26 Apr 2024
Sunday 20 April 2014 - 12:59
Story Code : 93171

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Sunday, 20-04-2014

Iran Daily
 
Iranian economy dazzles
The Iranian economy dazzled, as foreign investments in Iran and oil and gas exports doubled in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2014).

 
US scholar challenges legitimacy of UN venue in NY
American scholar and university researcher Gerald Horne challenged the legitimacy of New York as the host of the United Nations Headquarters.

 
Leader hails status of Iranian women
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday hailed the status of Iranian women, noting it has been promoted since the 1979 Revolution.

 
UK plans to sell taxpayers financial data
The personal financial data of millions of British taxpayers could be sold to private firms under laws being drawn up by HM Revenue & Customs in a move branded dangerous by tax professionals and borderline insane by a senior Conservative MP.

 
Dejagah: Queiroz experienced coach
Irans striker Ashkan Dejagah believes since Carlos Queiroz is an experienced coach arranging friendlies is not hard.

 
US plane in Iran operated by Ghana
Iran says an American plane which landed in Tehrans Mehrabad Airport was operated by Ghana and was carrying a high-ranking Ghanaian delegation to the Islamic Republic.

 
MP: Danaeifar alive in Pakistan
An Iranian lawmaker says a border guard who was taken hostage by a terrorist group which claimed to have killed him, is alive in Pakistan.

 
US court ruling to expropriate NY tower slammed
Tehran has slammed as illegal a US court ruling to confiscate the assets of Alavi Foundation in Manhattan, saying the move runs counter to the principle of religious freedom for American citizens.

 
Arak reactor dispute virtually solved
Irans nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said Saturday that a dispute with world powers over the Arak heavy water reactor has been virtually solved.

 
Latvian FM to visit Iran
Latvias Foreign Minister Edgars Rink?vi?s is scheduled to pay an official visit to Tehran for talks with senior Iranian officials.

 

 
Tehran Times
 
Leader cautions against Western notion of women
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that in order to gain a logical and accurate understanding of women, Western thoughts on issues such as womens job and gender equality should be rejected.

 
Govt set to implement 2nd phase of subsidy reform
President Hassan Rouhani says the second phase of the subsidy reform plan is likely to begin by Friday.

Bahraini activist, shot by police two months ago, dies
A Bahraini activist died on Friday from shotgun pellet wounds sustained during clashes with police almost two months ago, rights activists said, becoming the first person to be killed in such circumstances since February last year.

 
Russia warns U.S. against further sanctions as Ukraine deal stalls
Russia said its military is massed on Ukraine's doorstep and warned against further U.S. sanctions as a deal struck with Washington appeared to stall because of intransigence by Moscow-backed rebels in the former Soviet republic.

 
U.S. assassination drone kills nearly 20 Yemenis
A U.S. killer drone carried out an attack in the Yemeni province of Baida, killing nearly 20 people on the ground.

Leftist Hamdeen Sabahi enters Egypt's presidential race
officially submitted his bid on Saturday to run for Egypt's presidency, making him the second candidate for next month's election alongside former army-chief Abdel Fattah al- Sisi who is widely expected to win.

 
Iran set to redesign Arak reactor to cut plutonium output
Irans nuclear chief announced on Saturday that Tehran has presented a proposal to the major powers to redesign the core of the Arak heavy-water reactor in order to significantly lower plutonium production at the planned reactor.

 
Obama signs law to bar Iran diplomat from serving in UN post
U.S. President Barack Obama signed a law on Friday that effectively bars an Iranian diplomat from serving as an envoy at the United Nations because of suspicions he was involved in the 1979 U.S. embassy seizure in Tehran.

 
Iran, Russia to increase cooperation in drug fight
In a meeting on Friday Iranian ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanai and director of the Federal Narcotics Service of Russia Viktor Petrovich Ivanov discussed ways to increase cooperation in the campaign against drug trafficking.

 
Tehran slams U.S. ruling to sell Iranian million-dollar property
Iran has slammed the U.S. decision to sell an Iranian charity building in Manhattan, saying the move runs contrary to the realities on the ground and is void of credibility and legal validity.

 
Iranian border guard is alive and kept in Pakistan
The last Iranian border guard is most probably alive and kept in Pakistan, a member of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee says. The terrorist Jaish-ul-Adl group has kept Jamshid Danaeifar and intends to make a deal on him, Nozar Shafiei told the Fars news agency on Saturday.

 
U.S. plane in Iran had been leased by Ghana: official
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official said on Friday the U.S. plane that landed at Tehrans Mehrabad International Airport this week had been leased by the Ghanaian government.
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