News - Iran
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21 May 2013, 08:31 (GMT+05:00)
Iran extends contract for drilling in Turkmen waters
Iran has extended its contract with the UAE for another three years to drill oil wells in Turkmen waters, the Mehr News Agency quoted North Drilling Company's...
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21 May 2013, 01:28 (GMT+05:00)
Iran, Afghanistan sign judicial, legal agreement
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani and his Afghan counterpart Abdulsalam Azimi have signed an agreement to bolster judicial and legal...
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21 May 2013, 01:25 (GMT+05:00)
Iran disbands two terrorist groups: Intelligence Ministry
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry says it has identified and disbanded two terrorist groups that smuggled weapons into the country
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20 May 2013, 22:43 (GMT+05:00)
Iran and Bangladesh ready to increase trade exchanges
Industry, Mines and Commerce Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari called for further exchange of goods between Iran and Bangladesh, saying that indirect trade imposes...
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20 May 2013, 22:35 (GMT+05:00)
Iran calls for support of IDB in Tajikistan energy transfer
Minister of Economics and Finance called for pivotal role of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) in joint project of hydro-electric energy transfer from Tajikistan...
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20 May 2013, 22:30 (GMT+05:00)
Iran ready to boost oil, gas cooperation with Pakistan: VP
Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi says the Islamic Republic is ready to increase the level of bilateral cooperation with Pakistan in all fields,...
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20 May 2013, 21:17 (GMT+05:00)
Iranian presidential candidate Lankarani steps aside in favor of Jalili
Presidential candidate Kamran Baqeri Lankarani stepped aside for the June 14 presidential vote in favor of another candidate, Saeed Jalili, Mashreghnews...
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20 May 2013, 17:17 (GMT+05:00)
Diesel fuel consumption in Iran power plants soaring
Diesel fuel consumption in Iran’s power plants has surged by 142 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21) compared to the...
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20 May 2013, 17:17 (GMT+05:00)
Principlist Coalition of Three against Rafsanjani’s political views
Presidential candidate Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel said that the Principlist Coalition of Three does not endorse the political views of rival Akbar Hashemi...
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20 May 2013, 17:00 (GMT+05:00)
Rezaei calls on other principle candidates to step aside for his benefit
Presidential Candidate Mohsen Rezaei said that principle based groups need to form a 400-member elite assembly to pick a frontrunner for the June 14...
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20 May 2013, 16:40 (GMT+05:00)
MFA works to return citizens detained in Iran to Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is currently working to return an employee of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Khalida Khalid and her driver who...
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Iran imports $34.2 million worth of medicine in a month
20 May 2013, 15:51 (GMT+05:00) -
20 May 2013, 15:42 (GMT+05:00)
Iran’s FM to visit Azerbaijan soon
Iranian Foreign Minister will visit Azerbaijan in the near future.
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Iran potato exports up 100 per cent
20 May 2013, 15:39 (GMT+05:00) -
20 May 2013, 13:54 (GMT+05:00)Iranian presidential hopeful, parliaments first deputy speaker withdraws his candidacy
MP, First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran, Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard has withdrawn his candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections in...
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Iran to invest over $8 billion in joint oil, gas fields
20 May 2013, 13:40 (GMT+05:00) -
Iran plans to build small scale oil refineries costing $30-40 million
20 May 2013, 13:09 (GMT+05:00) -
Gold coin, forex prices continues to fall at Iran’s free market
20 May 2013, 12:56 (GMT+05:00) -
20 May 2013, 12:53 (GMT+05:00)
Spokesman: Iran’s Guardian Council independent in accepting or rejecting presidential hopefuls
The spokesman of the Guardian Council of Iran Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaee says the council will act independently in accepting or rejecting any of the presidential...
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Iran to export 12 billion KWH of electricity to Middle East
20 May 2013, 12:28 (GMT+05:00) -
20 May 2013, 12:04 (GMT+05:00)
Iran holds ceremony of opening production line of new air defense system
Today a facility destined for mass production of a new air-defense system was inaugurated in Iran.
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20 May 2013, 11:42 (GMT+05:00)
Foreign ministry: Azerbaijan will not be used for military strike on Iran
Azerbaijan's territory will not be used as a base for a military strike on Iran by Israel or the U.S, spokesman for the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman...
