25 Apr 2024
Sunday 25 May 2014 - 16:10
Story Code : 97438

Iran English language newspaper headlines on Sunday, 25-05-2014

Iran Daily
 
Improvement in Tehran-Riyadh ties, a major development
A former United Nations official said on Sunday melting the ice in Tehran-Riyadh relations is an indication to successful foreign policy of the Iranian government.

 
30 dead in Yemen militant attack
At least 30 people were killed in an overnight raid by gunmen on a city in southeastern Yemen, residents and a local official said on Saturday, as Al-Qaeda continues its fightback against a government offensive in the country.

 
Iran will certainly gain victory in nuclear issue
President Hassan Rouhani says Iran will be victorious in resisting and ultimately removing the pressures over its nuclear energy program.

 
Iran complying with interim nuclear deal
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran has complied with its main pledges in last Novembers interim nuclear deal reached with the P5+1 group.

Pakistan PM to attend Modis inauguration
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend Indian prime minister-elect Narendra Modis inauguration on Monday, his office.

 
Britains UKIP surges in local elections
Britains UK Independence Party surged to its best ever performance in local council elections on Friday, boosting the hopes.

 
Iran urges ECO to promote regional economic growth
Irans Minister of Economy Ali Tayyebnia urged the member-states of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) to confront the challenges facing economic growth and sustainable development in the region.

 
Demonstrators, police clash in Turkey
Demonstrators continued to clash with police in Istanbul on Friday following the funeral of a bystander who was shot dead the day before.

 
Araqchi acknowledges FMs strong stand in nuclear talks
A senior member of Irans negotiating team, Abbas Araqchi on Saturday acknowledged Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif strong stand in the nuclear talks held in Vienna last week.

 
Nine Iranians killed, injured in terrorist attack in Iraq
Nine Iranian workers were killed or wounded in a terrorist attack at Baqubah of Iraq on Saturday.

 
Naval fleet back from Pakistan
Iranian naval fleet, on completion of its one-month goodwill mission, returned home from Pakistan, a top navy commander said in the southern province of Bushehr on Saturday.

US, allies policies endanger global peace
Irans defense minister says interference of the United States and its western allies in the internal affairs of other countries threatens global peace and security.

 
Military to unveil ICT achievements
Irans Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base is set to unveil two new achievements in information and communications technology (ICT) on Sunday.

 
Main convict in biggest banking fraud hanged
The number-one convict in the biggest embezzlement case in the countrys banking history was executed.

 
Tehran Times

IAEA report con?rms Irans nuclear activities are under supervision
Irans ambas- sador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has said that the recent IAEA report on Tehrans nuclear program con?rms that the countrys nuclear activities are un- der the supervision of the UN nu- clear agency.

 
Oil wont drop below $100 in 2014, Iran says
Oil prices will not drop below $100 per barrel in 2014, according to Mohsen Qamsari, the director for international a?airs at the National Iranian Oil Company.

 
Separatists block preparations for Ukraine vote
Pro-Russian insurgents prevented at least half of the election districts in the embattled east of the country from preparing for Sunday's presidential election, a Ukrainian o?cial says.

 
7 dead in drive-by shooting near UC Santa Barbara
A gunman went on a drive- by shooting rampage in a Santa Barbara student enclave and at least seven people were killed, including the attacker, authori- ties said.

Pope begins Mideast tour
Pope Francis headed for Jor- dan Saturday at the start of a Middle East tour aimed at boosting ties with Muslims and Jews as well as easing an age-old rift within Christianity.

 
Egypt jails 19 Morsi supporters for ?ve years
An Egyptian court jailed 19 sup- porters of ousted Islamist presi- dent Mohamed Morsi for ?ve years Saturday for storming the o?ces of the head of the pres- tigious Al-Azhar Islamic institu- tion, judicial sources said.

 
Sleiman bids farewell as Lebanon heads for presidential vacuum
Lebanese outgoing President Michel Sleiman called Saturday for constitutional reforms that would expand the authority of the presi- dent as he bid farewell to the Leba- nese after six years in o?ce.

Assad says Russia preserves global stability
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has described Russia as a country that plays a key role in preserv- ing global stability and challenging western attempts at dominating Middle East nations.

 
Four Iranians killed in terrorist attack in Iraq
A bomb explosion in Baqubah, the capital city of Diyala Governorate in Iraq, took the lives of four Iranians and wounded ?ve Iraqis, reports said on Saturday.

 
U.S. may use secret team to cinch Iran nuclear deal: WSJ
The Obama administration may reopen a bilateral negotiating channel with Iran in an e?ort to cinch a ?nal agreement on Tehrans nuclear program by this summer, the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday quoted U.S. and European o?cials involved in the diplomacy as saying.

 
Iran hangs main convict in biggest banking fraud
Iran has executed the number-one convict in the biggest embezzlement case in the countrys banking history. According to Tehrans Public Prosecutors O?ce, Mahafarid Amir-Khosravi was hanged at Evin detention center Saturday dawn.

 
Iranian FM stood strong in nuclear talks: negotiator
Iranian Deputy For- eign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stood strong against the Europeans in the nu- clear talks in Vienna.

 
Iran will not let superpowers ignore its nuclear rights: Rouhani
Iranian President Has- san Rouhani has said that Iran seeks peaceful nuclear technology and does not let superpowers to ignore its inal- ienable right to nuclear technology.

 
Seoul says attaches great importance to ties with Iran
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said on Sat- urday that his country attaches great importance to its relations with Iran.

 
U.S. sanctions Iranian official
The United States imposed sanctions on an Iranian official on Friday for allegedly putting limits on free speech in Iran, Reuters reported.

 
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