For Iran’s students, election choice is between bad, worseISFAHAN - For many Iranian students, the June 12 presidential election is not a choice between good and bad, but bad and worse, with no prospects of real change even if a new president is elected. Obama understands why Israel considers Iran an existential threatJERUSALEM - Ahead of his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, US President Barack Obama has said he understands why Israel considers Iran an existential threat. CIA’s Panetta visited Israel to stop it from bombing Iranian nuclear plantJERUSALEM - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief Leon Panetta was sent on a secret mission to Israel to warn its leaders not to launch a surprise attack on Iran without notifying Washington. Saberi copied Iranian report on Iraq war: ReportWASHINGTON - Roxana Saberi, the American-Iranian journalist who was released Monday after spending more than three months in prison, was convicted of spying for the US because she had a copy of confidential Iranian report on the Iraq war, a media report said Wednesday. Israel says to back US talks with IranWASHINGTON - Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday his country would back US President Barack Obama’s plan to engage in direct talks with Iran. Iranian president to meet Palestinian factions in Syria in message to Israel’s new governmentDAMASCUS, Syria — The leader of a Palestinian faction says Iran’s president will meet with the leaders of 10 hard-line Palestinian groups on a visit to Syria’s capital in a message to the new right-wing Israeli government. Opponents of Iran’s hard-line president accuse him of faking support by bussing in crowdsTEHRAN, Iran — Opponents of Iran’s hard-line president accused him Saturday of faking his support by busing in students and soldiers to attend his public appearances, a strategy brought to light by the death of a student in a bus crash. A reformist candidate in Iran’s presidential race vows to reverse Ahmadinejad’s policesTEHRAN, Iran — A reformist challenger to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Tuesday that he would reverse the president’s hard-line policies, including the denial of the Holocaust, if he wins the June presidential vote. Iran to present new proposals soon: AhmadinejadTEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Monday that Tehran would soon present its new package of proposals aimed at resolving the country’s nuclear standoff. Ahmadinejad: Iran not getting sufficient signs from US; criticizes Obama for supporting IsraelTEHRAN, Iran — Washington has not sent Iran sufficient signals on whether the U.S. wants warmer relations and President Barack Obama’s support for Israel during its offensive in Gaza was “a major mistake,” Iran’s president said in an interview broadcast Sunday. UN rights chief: Racism meeting was success despite ‘campaign of disinformation’GENEVA — The U.N.’s top human rights official hailed the global body’s second racism conference as a success Friday, despite what she called a disinformation campaign that almost derailed the meeting. Iran preparing new proposals to restart stalled talks on nuclear program, FM saysBRUSSELS — Iran is preparing a set of new proposals aimed at restarting talks on the country’s nuclear program, the country’s foreign minister said Thursday. UN kicks Jewish students, Iranians out of racism meeting following protests, breach of rulesGENEVA — The United Nations expelled three groups from its conference on global racism Thursday for unacceptable behavior related to the opening speech that Iran’s president gave denouncing Israel. Iran’s former IRGC chief joins presidential raceTEHRAN - The former chief of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced to run in the upcoming presidential elections, IRNA reported Wednesday. Obama administration asks judge to throw out suit against Iran brought by embassy hostagesWASHINGTON — The Obama administration has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit against Iran filed by Americans held hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran 30 years ago. IMF: Global recession hammers Middle East nations, despite oil-fed cash surplusesCAIRO — The world’s worst economic recession in about six decades is hammering the nations of the Middle East, with falling commodity prices severely straining economies and wealthy oil producers digging deep into savings to sustain spending. Iran welcomes ‘constructive’ talks with world powers on its nuclear programTEHRAN, Iran — Iran welcomes a “constructive” dialogue with world powers over its nuclear program — but insisted that it won’t halt its uranium enrichment activities, the official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. Russia criticises Ahmadinejad’s speech at Geneva conferenceMOSCOW - Russia Tuesday criticised Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at the UN conference on racism in Geneva. Neighbors tie yellow ribbons near ND home of American journalist imprisoned in IranFARGO, N.D. — Neighbors and friends in the hometown of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran came together last month to fill sandbags to fight off the rising Red River. Now they’re joining to tie yellow ribbons around the trees near Roxana Saberi’s home and urge her release from prison. UN adopts declaration at racism conferenceGENEVA - The member states of the UN attending the Durban Review Conference against racism adopted by consensus the final outcome document Tuesday, calling on states to fight intolerance and discrimination. US calls for end to Ahmadinejad’s ‘inflammatory rhetoric’WASHINGTON - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s comments against Israel at a conference Monday were ‘unacceptable’ and would only serve to fuel racial hatred, the US State Department said. Europeans walk out on Iran’s president at UN conferenceGENEVA - Delegates from the European Union (EU) walked out of the Durban Review Conference on racism in Geneva Monday during a speech by Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in which he made derisive remarks about Israel. US to boycott UN’s anti-racism conferenceWASHINGTON - The Obama administration has decided to boycott a UN racism conference beginning on Monday, criticizing the language used for Israel and the West in the meeting’s final document. Chinese Premier hopes Iran will resolve nuclear standoff soonSANYA - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hopes that Iran will resume talks with world powers soon to resolve the standoff over the nuclear issue. US would consider ‘any Iranian proposal’WASHINGTON - The US would be willing to consider any proposal presented by Iran as long as it addresses international concerns about the Islamic state’s nuclear activities, the US State Department said Wednesday. Iran has new proposals for global peace: AhmadinejadTEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Wednesday said Tehran would offer a new set of proposals to ’secure global peace and justice’, IRNA reported. Iran says Israel planning to attack its nuclear facilitiesWASHINGTON - Iranian ambassador to the United Nations Muhammad Hazai has filed a complaint in the Security Council, claiming that Israel plans to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran celebrates National Nuclear DayTEHRAN - Iran Thursday celebrated National Nuclear Day marking the inauguration of the country’s first nuclear fuel plant in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, IRNA reported. Plot to smuggle nuke weapons materials to Iran unearthedNEW YORK - A sinister plot to smuggle nuclear weapons materials to Iran through unwitting New York banks has been unearthed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. Iranian experts helping North Korea’s rocket launchPYONGYANG - A Japanese newspaper has claimed that missile experts from Iran are currently in North Korea to supervise Pyongyang’s rocket launch. |
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