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Iran establishes pipeline from central oilfields to Shiraz refinery
20 May 2013, 11:02 (GMT+05:00) -
Iran’s share of Middle East steel output equals 60 percent
20 May 2013, 10:59 (GMT+05:00) -
USD, Euro prices fall at Iran’s forex center
20 May 2013, 10:45 (GMT+05:00) -
Iran’s first pumped-storage power plant to come on stream
20 May 2013, 10:44 (GMT+05:00) -
20 May 2013, 09:27 (GMT+05:00)
Ex-speaker, president's brother withdraw their candidacies from Iran's presidential elections
Presidential hopeful, former speaker of Iran's parliament Ramin Mehmanparast has withdrawn his candidacy from the upcoming presidential elections.
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19 May 2013, 20:17 (GMT+05:00)
Iran to start mass-production of new air defense system
Iran plans to start mass-production of a new air-defense system on Monday, Fars News reported.
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19 May 2013, 18:18 (GMT+05:00)
Car accident left 14 Iranian-afghani death
Car accident occurred in Sistan and Balujistan province left 14 deaths and two injured on Sunday, Fars News Agency quoted Colonel Reza Salibi the head of...
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Diesel fuel consumption in Iran power plants soaring
19 May 2013, 17:44 (GMT+05:00) -
Iran forex center's registered applications surpass 12,000
19 May 2013, 16:16 (GMT+05:00) -
Official: Iranian civil aviation industry may face bankruptcy
19 May 2013, 15:38 (GMT+05:00) -
19 May 2013, 15:13 (GMT+05:00)
Iran’s Interior ministry announces timing of presidential election campaign programs
Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has mapped out the timing of the presidential election campaign programs
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19 May 2013, 14:24 (GMT+05:00)
Iran, Turkey, Egypt agree to create OPEC-style petrochemical forum
Turkey and Egypt have agreed with Iran's proposal to create an OPEC-style petrochemical forum, the Mehr News Agency quted Iranian deputy oil minister...
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Iran unveils five achievements in renewable energy sector
19 May 2013, 13:10 (GMT+05:00) -
Gold coin price sharply falls at Iran’s free market
19 May 2013, 13:07 (GMT+05:00) -
19 May 2013, 13:05 (GMT+05:00)
Jalili to launch election campaign based on law, principles of Islamic Revolution
Member of the Principlist Perseverance Front, presidential candidate Saeed Jalili called on his supporters to launch his election campaign based on the law and...
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USD sold at 24,775 rials at Iran’s forex center
19 May 2013, 12:55 (GMT+05:00) -
Iran's foreign trade declining more
19 May 2013, 12:44 (GMT+05:00) -
19 May 2013, 12:23 (GMT+05:00)
Guardian Council may approve 40 candidates for Iran’s presidential race
The Guardian Council might approve as many as 40 presidential candidates for the June 14 election, the Council’s spokesman said on Sunday
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19 May 2013, 12:15 (GMT+05:00)
Detained ANAS worker and her assistant released in Iran (UPDATE)
Research Fellow of the Institute of Literature named after Nizami of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, orientalist Khalid Khalid and her assistant...
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19 May 2013, 12:06 (GMT+05:00)
Two persons spying for foreign intelligent services hanged in Iran
Two persons, who had been convicted of spying for foreign intelligent services, were hanged today in Tehran, the Mehr News Agency reported.
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19 May 2013, 11:17 (GMT+05:00)
Iran to start production at Kish gas field by year’s end
Early production will start at Iran's Kish gas field in the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 21, IRIB reported.
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19 May 2013, 11:01 (GMT+05:00)
FM: Stopping unauthorized entries can prevent Iran-Afghanistan border incidents
Iran says unauthorized border crossings into the country by Afghan nationals should be stopped in order to prevent incidents along the border between the two...
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19 May 2013, 09:11 (GMT+05:00)
Money transfers from Azerbaijan to Georgia increased last year
Georgia received $122.4 million from abroad in the form of money transfers in April 2013. The Georgian National Bank said today that is 8.6 per cent more than...
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19 May 2013, 06:03 (GMT+05:00)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Iran supports the independence and development of Azerbaijan
The delegation under the leadership of the head of Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade, being on a visit to Iran, met with the...
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19 May 2013, 05:48 (GMT+05:00)
IAEA ready to settle Iranˈs nuclear dossier - Amano
Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano said the agency stands ready to settle Iranˈs nuclear dossier
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19 May 2013, 05:42 (GMT+05:00)
Iraqi merchants buying Iranian wheat at a higher price
On Saturday, a number of Iranian MPs criticized the government for buying wheat from farmers at a low price, saying it has encouraged Iraqi merchants to buy...
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19 May 2013, 05:33 (GMT+05:00)
South Pars to get $16 billion in 10 months
An executive of an Iranian oil company says $16 billion will be invested for the development of the South Pars gas field over the next ten months, according to...
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