result.

 
Iran not negotiating under pressure
Senior Iranian nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araqchi said the Islamic Republic will never negotiate over its nuclear energy program under pressure.

 

 
Tehran Times

Malaysia Airlines plane missing, presumed crashed
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew went missing over the South China Sea on Saturday, presumed crashed,as ships and planes from countries
closest to its flight path scoured a large search area for any wreckage.

 
Iraqi MPs launch move to nominate Ayatollah Sistani for Nobel Peace Prize
A group of Iraqi lawmakers have launched a petition to nominate Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a top Shia Muslim cleric, for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, the Iraqi daily Azzaman reported.

EUs top diplomat in Tehran for talks with Iranian officials
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who is coordinating talks between six world powers and Iran on Tehrans nuclear program, arrived in Tehran on Saturday for an official visit.

 
Syrian army takes full control of strategic town in Homs
The Syrian army forces have gained full control over key town of al-Zarah in the countryside of Talkalakh in Homs province, purging the entire area from the foreign-backed
insurgents.

Russia says open to equal dialogue with West on Ukraine
Russia is open to having an honest, equal dialogue with foreign states on the crisis in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday.

 
Israeli forces attack West Bank women's day march
Israeli occupation forces on Saturday fired stun grenades and tear gas at dozens of protesters marking International Women's Day near a West Bank checkpoint, injuring
at least 11 women, local media reported.

 
ready to build refinery in Congo: Larijani
Iran is ready o build a refinery in the Republic of Congo, Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani proposed in a meeting with the Congolese deputy parliament speaker in
Brazzaville on Saturday.

 
President Rouhani vows more secure atmosphere for media
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday pledged to honor his promise to create a more secure atmosphere for media people.

 
Peoples satisfaction is necessary for long-lasting security
Peoples satisfaction is the most important factor to enjoy a longlasting security, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli told a conference on passive defense in Tehran on Saturday.

 
Cambodian parliamentary delegation due in Tehran
A Cambodian parliamentary delegation plans to visit Tehran on Sunday at the invitation of Iranian Parliament vice speaker Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard.

MP calls Venezuela a major anti-imperialist state
Prominent Iranian lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi says that Tehran has always supported the popular (Bolivarian) revolution in Venezuela as a major state in the campaign against imperialism in the Western hemisphere.

 
Rouhani to visit Oman soon
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani plans to pay an official visit to the Persian Gulf country of Oman in the near future.

 
Iran says no to nuclear negotiation under pressure
Senior Iranian nuclear negotiator, Abbas Araqchi, says the Islamic Republic will never negotiate over its atomic energy program under pressure.

 
Ashtons Iran visit can facilitate nuclear deal
A visit to Iran today by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton can facilitate the implementation of the Geneva nuclear agreement between Tehran and the P5+1, an Iranian lawmaker says.
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