Iran welcomes Obama’s outreach, but cautiouslyTEHRAN - Iran has cautiously welcomed US President Barack Obama’s videotaped message for a “new beginning” between the two countries. Khatami pulls out of Iran’s presidential pollsTEHRAN - Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami has withdrawn from the country’s presidential election, Iranian media reports said Monday. Impossible to deprive Iran of nuclear technology: LarijaniTEHRAN - Iran’s parliament Speaker Ali Larijani Saturday said it was impossible to prevent his country of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, Mehr news agency reported. Holocaust is not of Iran’s business: LarijaniTEHRAN - The speaker of the Iranian parliament, Ali Larijani, has distanced himself from previous remarks made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and said that the Holocaust was ‘not of Iran’s business’, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported Sunday. Iran ready for talks with US: AhmadinejadTEHRAN - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Iran is ready to talk in ‘fair atmosphere’ with the US. Khamenei congratulates Iranian scientists on satellite launchTEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has complimented Iranian scientists for their success in sending the first domestically-produced satellite into orbit, IRNA reported. Former Iranian president hopes Obama to be fair, rationalTEHRAN - Iran expects new US President Barack Obama to adopt a fair and rational approach toward the Islamic state, former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said here at a Friday prayer ceremony. Be alert against enemy conspiracies, Ahmadinejad tells IraqisTEHRAN - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked Iraqi officials to be vigilant against enemy conspiracies, IRNA reported. ‘Implementation of Arab League summit decisions a victory’TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that implementation of decisions made in the extraordinary Arab League Summit in Doha will be a victory for Islamic countries, official IRNA news agency reported. Iran’s hopes from Obama: Respect, end of isolationTEHRAN - Nobody in Tehran would admit it, but the international isolation since the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in August 2005 has caused Iran enormous problems both politically and economically. Iran’s Ahmadinejad demands trial of Israeli leadersTEHRAN - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged the International Court of Justice to prosecute Israeli leaders for ‘war crimes’ in Gaza, Press TV reported Saturday. Raul Castro meets Iranian envoy, pledges stronger tiesHAVANA - Cuban President Raul Castro has expressed confidence in bolstering ties between Havana and Tehran while meeting Iran’s Industry and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mezharabian, according to an official statement. Iranian leader calls on Arabs to stop ‘Zionist wolves’TEHRAN - Iran’s supreme leader Sunday called on Arab states to stop what he called ‘Zionist (Israeli) wolves’ from committing ‘further crimes’ against Palestinians in Gaza. |