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Obama urges Iran to accept EU nuke proposal

AP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:39:07 +0000

Democrat Barack Obama says Iran should promptly accept an international call to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which some nations see as a potential step toward obtaining nuclear...

Iran to increase cooperation with IAEA

AP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:38:10 +0000

A senior envoy said Friday that Iran wants to expand its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, but said the IAEA should not be cast as a “U.N. watchdog” looking for signs of secret nuclear weapons...

Donâ€™t be trapped in the grave of time

Sayyed Roohollah Moosavi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:22:28 +0000

Have you ever wished that you were born in future? Human has seen a vast progress and a giant leap in all sciences in recent ages which totally changed the world and lifestyles. As time passes, sciences accelerate in progress and undoubtedly...

Israel: Iran will make Abomb by 2010

Desh — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:37:37 +0000

Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert claims that Iran has gathered all the necessary equipment and technical knowledge to build an atomic bomb. Olmert, at a meeting with US democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, warned against a nuclear...

Executions rising in Iran, Saudi Arabia

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:31:04 +0000

Executions jumped by a third in Iran and quadrupled in Saudi Arabia last year, causing the total number of executions around the world to rise yet again in 2007, a human rights group reported Thursday. It said China remained far in front as the world’s top executioner.

Egypt shuts down office of Iranian TV station

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:34:35 +0000

Egyptian authorities have shut down the Cairo office of an Iranian TV network, a security official said Thursday, as the two nations spar over a film that justifies the killing of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat by Islamic...

Number of Executions rising in Iran, Saudi Arabia

AP — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:34:52 +0000

Iran praises US participation in nuclear talks

AP — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:32:21 +0000

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is praising U.S. participation in the latest round of nuclear talks with Tehran as a “positive step forward.”

No more 'axis of evil'?

Bijoy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:33:57 +0000

In what might be termed as a policy shift in the ‘outlook’ of President Bush towards Iraq, Iran and North Korea, leaving few Republicans go red-faced while bringing smiles to Democrats. Firstly, for the first time after the Iraq...

Oil rises past $131 on Iran deadlock, Gulf storm

AP — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:13:50 +0000

Oil prices rose Monday on a threat of new sanctions against Iran and as Tropical Storm Dolly headed into the Gulf of Mexico, prompting a hurricane watch for parts of Texas and...